In the Beginning God Created ...... Golf? by 19thholegolfstore

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1-1)

Now every Christian knows this passage from the Bible. In fact every person in the United States over the age of ten has more then likely heard this passage more then once.

But, did you know that God also gave us Golf in order to stop war?

Well, the history of Golf, in the World Book Encyclopedia, says that Golf probably started in Scotland about 1100 from a Roman game called Paganica. This game was played in the open field with a bent stick and a leather ball filled with feathers.

We find written reports of Golf back as far as 1457. In 1457 King James II and the parliament of Scotland banned "??glofe"?? because its popularity threatened the practice of archery for national defense. The ban was ended when England and Scotland signed a treaty of (perpetual peace) in 1502.
From this we must surmise that God gave us Golf to stop wars.

Well, let"??s think about this for a minute. God gave us a game where you can get outdoors, play with friends and enemies alike. God gave us a game where we compete against our friends and enemies and still come home mad at ourselves and not at everybody else. God gave us a game that when we have finished playing we all go to the 19th Hole and have a beer with our friends and enemies. God gave us a game where everybody lies about their score and nobody cares. Surely this game must stop wars.

All the while we play this stupid game God must be getting a great laugh. It has to be funny when he throws a big gust of wind at you just as you tee off. God must think its funny when he hides your ball right out in the open where you know you saw it stop, but it"??s not there. God must think its funny when he starts rain just as you get to the seventh tee. Only God would think a fairway sand trap is funny. It must be really funny when that sudden gust of wind comes up and stops your ball right in the middle of the pond. You know that one of God"??s great works are trees, right, OK, but why did he have to put so many of them right in the middle of the fairway?

With all the above proof I have no doubt that God created Golf.

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