(Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, via AP)Perhaps there’s a reason why the Super Bowl is played on Sunday. According to 25 percent of Americans, God will play a role in deciding the winner, a recent survey found. Meanwhile, just 29 percent of religiously unaffiliated Americans believe God blesses devout athletes more than those who aren’t. [A Boycott Budweiser movement begins over Super Bowl immigration ad]Wilson, who regularly attends a nondenominational, evangelical church in Seattle, is not in the Super Bowl this year. God will have His chance to weigh in (or not — 73 percent of Americans don’t believe God cares one way or the other, the survey found) when Super Bowl LI kicks off at 6:30 p.m.

Source: Washington Post February 05, 2017 19:35 UTC