Tim Tebow has God on his side!

[AP Photo by Julie Jacobson]

Over the past year or two, we've had some fun with Tim Tebow and his religious pretentions - praying and placing Bible verses on his face while playing football for the University of Florida and the Denver Broncos.

We have nothing against Tim Tebow.  He is no doubt a fine, young man.  

However, I am sick to death of this kind of in-your-face Christianity espoused by Tebow and others who think they have been called to save the world.  I'm sick of that kind of religion and those who preach it because the reality is their god is a small, incompetent pissant who can do nothing about tsunamis, tornadoes, hurricanes, famine, floods, drought, cancer, TB, unemployment, anti-Semitism, racism, or war ... 

Hell, their god is such a numbskull he (it's always a "he") can't even shut up  asshats like Bachmann and Santorum and Romney and Gingrich, who claim to speak in his name.

Yet they seem to think that this pissant of a god gives a damn about football games and a quarterback named Tebow!  Take a bow, Tebow!!!

Tebow and his co-religionists are convinced that their god will give everyone whatever it is they pray for and eventually eternal life if they turn their hearts over to Jesus and be converted to this egregious form of fundamentalist Christianity.  

What the heck, their god might even help Tebow win a football game if he gets down on his knees and makes an ass of himself in front of millions of people every week.

It's rather amusing, really.  Tebow, who claims to love Jesus, does just the opposite of what Jesus commands.  Jesus hated public displays of piety because he knew they were inherently hypocritical.  That's why he counseled his followers not to pray on street corners (football fields) but rather go into a closet and pray SECRETLY to Yahweh!

Tebow must have missed that particular teaching!  Among other things.

My good friend, Bob Poris, after following the antics of Mr. Tebow on the gridiron, had this to say:

According to Tebow, he has God on his side when he plays. Is that fair and ethical? If an opposing player is a Muslim or a Jew, do they all pray to the same God? If so, how come Tebow gets God on his side most of the time? Are there no rules that limit outside help for a player? Should there be?

If players of other religions or none at all, win or lose, does that make the game a contest between Gods?

I wonder why God helps Tebow sometimes but not others. Is he busy elsewhere the days He does not help Tebow or is He upset because Jesus was not happy with those that loudly prayed in public and wore their religion on their sleeve, so to speak (in whatever the language He spoke those days.)

Personally my suggestion or request to whichever God is watching Tebow play, is that They devote more effort to saving lives anywhere -- people or pets who are in danger. There is a time to play games for money, and a time to help those in need. Praying to win a game seems selfish to me and should not be rewarded.

Where is it written that a single game of football is worthy of God’s attention? It is not mentioned in either the Old or New Testament as far as I know. I am sure it is not in the Koran or in any of the holy books in the Eastern religions. If Tebow has a losing streak will he continue to devote himself to Jesus or pursue some other endeavor?