All Things are possible through God, Franklin Gomez

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#37
Josie   September 17 at 8:49am
I think this is a very heart warming interview. It is so wonderful to me to be able to see people who have a relationship with God shine. Glorifying God in all you do is a great way to live. Not many people are able to. I hope all is well.
God Bless and take care!
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#36
Fellowatheist   September 10 at 8:28pm
yo whats good man. good to see another atheist on flowrestling. although i have tremendous repsect for my fellow wrestlers, i always have a little laugh to myself every time i hear them talking about how "god" helped them. hahaha, i guess god hates the guy who lost the match. or just doesnt love him as much. or whatever people use to rationalize using 'god' in a sports context
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#35
Edgar   September 8 at 1:42pm
"god hates us all", you say there is no god but you state in your name he hates us all.. Make your stupid mind up...or better yet just shut the heaven up and let people believe in what they want to believe. You sound like a complainer who doesnt value life as a gift ... just eager to pop bubbles .dont be a low life dude or lady.. idk.

Franklin Gomez, youre awesome buddy! Good Luck next year
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#34
God Hates Us All   March 31 at 5:22pm
you're an idiot said:
God hates us all...I'm not saying I believe in God, that I'm atheist, or that I believe in the spaghetti monster you talked about earlier, but you're an idiot if you think anyone on this sight will have their religious views changed by what you have to say
Totally agree that it would be idiotic to think that I could convert people to think for themselves. That will take more than a little shyt talking, but I can pose a counter to all the rubbish comments that state that anything is possible through god and Christ etc. etc.
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#33
You're An Idiot   March 30 at 8:54pm
God hates us all...I'm not saying I believe in God, that I'm atheist, or that I believe in the spaghetti monster you talked about earlier, but you're an idiot if you think anyone on this sight will have their religious views changed by what you have to say
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#32
God Hates Us All   March 29 at 1:40pm
Anonymous Coward said:
So you're saying that since he believes in God, he has no critical thinking skills that he should have because he is at Michigan State? I'd like to think that maybe there is a God because a smart kid like that at Michigan State believes in one. What about our president? He believes in God, does he not have the critical thinking skills that most people would think is gained by attending Harvard Law School? Or maybe Barack Obama and Franklin Gomez are both just delusional with no critical thinking skills, along with Darren Caldwell, who thanked God, and other christian athletes like Ben Watson. Dig a little deeper and find out more bro before you totally trash it. God loves you too man.
I wonder a lot about Barack. I think a lot of the crap about god that comes out of his mouth is to fool the masses of morons that live in this country. But who knows maybe he is a delusional twit who has blind faith in an imaginary being? (He did accept the honorary presidency of the discriminatory group the Boy Scouts of America) I highly doubt god loves anyone because there is no god. So I assume that you mean you love me, which I might say is a bit flattering, but in no way will I reciprocate such feelings to someone who is perpetuating a belief in a silly superstition. One last thing, I recommend you dig deeper in what you believe in and stop believing in things because everyone else does or because that's what mommy and daddy taught you. Think for yourself and stop allowing the very old dogmas of our past dictate everything that you do in life.
¡Vas y chingas tu madre!
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#31
Anonymous Coward   March 28 at 12:12am
So you're saying that since he believes in God, he has no critical thinking skills that he should have because he is at Michigan State? I'd like to think that maybe there is a God because a smart kid like that at Michigan State believes in one. What about our president? He believes in God, does he not have the critical thinking skills that most people would think is gained by attending Harvard Law School? Or maybe Barack Obama and Franklin Gomez are both just delusional with no critical thinking skills, along with Darren Caldwell, who thanked God, and other christian athletes like Ben Watson. Dig a little deeper and find out more bro before you totally trash it. God loves you too man.
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#30
Frank   March 26 at 6:35pm
i believe in satan, but trust in god hates us all
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#29
God Hates Us All   March 26 at 5:59pm
Rocker Will said:
God Hates Us All, you're listening to too much Slayer :). Take a chill pill and listen to some Ratt. People got a right to believe what they wanna believe and a wrestling website is not the place to debate this stuff.
Sure they do, but I have a right to tell them they are wrong and wasting their time believing in a mythical omnipotent god. I also recommend that you stop huffing the hairspray and rock out with some real music (i.e. Slayer).
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#28
Rocker Will   March 26 at 1:41am
God Hates Us All, you're listening to too much Slayer :). Take a chill pill and listen to some Ratt. People got a right to believe what they wanna believe and a wrestling website is not the place to debate this stuff.
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#27
God Hates Us All   March 26 at 1:00am
Michael Geis said:
What a reflection of where this country is headed! Those of you who are ripping this guy would praise Caldwell or any of these others for their excessive celebration or make excueses for the temper tantrums when they lose. BUT a first class guy who is humble praises his God gets ripped.

For all of you God haters out there: You better be right. There's an eternity to pay for being wrong.
If there happens to be some two head transgendered unicorn that is the supreme being and it deems that everyone who believed in the christian god will spend an eternity in an Indonesian sweatshop making wallets and listening to Barry Banilow all day long you sure will be sorry for being oh so wrong.
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#26
God Hates Us All   March 26 at 12:45am
Michael Geis said:
What a reflection of where this country is headed! Those of you who are ripping this guy would praise Caldwell or any of these others for their excessive celebration or make excueses for the temper tantrums when they lose. BUT a first class guy who is humble praises his God gets ripped.

