Tim Tebow: Football and Christian Privilege
From BlagHag.com: http://www.blaghag.com/2009/11/tim-tebow-football-and-christian.html
One consequence of my being home for the holidays is watching a lot of football with my dad. I'm currently watching Florida destroy Florida State, but the conversation at the McCreight house isn't focused on football - it's on Tim Tebow.
Tebow is the senior quarterback for Florida. He's well known not only for his great football skills, but for his evangelical Christianity. He was home schooled by missionary parents and noticeably writes Bible verses across his face while playing. For example:
Personally, I have no idea why he's allowed to do this (and neither does my dad - yay ranting about religion with your family). I have a really hard time imagining a football player being able to write "Allahu akbar" across his face in Arabic, or even worse, "There is no God." Even if the NCAA would legally allow these other sayings, the fallback from fellow players, coaches, and fans would be so great that a Muslim or atheist player probably wouldn't even consider it. I don't know about you, but I feel uneasy enough labeling myself as an atheist on the internet - I'm not going to do it when 300 pound men are actually supposed to come tackling me.
But it's not just because of its religious. By writing anything distinctive on his face, he's drawing attention to himself. Showboating after touch downs is explicitly forbidden in college football, yet drawing attention to yourself with Bible verses is okay? I guess the news network is partially to blame for this. CBS is currently using every chance to zoom in on Tebow's face and use that as TV filler - would they be doing this without the Bible verse? No, at least no where near to this extent.
If that's not enough, the CBS announcers took the time to read the actual verse that Tebow was referencing today. It was Heb 12: 1-2, though they only read the first line:
1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. 2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.Good call leaving off all the Jesus heavy part, at least. They claimed they should read it since it was obviously important enough for him to select and write on his face. So do I get to select passages I find meaningful and have them read on national television? Yes, if it's a Bible verse.
This isn't about censoring Christians so that they can never talk about their faith. There is a time and place for such discussions, and representing a public university in college football is not it. This is about illustrating that you're rewarded for expressing your Christianity, but everyone who disagrees better keep it to themselves. Christians are a privileged group, and crying "Oppression!" as loudly as they can doesn't change the facts.
Damnit! I already *did* this, Commish! (That's what my comment here was all about on the thread with Tebow carrying the cross.) I made this 'shop to point out the sheer hypocrisy of bragging about your religion to a few of my family and friends... you can see it here; http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b190/fark_raving_mad/TEBOW_akbar.jpg
As I stated previously, feel free to share it as you see fit. The more people that see it, the better.
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tebow is a undercover fag who likes sucking little boy dick 18 and older of course
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is tebows mommy going to hold him after his lost to bama we all know hes going to cry like a bitch
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Here's a new one in honor of today's game; http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b190/fark_raving_mad/Tebow_PWNED.jpg
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Even though I am a Christian, I can't stand Tim. I think the reason is that I feel he is exploiting his faith to gain attention. It has been a huge marketing ploy for him. There are dozens of star players that are believers. You may see a point to the man upstairs after a good play, but you don't see them shoving their "I'm so holy" attitude down people's throats. In reality, he isn't the only guy on the team that is a great athlete. I feel sorry for the other players who never get any media attention because of him.
And, his never lose again speech? He seems that he'd do anything to win. I bet we'll see something big come out about him down the road. Similar to Tiger Woods. He'll cheat with enhancing drugs, or something.
Although I am a Florida native, I am happy to see that Tim will not be playing in the title game. I am ready for new faces and more humble stars.
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Most athletes appear on a box of Wheaties, not Tim Tebow. He'll be the first to appear on a box of Kleenex. He's gonna win the Criesman Trophy for sure.
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Came across this via Facebook. There's a Tide fan out there who deserves a big high five. http://redlabelsports.com/
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I agree with you 100%. He should not be allowed to wear Bible versus on his face paint. Remember Jim McMahon wanting to wear some guys name on his headband, a friend of his...and he got fined for it? If he'd have worn a Bible verse on his headband would it have made a difference? If so...that's bad. I find it offensive and a little weird to be honest.
Don't worry though, his time is coming. Those like him always get it in the end. He's going to be one of those Christian holy roller Bible beaters who fall so hard that it'll feel like an earthquake when he hits the ground. Remember Jimmy Swaggert? Tebow already knows how to cry good for TV viewing...he'll be balling his eyes out just like good old Jimmy was when he's caught with a stripper or a prostitute or some trampy girl...it's bound to happen. You can see it coming for him like an out of control freight train.
