It's a rollicking good time at The Hive for the atheists and God-haters tonight:
malaise
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Looks like Jebus is busy tonight
Poor Timmy
http://election.democraticunderground.com/1002170175Despite the fact that Tim Tebow himself has explained that God doesn't care who wins football games. Despite the fact that he shows great personal humbleness. Despite the fact that his prayers are solely for the purpose of giving the glory to God for his personal abilities and accomplishments rather than indulging in personal pride. They still love to try and paint him as someone so shallow as to pray to God for miracles for personal gain.
DUmmies are the perfect example of people who have to see someone else face adversity in order for them to feel better about themselves, and they celebrate it with gusto. What sick souls.
JoePhilly
1. I'm guessing Jesus is $#%@# exhausted after the 49ers vs Saints game ...
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The 4th quarter had one miracle after another!!!!
Jesus is probably taking a nap now.
Liberal_Stalwart71
54. Let the church say AMEN!!
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What did it for me with this Tebow thing was his anti-choice commercial last year! Added to that, Focus On the Family bought airtime during this game and look what happened.
Jebus is busy, indeed!
cgnick
76. Football players would be better suited
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by reading their play books instead of the bible and practicing on the feild instead of praying.
grantcart
81. he is an intellectually lazy person who promotes a book that he does not absorb or understand
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His attempts to establish a new fashion of public piety is not just revolting but against the bible that he pretends to promote;
Tebow's public prayer or citation of scripture has nothing do with religion. Demonstrations of public piety are anathama to true religion and are sharply criticized by the Rabbi Jesus.
Matthew 6:5 - 7
5. And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites : for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
If the Rabbi Jesus that some call the Christ can criticize the practice of public demonstrations of piety then I think it is acceptable for us to do so here. If he is moved by compassion for an individual that suffers let him advocate of changing the system that will deal all that suffer not the few individuals that he has a chance to meet.
That's only one out of about eight posts so far that plays the "Matthew 6:5" card. It's one of the few cherry-picked Bible verses the DUmmies know by heart and I'm pretty sure they keep a laminated card with it printed on it in their pockets at all times for easy reference, based on what I've seen in all corners of the internet. To repeat the oft-used line from Inigo Montoya, "I do not think it means what you think it means." Besides, they totally neglect all the other passages from Scripture that exhort Cristians to share their witness of the Lord.
neverforget
57. Actually I do.
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I'm wondering why God isn't with Tebow tonight? Did Brady the Patriots pray harder or what? My opinion is that the Patriots are a better team than the Broncos.
dmallind
67. Why then pray after good plays?
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Why doesn't the hypocrite kneel and gibber to Gawd every time one of his defensive backs gives up a 30 yd pass but escapes uninjured if you are right? Sure looks to me like he thinks the almighty Lord of Creation expects prayers more when his team scores.
Liberal_Stalwart71
77. I've already responded with what I have to say. Keep religion out of sports. And, one doesn't
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have to profess a religion to perform good deeds.
That's the problem line. Tebow and people like him should please keep their personal, spiritual beliefs out of my living room. It would not be tolerated if Tebow were a Muslim or a Jew. Let's be honest about that.
Therefore, the best thing to do is to keep it out of domains where it doesn't belong.
Have a nice evening.
malaise
20. I know
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I'm lovin' it.
I hate people imposing their crap in every sphere.
Still I back one team in the NFL - Go Packers!
madokie
13. I don't know its a pretty big rock holding his ass in right now
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poor babbbby
At least a couple of people do get it:
Neue Regel
63. It appears you have a fundamental misunderstanding of the role of prayer in football
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The prayer isn't generally a request for god to help their team win a football game. The prayers are usually about looking over the team so nobody gets injured, playing your best with the talents god gave you, honoring god while playing, and thanking god for giving you the physical ability to perform at such a high level. No athlete I've ever spoken to actually thought god cared about the outcome of a particular game, or that god was rooting for or helping one team or another. The only people I've ever heard say anything like that are atheists and those who do it in a mocking manner.
Union Scribe
84. Tebow haters are funny.
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Not in what they say, because it's always the same dumb jokes (seriously, freshen that stale crap up).
They're funny because they stomp their feet when he wins, and feel some weird satisfaction when he loses. The guy by all accounts is living a fantastic life and made it to the playoffs, and by contrast his detractors are hanging around wallowing in their counter-culture hipness and indulging petty, bilious fantasies that they somehow win when he loses.
They are, in short, the exact mirror of the people they loathe: those who over-inflate Tebow winning into a win for his religion. Except at least those people are rooting FOR something and someone.
And I'm not even a Denver fan. I'm been a Brady fan since Michigan, so I was on the same rooting side as all the Tebow haters, but I still have to think they've lost nonetheless.
Ouch.