For all of you God haters out there: You better be right. There's an eternity to pay for being wrong.
You know Caldwell praised God right after he won his NCAA title. Maybe the teachings of Jesus Christ were what gave Caldwell the energy to execute that awesome backflip?

BTW, I am not ripping the guys ability to wrestle. He obviously proved himself by winning an NCAA title, but he is delusional in believing in an omnipotent being and thus he probably hasn't gained any critical thinking skills that most people would think is gained by attending a university like Michigan State.
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#25
Anonymous Coward   March 24 at 9:00am
the next cat i get im naming franklin Gmoney
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#24
Michael Geis   March 24 at 6:38am
What a reflection of where this country is headed! Those of you who are ripping this guy would praise Caldwell or any of these others for their excessive celebration or make excueses for the temper tantrums when they lose. BUT a first class guy who is humble praises his God gets ripped.

For all of you God haters out there: You better be right. There's an eternity to pay for being wrong.
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#23
Anonymous Coward   March 24 at 1:36am
congrats gomez.
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#22
Nvwrestling   March 23 at 7:58pm
Who cares if it was God or not!!!! Gomez won and he wrestled a great match!!! Hes the man!
by the way i do believe in God
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#21
God Hates Us All   March 23 at 7:20pm
ej said:
okay Me your pretty dumb for that comment bro, seriously. God has everything to do with everything. I really hope you were just being sarcastic and dont really feel that way or I feel sorry for you.
Nothing like using god to fill in those unanswered gaps. What about this for an answer. Franklin Gomez trained really hard and was in tip-top shape. He did all this and was inspired by a very old piece of fiction written by a bunch of men a long time ago that described a mystical omnipotent being which could see you at all times and knew everything, even your thoughts. Ok he is a great athlete who also happens to be delusional just like most everyone else in the USA.
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#20
God Hates Us All   March 23 at 7:15pm
Romans 5:8 said:
While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

I'll pray for you thumb wrestling champ.
Don't waste your time. There is no god. Romans 5:8 lol! If you are such a fan of fiction I highly recommend a comic book store or at least your public library. Since you referenced a horrible piece of fiction you might be able to help me out. Apparently the Big JC never sinned, which I assume means he never had sex or even masturbated. Did he ever have wet dreams?
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#19
Anonymous Coward   March 23 at 6:42pm
God helped motivate him to put all of the hard work and time into the sport to become a champion.
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#18
Gunner   March 23 at 5:02pm
it's not necessarily like that god wan'ts all to win.....but there is a will....a better wrestler won on a better day thats all...what if humphery was sick and wasn't 100% theres always scenerios
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#17
Anonymous Coward   March 23 at 5:01pm
it's not necessarily like that god wan'ts all to win.....but there is a will....a better wrestler won on a better day thats all...what if humphery was sick and wasn't 100% theres always scenerios
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#16
God Picks Sides   March 23 at 1:10pm
apparently he only cared about gomez.
But God wants Humphrey to be on his own
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#15
Ya It Was God....   March 23 at 12:49pm
It was not the years and years of hard work he has put in.
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#14
Anonymous Coward   March 23 at 12:38pm
hes the godfather
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#13
Anonymous Coward   March 23 at 7:38am
Gomez has the voice of an angel and is half cat
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#12
Ej   March 22 at 11:16pm
okay Me your pretty dumb for that comment bro, seriously. God has everything to do with everything. I really hope you were just being sarcastic and dont really feel that way or I feel sorry for you.
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#11
Last Poster "me"   March 22 at 10:16pm
What you said is not true....No man receives anything accept it be given to him from heaven.
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#10
Me   March 22 at 9:08pm
god had nothing to do with that, that was all gomez
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#9
Romans 5:8   March 22 at 8:42pm
While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

I'll pray for you thumb wrestling champ.
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#8
Jesus Rocks   March 22 at 8:42pm
Great job man, hope you repeat next year too
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#7
Anonymous Coward   March 22 at 7:57pm
VIVA LA RAZA LATINA!!!! SIGUE LUCHANDO!!!
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#6
God Hates Us All!   March 22 at 7:19pm
I won a thumb wrestling match back in '03 and to this day I still praise the flying spaghetti monster as being the one who helped me achieve victory!
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#5
Fellow Believer   March 22 at 6:59pm
i can do all things through christ who strengthens me phillllippians 4:13
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#4
PRwrestler   March 22 at 6:48pm
wow he is a great and champ. he holds all of spanish descent on his shoulders and wat other great champ would we rather have than this man
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#3
Nico Lopez   March 22 at 7:52am
keep it up flowrestling!!!!
how do you not root for this kid!
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#2
GOMEZ   March 22 at 1:13am
This kid is pure class. What a humble champion.
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#1
Old Timer   March 22 at 12:15am
Wish he would live a little..God blesses 2nd place as well.
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