You know Jesus kind of makes a good point here.
I can NEVER understand why an athlete who spends their life honing their skills, and who overcomes great obstacles to emerge victorious, would then turn around and give ALL of the credit to the fact that they were a better Christian or more dedicated in their praying than their opponents.
Then why bother turning out for practice at all?
And why, WHY would anybody believe that a being of such great power and awareness would waste their time watching basketball, hockey, or football games? Just another thing about the religious mindset that I will never understand.
P.S. By the way the last part of the skit is pretty funny, so don't skip it.
Here's what gets me.
ReplyDeleteSome disaster hits (hurricane, earthquake, fire, flood, you name it). Lots of deaths, lots of ruin.
The survivors gather.
And PRAY IN THANKSGIVING FOR BEING SPARED.
What kind of sick fuck religion is Christianity?
The ritual is working for Tebow. Jesus is his mantra. It works for him. If he were blaming/attributing this all on Gatorade, or some coach, would you still find it annoying?
ReplyDeleteTebow probably has a speaking gig lined up after he retires.
I'm expecting that this giant will also have a fatal flaw exposed soon, probably with a Delilah or Tamara type woman, and it will happen as he is losing importance in the public eye (you know the pattern.) This will make him more marketable, and be planned. Of course, she will be beautiful and have really meant to have stayed a virgin till she got married.
I personally don't like seeing 'religion' brought into everything as is being done now. There are many citizens that are not religious and are good people. I especially disregard the overly religious in our government - on all levels.
ReplyDeleteSo many (extreme Republicans) do not practice what is taught them in their churches. They are the 'least' family oriented group on the planet!
I get so f'ing tired of all the God and Jesus postings on Facebook by people who ostensibly think they are better than the rest of us.
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Anonymous said... 7:57 you would be right there with them.
ReplyDeleteTebow is the current poster boy for the anti-abortion, faux pro-Jesus crowd. In 2008, it was Sarah and her beloved prop. Now it's Timmy and his mother who should have died without an abortion, but lo, and to the hymns of angels, she and Tim survived to fight another day. Now Tim has to thank his Creator on TV for giving him life, talent, and for letting him win games. Hallelujah!
ReplyDeleteThe Tebow Bible is for sale in the lobby, folks, and so his his memoir. Oh, and if you pray hard enough, you, too, can be a multimillionaire who hitw people for a living. And Jesus smiled.
Anon @ 7:57
ReplyDeleteI heard one of the shooting victims from last Jan 8 here in Tucson, who was shot four times, claim "God was watching over me."
Now, I decided to drag my tired, atheist ass to that same Safeway the night before instead of waiting until Saturday morning, and was shot exactly zero times. I think I should be really grateful his god decided not to watch over me, but you can see my dilemma - grateful to whom?
I think Jesus made a good point that we have to take the responsibility do our part. If our committing ourselves to upholding the ideals of someone whom we love and respect makes us a better person, then we've chosen a good leader. The commitment of multiple individuals to a collective effort to work together towards a common goal can result in an outcome greater than the sum of the individual parts---- this is known as synergy.
ReplyDeleteI was a Dallas Cowboy fan in the late 70's when Riger Staubach earned his nickname, Captain Comeback. Interestingly, Staubach was also a Christian but led through his quiet leadership, outstanding work ethic and refusal to quit when the "chips were down" instead of wearing his faith on his sleeve. Staubach's teammates "believed" in him because they knew that if they followed his example, the Cowboys had a great chance of being successful. Not much superstition involved there. A similar situation exists in New England with Tom Brady. In New Orleans with Drew Brees, too. There are way too many other examples to list. In 1985, Jim MacMahon was QB for the Bears, one of the greatest teams in NFL history. Jim was a wild party guy who nonetheless had the respect of his teammates to pull them through in the clutch when the game was on the line. None of the Christian media tied McMahon's success to his lack of spirituality, but maybe Jesus has a sense of humor.
I didn't play ball after high school, but once I had a college Physics exam that I decided that I'd study for "after" I returned from happy hour. The next morning, my prayers didn't help much. Cause and effect.
