Arena Football 2 franchise, the Birmingham Steeldogs, are going religious. Their traditional jerseys will be replaced in an upcoming game with Bible-themed jerseys. For instance, the back of QB Ryan Hawk’s jersey usually reads “HAWK 12,” but will be switched to “JAMES 12″ during the game, as an homage to the book of James, Chapter 1, Verse 2.

James 1:2, for those of you who are curious, is this passage:

Fear not, though ye have not the skill for the NFL, nor the sense to hold down regular employment, ye shall be blessed with nets behind thine endzones. And lo, for thou art not handy with the pigskin, thou shalt still appear on NBC on the sabbath, which thou have made less holy. Amen.

Bibles are also going to be handed out, and some Christian recording artist is doing a pre-game concert. Some religious group out there is shelling out some money for this… and something tells me Kurt Warner is involved. I dunno. It seems bizarre to me, and I just have to wonder… if someone approached the Birmingham Steeldogs and said, “Hey, we wanna have Jew night, where the players wear the Star of David on their helmet and the front of their jerseys will read, “You know, Jesus wasn’t really all that special,” how would the Steeldogs react?