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{{See also|Mystery:Does God Have a Sense of Humor?}}

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'''CJ Stroud''' is a phenomenal young [[NFL]] [[QB]] who shattered many records in 2023 and early 2024 (playoffs) as a rookie, playing for the [[Houston Texans]] while outspokenly [[evangelism|evangelizing]] for [[Jesus Christ]].  Previously, as a star college player at [[Ohio State]], he was photographed kneeling in prayer on the field.<ref>https://www.cleveland.com/buckeye-talk-podcast/2022/04/cj-stroud-spent-two-years-mastering-the-roller-coaster-that-is-being-ohio-state-footballs-qb1.html</ref> The "J" in his nickname "CJ" is unexplained, which looks like "JC" for "[[Jesus Christ]]" in reverse, and has last name is merely one letter from "Shroud" as in the [[Shroud of Turin]].  [[Paul]] often used the phrase "Christ Jesus" in addition to writing "Jesus Christ."

'''CJ Stroud''' is a phenomenal young [[NFL]] [[QB]] who shattered many records in 2023 and early 2024 (playoffs) as a rookie, playing for the [[Houston Texans]] while outspokenly [[evangelism|evangelizing]] for [[Jesus Christ]].  Previously, as a star college player at [[Ohio State]], he was photographed kneeling in prayer on the field.<ref>https://www.cleveland.com/buckeye-talk-podcast/2022/04/cj-stroud-spent-two-years-mastering-the-roller-coaster-that-is-being-ohio-state-footballs-qb1.html</ref> The "J" in his nickname "CJ" is unexplained, which looks like "JC" for "[[Jesus Christ]]" in reverse, and his last name is merely one letter from "Shroud" as in the [[Shroud of Turin]].  [[Paul]] often used the phrase "Christ Jesus" in addition to writing "Jesus Christ."

He grew up in a family impoverished by the 38-year incarceration of his father under [[California]]'s brutal Three Strikes and You're Out Law.<ref>https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1995/3strikes.html</ref>  CJ's home with his mother and siblings was a cramped apartment above a storage facility, and was reportedly even near or actually homeless for a time.  CJ was quoted as saying about his father:

He grew up in a family impoverished by the 38-year incarceration of his father under [[California]]'s brutal Three Strikes and You're Out Law.<ref>https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1995/3strikes.html</ref>  CJ's home with his mother and siblings was a cramped apartment above a storage facility, and was reportedly even near or actually homeless for a time.  CJ was quoted as saying about his father:

{{cquote|When I talk to him now, I don’t hold any ill will. I told him, ‘I love you.’ He made his mistakes. I’ve made mine. It’s not about the bad.<ref name="EssentiallySports">https://www.essentiallysports.com/nfl-active-news-who-are-cj-strouds-parents-texans-qbs-changing-equation-with-pastor-dad-childhood-struggles/</ref>}}

{{cquote|When I talk to him now, I don’t hold any ill will. I told him, ‘I love you.’ He made his mistakes. I’ve made mine. It’s not about the bad.<ref name="EssentiallySports">https://www.essentiallysports.com/nfl-active-news-who-are-cj-strouds-parents-texans-qbs-changing-equation-with-pastor-dad-childhood-struggles/</ref>}}

When he led his underdog team to clinch a playoff birth, he was interviewed about it and said:

When he led his underdog team to clinch a playoff berth, he was interviewed about it and said:

{{cquote|I can’t do nothing just thank my [[Lord]] to save [[Jesus Christ]] man.<ref>https://twitter.com/_MLFootball/status/1743855174760698087</ref>}}

{{cquote|I can’t do nothing just thank my [[Lord]] to save [[Jesus Christ]] man.<ref>https://twitter.com/_MLFootball/status/1743855174760698087</ref>}}

When CJ earned money under the [[NIL]] program as a college star at Ohio State, he bought his mother a four-bedroom home.<ref name="EssentiallySports"/>  He was subsequently picked as the #2 overall choice in the 2022 draft.

When CJ earned money under the [[NIL]] program as a college star at Ohio State, he bought his mother a four-bedroom home.<ref name="EssentiallySports"/>  He was subsequently picked as the #2 overall choice in the 2022 draft.