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This site is great! So here's my take: Yes, Tebow is probably a pretty good guy. Yes, I would have loved to have him on my college team, as they currently suck (CU Buffs). BUT...the media is the reason for the backlash on him. Americans like an underdog. We also like people who have overcome personal failures and bettered themselves; even hard luck cases where people keep trying and failing, but get back up. That's why we like guys like John Daily. What we don't like is to be repeatedly hit over the head with how "perfect" someone is. I don't remember the announcers name, but when I heard, on national TV, the quote: "Anyone who meets Tim Tebow is a better person for it..", I pretty much wanted to puke. During the bowl game against Cincinnati, one of the announcers went on and on about how appalling it is that there are people out there cynical about Tebow. The more the media preached to us what an amazing person Tebow is, the more the backlash grew....and grew. He's also not doing himself any favors with the bible verses on his face; I thought that was reserved for the freaks in the end-zone that hold up the John 3:16 sign during x-tra points.
But, thankfully, the media circus is all but over on this "uber-mench", because his college career is over, and his chances of making an NFL team are slim to none. We'll just have to wait for the next Mr. Perfect. Maybe this one will be Jewish...or Hindu....or atheist....
If the media weren't
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no sorry he won't fall, cuz you are brainwashed by the media who don't point out the million missionaries/preachers who give up their life for ppl and never fall..YOU only hear about the one who falls and think all Christians are like that...obviously you live in a box willingly...just keep believing everything you hear on CNN and NY times etc....they will keep you in a very depressed sad box...where ppl like tebow are always smiling and happy and rich too...most athletes are Christian in every sport, except the ones that fall(jail, drugs, roethlisberger)...so stop listening to b.s. media and you're liberal professors and follow the steps of those Christians who travel round the world and help/educate/heal sick dying, and ignorant ppl who still live in tribes, or if you think that is so great go live there...no i think you like western civilization which has been created by judeo-christian ideals and philosophy...get a life and stop hating on ppl who give up their time to help ppl...when was the last time you went on a vacay like tebow and helped ppl...and didn't get drunk and slutty..yeah, thats what i thought...
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Wow, you make alot of assumptions about the people running this site. We must be heathens and bad people. You actually hate us worse then we hate Tebow I think. Don't assume we arent philanthropical or dont give back to the community. People can have an opinion about someone or something and not have it define them. Like us. We don't care much for the way Tebow carries himself usually, sends mixed messages that sometime make you wonder about his beliefs are BS, pushes his religious beliefs on people, the way his Mom may have misled people with her abortion story, etc. It all adds up to TebowHaters.com.
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I laugh at all of you people. If Tebow played on your team you wouldn't feel the same way. Derek Jeter has/had been treated the same way. Clean cut, class act, winner...just too good to be true and all people could ever say was how much sucked.
People hate a winner...well...that is if it's not a member of the team they follow. Get over your jealous selves, the kid is a breath of fresh air.
He's not getting arrested for stealing, robbing, doing drugs, carrying guns, running an illegal dog fighting operation or getting in a brawl in a strip club at 4:00am.
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This site is great! So here's my take: Yes, Tebow is probably a pretty good guy. Yes, I would have loved to have him on my college team, as they currently suck (CU Buffs). BUT...the media is the reason for the backlash on him. Americans like an underdog. We also like people who have overcome personal failures and bettered themselves; even hard luck cases where people keep trying and failing, but get back up. That's why we like guys like John Daily. What we don't like is to be repeatedly hit over the head with how "perfect" someone is. I don't remember the announcers name, but when I heard, on national TV, the quote: "Anyone who meets Tim Tebow is a better person for it..", I pretty much wanted to puke. During the bowl game against Cincinnati, one of the announcers went on and on about how appalling it is that there are people out there cynical about Tebow. The more the media preached to us what an amazing person Tebow is, the more the backlash grew....and grew. He's also not doing himself any favors with the bible verses on his face; I thought that was reserved for the freaks in the end-zone that hold up the John 3:16 sign during x-tra points.
But, thankfully, the media circus is all but over on this "uber-mench", because his college career is over, and his chances of making an NFL team are slim to none. We'll just have to wait for the next Mr. Perfect. Maybe this one will be Jewish...or Hindu....or atheist....
If the media weren't
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this website is aptly named "haters"...no tim is not a closet fag, or trying to draw attention to himself(the media does that for him, he is trying to draw morally and emotionally pubescent losers to a higher calling)...all ppl who hate someone who gives up his spare time to help sick, poor and dying ppl, and doesn't take millions of dollars so he can concentrate on football, you all are some stupid muthaf@#$rs...get a life and stop being closet fags for tebow...go to church or maybe give up some of your SO SPECIAL time to help a person in need like he does...grow some balls and start growing up and maybe you can be even a quarter of the man he is some day...you can dream though...
