Comments on: Why Ridiculing Tim Tebow’s Faith Does Progressives No Favors http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/blog/why-ridiculing-tim-tebow%e2%80%99s-faith-does-progressives-no-favors/ Advancing faith as a powerful force for justice, compassion and the common good. Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:20:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: TJ Hanlon http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/blog/why-ridiculing-tim-tebow%e2%80%99s-faith-does-progressives-no-favors/#comment-24644 TJ Hanlon Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:10:04 +0000 http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/?p=12486#comment-24644 The Tebow's idea of humanitarianism is to try to get Catholics to become Protestants in the Phillipines. When he prays for a touchdown, he send a signal to secularists like myself that, "My God cares more about my football game than he does about real suffering." How can one NOT mock that kind of hypocrisy? Rather than criticize secularists who point out that Tebow does no one favors by his nonsense, the faithful ought to be joining secularists in criticizing him for his hypocrisy. Failing to confront evil-doers in their evil for fear of turning off people who wish to imagine that the evil is actually a good, and so don't want to offend them does nothing to address the evil. Not confronting the religious when their behavior is demonstrably harmful by increasing the amount of suffering for fear of offending is a cop-out. The Tebow’s idea of humanitarianism is to try to get Catholics to become Protestants in the Phillipines. When he prays for a touchdown, he send a signal to secularists like myself that, “My God cares more about my football game than he does about real suffering.” How can one NOT mock that kind of hypocrisy?

Rather than criticize secularists who point out that Tebow does no one favors by his nonsense, the faithful ought to be joining secularists in criticizing him for his hypocrisy. Failing to confront evil-doers in their evil for fear of turning off people who wish to imagine that the evil is actually a good, and so don’t want to offend them does nothing to address the evil. Not confronting the religious when their behavior is demonstrably harmful by increasing the amount of suffering for fear of offending is a cop-out.

]]> By: Jonathan Villalba http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/blog/why-ridiculing-tim-tebow%e2%80%99s-faith-does-progressives-no-favors/#comment-17384 Jonathan Villalba Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:34:02 +0000 http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/?p=12486#comment-17384 If you want answers you must go to the source, in this case the Bible. God does care about a football game as much as he cares about a starving kid in Africa, or the wealthiest Arab in the world. God cares about people and at a football game there at thousands in person and millions over the TV that have access to see a man display God's greatness whether He loses or wins a game. What an opportunity to show A Lord and Savior in front of many and make Him the most important thing over a NFL game. That speaks a lot about humility and character. Christ did say to pray in a closet but you are missing the message and focusing on the literal words. Study the passage and you'll see God is talking about the attitude of the heart (God exalts the humble and lowers the proud) You can pray all you want at a football game with all humility and give great testimony about God. It's about the attitude, do not miss the point reverend. Otherwise Why then Daniel would pray with his window open and everyone would see and then gets cast into the dean of lions? Really? Come on. People, listen to this words: Why do you make a big deal of a guy that is trying to set a good example to many young athletes? (Because to them that are perishing the Gospel is offensive and foolishness, I even know the answers to my own questions! that's what's up) If you want answers you must go to the source, in this case the Bible.

God does care about a football game as much as he cares about a starving kid in Africa, or the wealthiest Arab in the world. God cares about people and at a football game there at thousands in person and millions over the TV that have access to see a man display God’s greatness whether He loses or wins a game. What an opportunity to show A Lord and Savior in front of many and make Him the most important thing over a NFL game. That speaks a lot about humility and character.

Christ did say to pray in a closet but you are missing the message and focusing on the literal words. Study the passage and you’ll see God is talking about the attitude of the heart (God exalts the humble and lowers the proud) You can pray all you want at a football game with all humility and give great testimony about God. It’s about the attitude, do not miss the point reverend. Otherwise Why then Daniel would pray with his window open and everyone would see and then gets cast into the dean of lions? Really? Come on.

People, listen to this words: Why do you make a big deal of a guy that is trying to set a good example to many young athletes? (Because to them that are perishing the Gospel is offensive and foolishness, I even know the answers to my own questions! that’s what’s up)

]]> By: Rev. Richard S. Gilbert http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/blog/why-ridiculing-tim-tebow%e2%80%99s-faith-does-progressives-no-favors/#comment-16898 Rev. Richard S. Gilbert Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:26:41 +0000 http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/?p=12486#comment-16898 While I do not share Tim Tebow's faith, I respect his humanitarian work. However, I'm afraid his pious displays on the football field trivialize religion. The idea that God really cares about a football game minimizes deity. I believe Jesus said something about praying in one's closet in private, not making a show of it. I do not laugh at him, but question his understanding of the New Testament and prayer. While I do not share Tim Tebow’s faith, I respect his humanitarian work. However, I’m afraid his pious displays on the football field trivialize religion. The idea that God really cares about a football game minimizes deity. I believe Jesus said something about praying in one’s closet in private, not making a show of it. I do not laugh at him, but question his understanding of the New Testament and prayer.

]]> By: Michael Morris http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/blog/why-ridiculing-tim-tebow%e2%80%99s-faith-does-progressives-no-favors/#comment-16702 Michael Morris Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:55:58 +0000 http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/?p=12486#comment-16702 I try not to mock, but I do try to expose hypocrisy. The faithless share a lot of common values with some of the faithful and should work together for good causes. The faithful that talk of this being a Christian nation and ignore the benefits for all when we have a healthy church-state separation, they are the ones that make non-believers nervous. Re:Tebow, I think the most interesting question about Tebow's sideline piety is whether the Jesus he's praying to would in fact Tebow. The quick answer is NO. Check out my blog post on the topic at http://biblefunmentionables.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/would-jesus-tebow/ I try not to mock, but I do try to expose hypocrisy. The faithless share a lot of common values with some of the faithful and should work together for good causes. The faithful that talk of this being a Christian nation and ignore the benefits for all when we have a healthy church-state separation, they are the ones that make non-believers nervous.
Re:Tebow, I think the most interesting question about Tebow’s sideline piety is whether the Jesus he’s praying to would in fact Tebow. The quick answer is NO. Check out my blog post on the topic at http://biblefunmentionables.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/would-jesus-tebow/

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