Faith a sore spot at the Olympics?
I remember archery lessons in my freshman PE class in high school.
I really recall how bad I was at it and how grateful I was that I never had to do it again.
The sport is on my mind today after I read a recent story in the New York Times about U.S. Olympic archery coach Kisik Lee (pictured at right) stirring the waters, so to speak, at the games in Beijing.
It seems that Lee is a Christian and has baptized several people, including several of his archers, prior to the games in Beijing.
According to the Times, the United States Olympics Committee is concerned that Lee may have imposed his faith values on the U.S. archers who competed in Beijing. At least one archer’s parent, according to the story, was not happy with Lee on this issue, but was afraid that her child might draw some sort of retaliation if she spoke out.
Here’s what Lee had to say, responding to charges that he tried to impose his faith on his team. His comment was the Religion News Service’s Quote of the Day on Wednesday.
Read the Times story by clicking here: “For Coach, God and Archery are a Package Deal.”
What do you think? Did Lee go too far?
Carla Hinton
Religion Editor
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Not he did not go too far. God should be everywhere including archery. He has the right to bring God wherever he wants.
God should be in more lives and this world wouldn’t be in the shape it is today.