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nutn but a bunch of haters, true...closet fags for tebow...you all ought to get a life and start growing up and maybe you can be half the man he is some day...oh right, you're too busy with your important life to travel around the world and help sick and dying ppl...everyone is just a hater of christianity, not tim tebow..and if you are, get a life...YOU KNOW WHO THE FIRST PPL TO HELP IN THE TSUNAMI, OR KATRINA OR HAITI...NO NOT FEMA OR ANY SECULAR ORGANIZATION...YES CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS...THE ONLY ONES WHO SACRIFICE THEIR TIME TO HELP OTHER PPL AND AREN'T SO SELF IMPORTANT AS TO BLOG ALL DAY ABOUT HATING CHRISTIANS...CHRISTIANS ARE TOO BUSY OUT IN THE WORLD ACTUALLY DOING SOME GOOD, SO YOU ALL COULD LEARN SOMETHING FROM CHRISTIANITY, CUZ YOU WOULD HAVE NO MUSIC(BACH, BEETHOVEN, HANDEL, MOZART, BLUES/GOSPEL/ROCKN ROLL) NO ART(MICHELANGELO, DA VINCI(YES HE WORKED FOR THE CHURCH UNLESS YOU BELIEVE TOOL BROWNS BOOKS)EVERY OTHER ARTIST INSPIRED BY CHRISTIANITY), AND NO UNIVERSITIES(READ SOME AQUINAS AND OTHER CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHERE WESTERN CIVILIZATION CAME FROM, CHRISTIANITY WAS THE LIGHT IN THE DARK AGES REFORMING PAGANS, NOT PRODUCING THEM)....SO GET YOUR HISTORY STRAIGHT, STOP BELIEVING YOUR PROPAGANDIST LIBERAL PROFESSORS AND GET ON BOARD WITH THE REST OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD AND START HELPING SOMEBODY, GROW SOME BALLS AND BE A MAN...AND STOP BITCHING AND WHINING...UNLESS THAT IS YOUR JOB...BEING A HATER...
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one more thing, you all must be going to college right now right?..thats why your views reflect that of a sheep who walks in lock step with his dumb ass liberal professors,...there is no such thing as "Christian Privilege"...what country are you living in..the gov't is trying to take God out of everything...you know they pray in the Supreme Court everyday, and there is a ten commandments and a quote from Moses?just because progressives want to take religion out of everything doesnt' mean thats what our founding fathers intended..when you're going down the wrong road,going forward is not "progress"...to the dumbass who says he should be allowed to write something on his eye black..no you don't get to just because tim does...you aren't the best college football player of all time(most espn analysts admit this)...so yes he gets a little more privilege AND CAN WRITE SOMETHING UNDER HIS EYE BECAUSE HE EARNED IT..DO YOU KNOW WHAT EARNED MEANS?..not just any tool who disagrees with him gets to go on tv and put "atheist" on his eye black..because there are no quality athletes who are stupid enough to believe there is no God...oh right, Hindus had a pecking order of gods, Buddhists believe God is all encompassing, Nordic, Roman, Greek, African, Native American all believe in higher beings, but since you go to college you got it figured out right?..there is no God...lol....if he can't put something under his eye there is no free speech..I thought we were supposed to defend each others right to say something even if you disagreed?but if its got Christian message, thats where free speech ends, right?...Nambla, gay/lesbian, immigrant minority groups, atheists, all should have their views shouted on the rooftops, but anything with God in it...that should be "separation of church/state"?...you do know those words are not in the constitution right? it was in a letter from Madison from France to keep the state out of the church, not the other way around...go read a book and stop hating...under 30 yrs old and not a liberal, you've got no heart, over 30 yrs. old and not a conservative and you've got no head...
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Wow, you really got a head of steam last night with the comments. Sounds like you should start a site maybe called 'TebowHatersHaters.com'. You said more things about us then we've said about Tebow, lol. Just because you may believe in certain religious beliefs please understand that not everyone shares your same values and/or beliefs. Part of this site exists because of that premise. I think sports stars can perform on the field (which is why they are paid the money, athletic ability not religious beliefs) without pushing THEIR views on you. Whether it be religion, politics, etc. Do you believe if Tebow has strong political views as well we should have to sit through that too. Or, since you may not share your political view, he should just go ahead and keep that to himself? Look at the reaction of the other athletes at the Wonderlic test when Tebow suggested a prayer. See, if you don't feel strongly about a subject, or have an opposing view...you don't really like to have that stuff shoved in your face. Do you? Apparently not judging from your comments...
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