Disgraced dog-killer, Michael Vick, formally entered his guilty plea to a dog-fighting conspiracy charge.
The attached link contains Vick’s formal statement in its entirety. In it, Vick stated, “…through this situation I found Jesus and asked him for forgiveness and turned my life over to God. And I think that's the right thing to do as of right now.”
We really want to give Vick the benefit of the doubt, here. We sincerely want to believe that he stared into the abyss at some point these past few weeks and had a literal honest-to-God change of heart.
The attached link contains Vick’s formal statement in its entirety. In it, Vick stated, “…through this situation I found Jesus and asked him for forgiveness and turned my life over to God. And I think that's the right thing to do as of right now.”
We really want to give Vick the benefit of the doubt, here. We sincerely want to believe that he stared into the abyss at some point these past few weeks and had a literal honest-to-God change of heart.
Our souls are genetically pre-disposed to “going it alone” until we get kicked in the gut by life’s circumstances or those of our own doing… and only then do we look upward for any divine guidance.
But, man…. We are a nation of cynics and in the PR campaign to rehabilitate Vick’s image that kicked off today at his sentencing, the timing of this statement put things out of order. Contrition, punishment and then… redemption is more what this country is comfortable with.
Again, none of us are equipped to sit in judgement on matters of the heart and we will give Vick the benefit of the doubt but it just seemed a little too easy to make that claim when he did.
But, man…. We are a nation of cynics and in the PR campaign to rehabilitate Vick’s image that kicked off today at his sentencing, the timing of this statement put things out of order. Contrition, punishment and then… redemption is more what this country is comfortable with.
Again, none of us are equipped to sit in judgement on matters of the heart and we will give Vick the benefit of the doubt but it just seemed a little too easy to make that claim when he did.
Click here for full statement.
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The closest this slime ball got to Jesus is when he realized his over sized paydays were numbered due to his inhumane actions. Listening to him speak without a script is tantamount to dragging your nails across a chalkboard and just as useful. He is a slimeball for doing what he did to those poor animals and I don't believe for one second that he had a change of heart. Maybe a change of finance but not a change of heart.
paull12,
Can't say I necessarily disagree with you. Finding Jesus only after pleading guilty and thus making prison time a foregone conclusion seems pretty convenient. He will have to pay his debt to society with or without Jesus and this in no way should be a factor in the sentencing. Again, only Vick knows whether his claim of spiritual reconciliation was valid.
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Am I missing something? Granted, what Vick did was awful, and he deserves to be punished and run out of the NFL on a rail. But they ARE just dogs... not people. Hello! Get a grip and dose of perspective on the whole matter. Please don't sick PETA on me... I'm just wondering why this is such a BIG deal???
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