Whether it is a real or perceived edge, in a sporting competition, if you truly "believe" you have an edge to help you win, you might have a greater propensity not to quit under the pressure of facing potential failure.
Superstitions abound in our culture, especially in sports. Think about Nuke Laroosh (Tim Robbin's character) the young pitcher in the great baseball movie, Bull Durham. Annie (Susan Sarandon) convinced him that wearing her garter belt under his uniform pants would help him as a pitcher to throw strikes. As a rookie, he followed the direction of Annie and was successful. Musta been some great underwear, huh? Actually, she taught him to believe in himself. A crutch helps until we realize that we can do it ourselves.
haha..that was pretty funny.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad SNL took this one on. I roll my eyes everytime I hear about tebow and his prayer thing.
Really? God allows death, destruction, poverty, ruin and general devastation to others but has time to visit tebow before a game? Huh?
It's absurd and trivializes the whole 'Jesus" thing.
He has the absolute right to pray whenever or wherever he chooses. But if he thinks he's making a case for "Jesus" he's wrong.
He's showing the shallow nature of his prayers and the need to draw attention to himself.
Reminds me of someone that likes to flash around a wad of cash.
Nothing humble or sincere about him.
It's like the little kid who was pulled out of the surf in Oregon last Autumn who wasn't breathing and had been under for 15 minutes or so. They life-flighted him back to the Children's hospital and brought him back to life, seemed find within a week or so. The parents went on and on about how "it was a miracle. God heard their prayers and intervened." Not one mention of the doctors. Not a word about support staff. Just God. How classless.
ReplyDeleteHilarious! As a non-christian, I have always found it ridiculous that people think Jesus or god is on "their" side to win anything - be it sports, beauty pageant, the lottery, etc. People think God will help those folks, but won't help the family living out of their car, or the family gathered at the bedside of their dying child. Nope, god would prefer to bestow victory on a football player. That is just plain stupid. And that is one of the many reasons why I made the conscious decision to not be a christian.
ReplyDeleteTebow is already a darling of the zealous right, his name has been dropped by Perry at a debate, on the 700 Club, and in various blogs. I always notice it when he is brought up to further the nutjob cause, as he is my 14 year old son's favorite athlete - much to my chagrin.
ReplyDeleteAlthough he's a huge Packer fan, and has plenty of Rogers and Favre on his walls, my son also has Gators and Tebow memorabilia all over his room, as well as in his closet. It must look odd to see the two of us together at times, he in his bright orange Tebow jersey, me with my 99% sweat shirt.
I recently told my husband to watch: Tebow is being groomed to be a future politician. He is already a spokesperson, the awful ad he did for prolife sealed that deal. It's frightening in that he could bring a new younger demographic to vote against their own interests - and that is just what the right is searching for.
She's Toast....
ReplyDeleteDumbo and the feather comes to mind for me.
Tebow is nothing more than a ratings booster for the sports media, like Sarah was for the political media.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that the Packers are 13-0, maybe have a decent shot at busting the Dolphins record of an unbeaten season, but get almost zero press and anything Tebow screams headlines, is all I need to know to see he is nothing more than a cash cow (high voiced bull).
So if god was watching out for the survivors of the Tucson shooting, they must also think that god was not watching out for the ones who died. Including the little girl. If you believe one way, you have to believe the other.
ReplyDeleteI'm still waiting to see the reaction when a Muslim player turns to Mecca after a good play.
ReplyDeleteI saw this last night... THAT's funny.... But you know how zealots are.. they'll try to have SNL taken off the air..
ReplyDeleteBUT ----------HERE'S BREAKING NEWS!!!!
Pali's OWES : headline reads...
Palin: Guilty of Major Ethics Violations..Must return $ 386,000 from Contributions.
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"Weekend Update" had a nice Palin jab. Cable is able to have a show just about coupons but no one is interested in watching a show about Todd riding around on a snowmobile. Love it.
