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Which theory is right.

Perhaps God cares not one iota about the outcome of football games and is thus totally ambivalent about who wins and loses. Maybe, just maybe, talent and preparation will determine the victor.

Yeah, that theory might border on sacrilege.   :smile:

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You think God has other things to do in the Universe besides make Tebow win or lose? I can't believe that.

Why are we so hung up in a guy's faith in God? That's my question.

You're missing the point

No, I'm pretty sure I didn't.

You are indeed, when you ask why people are hung up on his faith. It's not his faith, it's not God. His faith is his own business. It's the media and others who keep talking about it because he is upfront about his faith. It's ESPN running a one hour special on him because of it. It's too much hype for a QB who really isn't that good, using his faith to spurn it. That's the point.

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So because you're tired of the hype, you make fun of his faith?  

It blows me away how many people loathe all this talk about him.  I've not heard one person say he's a good QB.  They talk about him because he's so different as a person, but people just can't take it.  We'd rather hear about Tiger Woods' sexual escapades, or any other scandal.  Says a lot about society.  Heaven forbid we have a positive role model to talk about.  Don't worry, Denver's season is over and I'm sure there will be another scandal very soon.

Absolutely!  We, as parents, always talk about the lack of role models in sports for our children....yet when one comes along that ANY parent should want their children to look up to...some ridicule and make fun of him (I'm not saying those here are doing that).  Here is a man that leads the life he preaches...and I for one, am thrilled our children have him as a role model!   He is a class act all the way and I wish him the best of luck.   He's humble and just continues to lead his life as he believes he should as a Christian...God Bless you Tim Tebow!

sigh...I am not making fun of his faith. I am making a sarcastic post about how it is being used and hyped by the media. I don't know why people don't read what I am saying without flying off the handle. If you have not heard all the hype about him and people talking about his faith all the time then you haven't been watching anything. A 1 hour ESPN special about it? Really?
As for role models, no, I don't trust people who are in your face about their faith and are continiously publicly making a show of it. I don't view him as a role model, and unless one is a Christian who likes for public people to be upfront and the media to hype their faith, they don't either. I don't know him at all, why would I take him to be a role model? Because he claims to be Christian? I'm not Christian, why would that be a role model for me? That's what you fail to see. However, that is my personal stance and that isn't the reason for the sarcasm in my post.
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The networks would love Tebow if He were an Athiest or a Satanist. :rolleyes: It gets tiresome all the insults that they throw His way!

They would certainly hype that as well, and I would be equally tired of that. The networks LOVE anyone who makes them money, and Tebow does that.

You sound like Mickey Deerstone, who always says, "That's not what I said".   

Lol, Mickey.  That guy is a gem.

I absolutely loathe Deerstone.  If I get in the car and he is on, first thing I do is change it to another station.  He argues minutia that nobody but he and the person he is arguing with cares about, and he lets it go on and on. 

I like the fact that Tebow wears his faith on his sleeve and isn't ashamed of it. As a conservative Baptist, I often question the motives of Christians who want "to be seen" praying or preaching on street corners, etc. For all I know, Tebow may be one of those people. But in an era where — as Vinnie alluded to — our kids' sports role models are always in the news for all the wrong reasons, Tim Tebow is in the news for all the right reasons. I would rather my son watch ESPN and see a special about Tebow's faith than to watch ESPN and see a story about Tiger Woods' infidelities.

And if he weren't a Christian, my feelings on that wouldn't change. It's Tebow's faith that makes him who he is, I have little doubt about that, but people gravitate to him because of who he is, not necessarily because of his faith.

Did Tebow ask for a one-hour Sportscenter special? Did he ask for anyone to make a big deal about his faith? Did he ask for Matt Drudge to put up headlines proclaiming that he wins because of divine intervention?

No. He's gone out and played the game. If you want to blame someone for that, blame the big media hype machine.

Instead, we see people gloating because he lost. Some of them just don't like anyone who dares to believe in a higher power. Others are frustrated at the media's hype of Tebow and direct their ire towards the wrong person.

But those who are proclaiming that Denver is winning because the Broncos are God's team and the people who make jokes about Tebow's faith are all in the same category: they're too hung up on a guy's faith in God.

devout Christian than Tebow or anybody else? I think the biggest problem people have with Tebow is that he is more in your face about his Christianity than others. Most of us don't want to be "preached" to unless it's at church. I like Tebow and hope he succeeds.

That's nonsense. Tebow isn't in anyone's face; he isn't preaching at anyone. All he's doing is playing football...and building hospitals in impoverished countries, giving terminally ill fans the day of their life, etc. He just doesn't shy away from his faith. Because of that, peoPle obsess over it. For Pete's sake, he had to field questions at SEC media days about his virginity. How's he supposed to respond to that.

Please show me one article about Tebow being in anyone's face with his faith. I don't think you'll find one.

Tebow is anything but in your face about his faith.

Amen!  A more humble man you will never meet.   The media is what's "in your face"....not Tebow.

And I agree with the majority here.  He is NOT in your face and I love the kid.

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Matthew 6, 5-6. Just saying. This is going to politivol...I predict.

There's also a song that all young kids in Sunday school learn: "This Little Light of Mine." Not boasting one's faith and hiding one's faith are two separate things. If Tebow is "Tebowing" just to be seen, then he's obviously guilty of the things those verses condemn. As a general rule I am skeptical of people who go out of their way to show their faith, for that very reason. But the more I read about Tebow, the more I'm convinced he isn't like that. And at the very least, he's a better role model than most Nfl players.

The thing that amazes me is that players have been doing the same type thing for years and no one thought anything about it. Now Tebow has become a target. Boggles my mind! Keep on Tim, keep on!

I don't care for the public display by anybody be it Tebow or Peyton or anyone else. I don't think that is what the song is about. I've never witnessed Jack, Arnie, or even Tiger taking a knee after sinking a long putt. Bill Dance may have once but it was off camera...http://www.youtube.com/v/p_UnV3RbCtg

I remember a fella named Reggie White who was pretty upfront about his faith.     :bow:

as Tebow. He didn't Tebow after every good play. And he was an actual minister.

Take it to the appropriate board if you want to discuss it further. I don't want to read about religion in sports to be honest. People on both sides of the coin say stupid shizzle and let their emotions get involved. And I don't want to read it.