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the foreman grills gets a lot of flack but it's a damn good cooking utensil and if not for him I'm not sure it would have been as publicized as it was. also a

the foreman grills gets a lot of flack but it's a damn good cooking utensil and if not for him I'm not sure it would have been as publicized as it was. also a great dad, christian, and boxer RIP

fibonachos 2y ago
That little grill got me through many years of apartment living where I couldn’t have a propane grill.
Fezzik 2y ago
5 marriages… 100% Christian. No way to say it better.
- rsyring 2y ago
  I don't know what 100% Christian is intended to imply here, although it's obviously critical. Biblical christianity isn't for the perfect or righteous, but for sinners. Christ rejoices more over the one sinner that repents than the 99 who need no repentance (John 15). I don't know much about Foreman. But, his fifth marriage did last 40 years. Seems like, at some point, his perspective on marriage/commitment got more aligned with biblical wisdom.
- orthoxerox 2y ago
  Do you think Jacob had his twelve sons with the same woman?
  - washadjeffmad 2y ago
    What we do today is totally moral and normal, and cultural practices prior to what we grew up with are sinful barbarism.
- kubb 2y ago
  Being a Christian celebrity doesn't require you to stick to Christian values. It's much more important to proclaim your membership than to live it. It's like wearing a team jersey without playing the game. The appearance matters more than the practice. Christianity in America is like a brand - more about identity and affiliation than discipleship or doctrine.
- tenacious_tuna 2y ago
  A lot of the replies to this comment seem to assume that the "5 marriages" component is meant to cast Foreman's christianity as hypocritical, when I think it's more a commentary on how christian values affect relationship stability. I say this also as someone who's left the church, and whose religious parents and inlaws are multiply-divorced.
MrMcCall 2y ago
> also a great dad, christian, and boxer Indeed. Very much so. You can learn more about him in this conversation one of his sons has with comedian Daniel Tosh, who's his neighbor and friend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itWm0ZLwcus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itWm0ZLwcus George Foreman III demonstrates how deserving GF was of all his success. He and GF3 are the best of humanity. And Tosh being a very kind and open-hearted human being, too, makes the conversation not only interesting but simply enjoyable, especially for its insights into his legendary father's life.
ycombinatrix 2y ago
What made him a great christian?

the foreman grills gets a lot of flack but it's a damn good cooking utensil and if not for him I'm not sure it would have been as publicized as it was. also a great dad, christian, and boxer RIP

fibonachos 2y ago

That little grill got me through many years of apartment living where I couldn’t have a propane grill.

Fezzik 2y ago

5 marriages… 100% Christian. No way to say it better.

rsyring 2y ago
I don't know what 100% Christian is intended to imply here, although it's obviously critical. Biblical christianity isn't for the perfect or righteous, but for sinners. Christ rejoices more over the one sinner that repents than the 99 who need no repentance (John 15). I don't know much about Foreman. But, his fifth marriage did last 40 years. Seems like, at some point, his perspective on marriage/commitment got more aligned with biblical wisdom.
orthoxerox 2y ago
Do you think Jacob had his twelve sons with the same woman?
- washadjeffmad 2y ago
  What we do today is totally moral and normal, and cultural practices prior to what we grew up with are sinful barbarism.
kubb 2y ago
Being a Christian celebrity doesn't require you to stick to Christian values. It's much more important to proclaim your membership than to live it. It's like wearing a team jersey without playing the game. The appearance matters more than the practice. Christianity in America is like a brand - more about identity and affiliation than discipleship or doctrine.
tenacious_tuna 2y ago
A lot of the replies to this comment seem to assume that the "5 marriages" component is meant to cast Foreman's christianity as hypocritical, when I think it's more a commentary on how christian values affect relationship stability. I say this also as someone who's left the church, and whose religious parents and inlaws are multiply-divorced.

MrMcCall 2y ago

> also a great dad, christian, and boxer Indeed. Very much so. You can learn more about him in this conversation one of his sons has with comedian Daniel Tosh, who's his neighbor and friend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itWm0ZLwcus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itWm0ZLwcus George Foreman III demonstrates how deserving GF was of all his success. He and GF3 are the best of humanity. And Tosh being a very kind and open-hearted human being, too, makes the conversation not only interesting but simply enjoyable, especially for its insights into his legendary father's life.

ycombinatrix 2y ago

What made him a great christian?