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ReplyDeleteSo 8:48, I should be grateful to god for sparing ME, but destroying my dead neighbors, friends and community?
As I said... a sick fuck religion.
TIM TEBOW: How He Became The Most Polarizing Athlete In Sports
ReplyDeletehttp://www.businessinsider.com/tim-tebow-patriots-game-2011-12
Tebow was raised and indoctrinated to make these displays by his missionary parents who saw it as their duty to covert heathen non Christians to further the reach of this bloody religion.
ReplyDeleteWinski...that article is from a year ago....I don't know why it keeps getting re-published as if it's new...it was originally published by Geoffrey Dunne back in June of 2010.
ReplyDeleteI like Tim Tebow as a person, but he is playing the wrong position. He should be a running back.
ReplyDeleteI don't think Jesus cares about football games. He is probably more concerned about the poor and sick and the hateful rhetoric dividing our country today.
Excuse me, but if Jesus can win a football game, he would have done better with the Crusades, the Troubles in Ireland, prevent King Henry VIII from killing all those wives, stopped World Wars I and II, not to mention all of the other wars. When both teams pray to win, how does Jesus choose? In fact, every time one team plays another, both sides pray to win. Kids pray to pass the test. And what is the consequence? If you didn't win or if you didn't pass the test, Jesus doesn't love you? Oh, please, start accepting some personal responsibility. Sarah Palin wasn't chosen by God, or we would still be writing about her, too.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I am sick and tired of hearing the name Tim Tebow. The sports media is portraying him like he is the second coming of Christ.
ReplyDeleteI live in Jacksonville, Fl, which is in the heart of Gator country, so I have been hearing this Tebow bullshit for years.
It wouldn't be so bad if he would tone down the Jesus but he just keeps on shoveling it.
There was also another University of Florida QB who won a national championship, is also a self-professed Christian and an NFL bust. Danny Wuerrfel. Did God hate him because he did not win football games in the NFL?
ReplyDeleteIf praying causes good things to happen, when does it become witch craft, because the other side is that someone looses. Does Tebow vex the other team?
ReplyDeleteOh, for God's sake, Sarah Palin confesses her undying love for... Tim Tebow! Maybe that's why the Broncos are losing right now, Satan just endorsed their quarterback!
ReplyDeletehttp://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/12/18/palins-pick-not-presidential
The thought that a loving god would slather so much talent on one person and Direct his games and vex the other team while children suffer in divorce cases, people get tortured, people starve, people lose jobs, etc., is horribly wrong.
ReplyDeleteKind of an odd question, but I've heard the Republicans are "grooming" Tebow for politics.
ReplyDeleteWould he be eligible to run for President if he was born in the Philippines of American citizens?
Is a child born of American citizens who are diplomats or in other government service eligible?
How can anyone claim to follow the precepts of Jesus when their spend their time defeating, physically brutalizing, and unmanning other people?
ReplyDeleteWhat they need to do at the end of each game is beg God for forgiveness.
And why would God help one team or one player defeat another?
Do they really think that on the 11th day God made football?
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ReplyDeleteI get so f'ing tired of all the God and Jesus postings on Facebook by people who ostensibly think they are better than the rest of us.
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Tebow is especially annoying, although he does not wear a cross near his crotch, like Ol' $cary does.
The Broncos lost...what's Tim going to say now.
ReplyDeleteAnon 3:02: Yes, a child born to American citizens on foreign lands is a full citizen. McCain was born in Panama.
ReplyDeleteWhat if this guy's opposition is also praying to the same god? Is the winner somehow better at praying or what? And why would god bother with sports games anyway? I too have great difficulty with the interjection of religion into every single thing.
ReplyDeleteIt's not "the religious" mindset; it's A religious mindset. Give me a break, please do. Not all people of faith are like the fundie crazies you have up there, Gryphen. For instance, I not only don't think Jesus gives a rat's ass about sports, I also highly doubt that He cares for politics or national borders. I personally believe that He only cares how we treat one another.
ReplyDeleteOh, come on! Jesus would never wear socks with sandals!
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