{"id":74887,"date":"2011-12-12T00:12:08","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T05:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/74887\/jesus-care-football-tim-tebow\/"},"modified":"2011-12-12T00:12:08","modified_gmt":"2011-12-12T05:12:08","slug":"jesus-care-football-tim-tebow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/74887\/jesus-care-football-tim-tebow\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Doesn’t Care About Football: Tim Tebow"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Tim Tebow phenomenon.\u00a0 I write this blog after watching Tebow lead his Denver Broncos to an improbable win.\u00a0 They were down 10-0 with 3 minutes left in the game.\u00a0 The TEAM (not Tebow by himself) came back to win in overtime.\u00a0 This has been the biggest story of this year\u2019s NFL season, if you base that distinction upon media attention.\u00a0 It\u2019s a classic story of unlikely success.\u00a0 Tim Tebow, who is now 7-1 as a starting quarterback,\u00a0 is allegedly not very good at that one thing that quarterbacks are supposed to do best: throw the football.<\/font><\/p>\n

Today was the first game I actually got to watch the guy for a whole game, and although every NFL quarterback MUST, by definition, be ABLE to throw the rock, Tebow wasn\u2019t that much worse than the average QB when it comes to accuracy and speed.\u00a0 He did okay.\u00a0 One thing I did notice is that he has a slow release; he has an unusually extended wind up and it takes him a long time<\/em> to release the ball. I suppose its this mediocre accuracy and slow release that has the critics up in arms as telling all the rest of us that he can\u2019t throw the football.<\/font><\/p>\n

\"\"Hey sports fans, lets talk about the 800 pound gorilla in the room.\u00a0 People allegedly critique Tebow because he\u2019s not a pocket passer and because he\u2019s more like a runningback playing quarterback.\u00a0 He doesn\u2019t deserve success because he whatever the hype, he doesn\u2019t have the talent to be a winner\u2026 but yet, he wins. Resentment follows.\u00a0 The gorilla in the corner with Tebow is that he is a notorious Bornagain Christian.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s one of them Bible thumping, proselytizing, you\u2019re-going-to-Hell Jesus Freaks. In a football player, he\u2019s one of those who thanks Jesus for every touchdown or victory, shooting fingers up to the sky in celebration as if Jesus were somewhere up there in the rafters. On the surface, one might wonder about the appropriateness of thanking Jesus for every touchdown.\u00a0 Does Jesus really care about sports?\u00a0 Is Jesus up there, acting as some unseen hand influencing the outcomes of sporting events?\u00a0 If so, the guys in Las Vegas who run the sports book would really like to talk to Him.<\/p>\n

\"\"There is a corollary to thanking Jesus for each and every success as if the Lord were somehow responsible for the outcome of a ballgame.\u00a0 Each and every loss or defeat would be a sign of Jesus\u2019 displeasure.\u00a0 God must hate the losing side of every sporting event if the winners are so favored in His eyes. Right?<\/p>\n

Tebow hasn\u2019t just been a Christian athlete.\u00a0 He\u2019s gotten out in front of groups of people and preached to them, actively inviting them to do what he has done, and submit to Jesus as a personal Lord and savior. He\u2019s used his position as a famous athlete to promote his extreme religious views.\u00a0 He\u2019s not an athlete who will just hold hand at the end of the game and thank God that no one got hurt, he\u2019s the kind who knocks on your door with Bible in hand and says that his success is proof of the sanctity of Christ.<\/p>\n

Tim Tebow has had amazing success as a football player. In college, he won the Heisman Trophy and two national championships whilst compiling a record of 42 wins and 3 losses. His time as a pro has been remarkable in that he\u2019s taken a team that most considered mediocre, and was very bad in the early part of this year, and turned them into a team that will likely make the playoffs.\u00a0 He\u2019s not been a spectacular quarterback in terms of what he\u2019s most criticized for, namely throwing the football, but he\u2019s used his running ability and leadership skills to will his team to seven of eight victories.\u00a0 He\u2019s also been very lucky.<\/p>\n

\"\"Here\u2019s the thing: despite his post-game comments and gestures, NONE of his success is attributable to Jesus Christ. Whatever one might think of the figure of Jesus of Nazareth, be it Son of God, wise teacher, bisexual charlatan, or a non-existent compilation of several radical Hebrew figures from two millennia ago, this much I can say for sure, this dead man\u2019s favor or dis-favor has nothing to do with what happens on a football field on Sunday! In fact, didn\u2019t Jesus talk some on keeping the Sabbath holy?\u00a0 What are you doing running around a cow pasture with armor on?\u00a0 That\u2019s NOT honoring the day of rest!<\/p>\n

Tebow thanks Jesus for his success.\u00a0 A lot of his critics don\u2018t want to admit it, but they get after him for this very thing that I am overtly criticizing him for.\u00a0 It\u2019s not that he\u2019s a running quarteback who can\u2019t throw that bugs them.\u00a0 It\u2019s that he\u2019s a BornAgain Christian.\u00a0 Let\u2019s just go ahead and be upfront with why we don\u2019t like him
\nTim Tebow\u2019s team will NOT win the Super Bowl.\u00a0 That means his season will END with loss and disappointment.\u00a0 Are we to blame Jesus for that?\u00a0 Are we to blame Tebow for masturbating after practice 18 months ago when he was just a backup?\u00a0 Mind you, I don\u2019t have any proof he whacked off before his second pre-season game last year, but it is an established fact that blowing your load with your own hand is not only a sin in the eyes of the Lord, but it will take an edge off and lead to sub-standard athletic performance.\u00a0 I\u2019ve experienced this myself.\u00a0 I\u2019m much more effective on the basketball court if I\u2019ve gone a couple or three days without release; whacking off before athletics is a sure recipe for slow, non-aggressive play.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/font>If and when Tebow loses, is it his fault for not praying hard enough?\u00a0 Maybe he displeased the Lord in some minor way and not winning the Super Bowl is a sign of Jesus being pissed.\u00a0 This may sound ridiculous, but it\u2019s no more ridiculous and is a necessary corollary to thanking Jesus for each win.\u00a0 If Jesus helps you win and is to be thanked for that, then Jesus must also be blamed for each loss.\u00a0 Moreover, when you shoot your fingers up to the sky and point the Big Guy after each touchdown, then you\u2019re saying God likes you more than the poor saps whose duty it was to prevent you from getting into the end zone.<\/font><\/p>\n

Are all defensive players going to Hell?\u00a0 They don\u2019t get to score and shoot fingers up to God.<\/font><\/p>\n

This Tebow kid is a heck of an athlete whose got a knack for winning football games.\u00a0 I just wish he\u2019d cut out the Jesus crap.\u00a0\u00a0 Tonight, while being interviewed after his come-from-behind victory over the Chicago Bears, the very first words out his mouth were \u201cI\u2019d like to thank my personal Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ\u2026\u201d No. Wrong.\u00a0 Separation of church and sports. Jesus didn\u2019t help you win anymore than Jesus made the other guys lose, or will make you lose next week, two weeks from now or in the playoffs on a cold field in Pittsburg.<\/p>\n

\"\"In the words of my personal Lord and Savior, Mike Ditka, \u201cSTOP IT!!!\u201d<\/p>\n

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