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Three Ugly Truths Exposed by the Tebow Assault
American Thinker ^ | December 27, 2011 | Timothy Gordon

Posted on 12/27/2011 5:21:08 AM PST by rhema

The ongoing imbroglio with Denver Bronco quarterback Tim Tebow has made plain three really unflattering facts about the secular-progressive ("sec-prog") movement in this country. Tebow's straightforward and unapologetic Christianity has been received by NFL mensae magnae (contradiction in terms?) as a type of threat. These folks have responded by building upon the previously gathered strength of the anti-Christian movement in this nation. Such a movement, by the way, is far more prevalent than it formerly appeared.

First truth: the sec-progs have meatier game in sight than we used to think. That is, when sec-progs start out declaring that they aim merely to set a plain whereupon all religions can fairly "coexist," they really contemplate an end-game where religions fade permanently out of view. Have a look at the emergent history of the jurisprudence: "No federal religion" became "no state religions"; this became "no government entanglement with religion"; this became "no governmental support for religion"; this became "no governmental mention of religion"; this led to the phase that the Tebow debacle currently evinces: "no popular mention of religion in any public sphere, including private affairs which get viewed on TV." One can easily imagine the last few steps in this phenomenology of disappearance.

Coming back to Tebow, let's remember that his comparatively subtle iconographic decorum has managed to stir up the hornets' nest to a startling degree: recent betrayals by active (Lions players Stephen Tulloch and Tony Scheffler) and especially retired (Merrill Hodge and Jake Plummer) players lack all response-to-stimulus proportionality and sound more like personal defensive responses to some governmental actor threatening the players' own religious liberty. That is, all such ugliness over Tebow taking to his own knee in thanks, or occasionally mentioning the J-word after a game, exposes a fetid, rotten sort of secularism at the heart of

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; US: Colorado; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: christianity; denverbroncos; nfl; secprog; tebow; timtebow
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To: ScottinVA
The fact Tebow’s open expressions of faith are considered “controversial” shows how far down the path of darkness this country has traveled.

Ain't that the truth!



Where there's a shell, there's a way.

25 years ago, we had Ronald Reagan, Johnny Cash, and Bob Hope.
Today we have Obama, no cash, and no hope!

If you can't appreciate the pure beauty of the violin after hearing this, something's wrong with your ears.

Or you can get raw with these strings.

How about this gamechanger from America's Got Talent (which they SHOULD have won).

Either way, the violin is sweet yet LETHAL.

Do it!

41 posted on 12/27/2011 11:21:59 AM PST by rdb3 (><>The mouth is the exhaust pipe of the heart. <><)
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To: bigdirty

“If Tim Tebow were a muslim player...”

If the man were Catholic or Mormon, the “my Jesus is better than your Jesus” crowd on this very site would be denouncing and tearing him down.


42 posted on 12/27/2011 11:35:59 AM PST by Owl558 ("Those who remember George Satayana are doomed to repeat him")
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To: 9YearLurker

That’s like spotting an old lady waling down the street with a bag full of money, and thinking that you’d better rob her, or else someone else will.


43 posted on 12/27/2011 12:21:25 PM PST by Daveinyork
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To: hosepipe

You’re a heck of a dancer.

Let’s try this another way: is Christianity a form of paganism in your slithery opinion?


44 posted on 12/27/2011 12:23:36 PM PST by cowboyway (Molon labe : Deo Vindice : "Rebellion is always an option!!"--Jim Robinson)
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To: Daveinyork

I don’t think the arts should be publicly funded either—but that doesn’t mean I begrudge anyone the opportunity working in an organization that soaks up government funding in its field either.


45 posted on 12/27/2011 1:20:08 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Owl558
If the man were Catholic or Mormon, the “my Jesus is better than your Jesus” crowd on this very site would be denouncing and tearing him down.

That's nothing! Imagine if the man used an Apple computer!

46 posted on 12/27/2011 1:27:48 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: 9YearLurker

And that’s why our governments are always in financial trouble.


47 posted on 12/27/2011 1:28:41 PM PST by Daveinyork
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To: cowboyway
[ Let’s try this another way: is Christianity a form of paganism in your slithery opinion? ]

Paganism is a perception.. Many names for God..
People do the best they can with what they have to work with..
as do you.............

Not that “God”(the real one) has a name anyway nor does the Holy Spirit..
The biblical God refuses to be “named”.. which gives him/it much credibility..

Example: Jesus name is not Jesus, nor is Jehovah's name Jehova..
Neither Hebrew/Aramaic or Greek has the letter “J”..

Note: I like things simple too but some things are just not that simple.. or simplistic.. Smart Alec's HATE THAT..

48 posted on 12/27/2011 1:41:56 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole...)
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To: cowboyway

Pft.

Let me guess he uses the History Channel’s invented “history” of how Christians just coopted all the pagan winter festival holidays and solstice bs and “tricked” people into celebrating a Jesus centered version of it.

Man, I’m only 30 and I’ve been reading about that one since I was 12.

Funny thing is... do your own research, while of course on a macro level there was overlap of that nature (that is how humans evolve/devolve traditions and norms no matter what the case), the argument they make is made as if they received a secret time capsule with a confessional.

As point of fact, Christianity is certainly not pagan in any definition.

We may not be the “chosen people,” but this gentile is willing to go down fighting as a warrior on their behalf... isn’t that the short of what our role is supposed to be from an Evangelical perspective? (an honest question-— I’m Catholic and a bit ignorant on the various American developed Christian sects’ specific end times/final fulfillment ideologies).


49 posted on 12/27/2011 2:26:30 PM PST by Individual Rights in NJ (Infidel Inside)
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To: cowboyway

When his, or anyone else’s opinion matters, I will be forever damaged. It might be a while. Christians are accustomed to that behavior. My only concern for Tebow is the fiery arrows headed his way. Prayers for strength, especially with the losses. The NFL is lucky my husband is not a puritanical conservative or their union wouldn’t get the time of day in my home. I love college football.


50 posted on 12/27/2011 2:34:42 PM PST by momincombatboots (Back to West by G-d Virginia.)
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To: hosepipe
Note: I like things simple too but some things are just not that simple.. or simplistic.. Smart Alec's HATE THAT..

Occam's razor.....

51 posted on 12/27/2011 2:38:33 PM PST by cowboyway (Molon labe : Deo Vindice : "Rebellion is always an option!!"--Jim Robinson)
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To: Revolting cat!

LOL oh man I made that mistake once here.

I’m not even a mac guy. I’m a hardcore PC gamer that buildings 5K+ systems like the back of my hand.

I put ONE tiny response to a thread once that my work phone Android sucked, and that my personal Iphone + macbook air combo for my on the go “Manhattanite lifestyle” (good grief!) couldn’t be matched at price and parts quality and usability in mobile, by pc/driod makers at this time... I literally got flamed for like I think 60 posts, totally derailing the topic of the OP.

LOL


52 posted on 12/27/2011 2:41:34 PM PST by Individual Rights in NJ (Infidel Inside)
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To: donmeaker; cowboyway; hosepipe
[cowboyway] [ FR member donmeaker has proudly proclaimed his paganism and has flatly stated on FR that he believes that Christianity is a pagan religion. ]


[hosepipe] NOT all christians are christians.. theres an element of truth to what Meaker says..

FReeper donmeaker, you've been called out.

53 posted on 12/27/2011 3:18:05 PM PST by lentulusgracchus
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To: hosepipe

Stick to your day job. You suck as a preacher or analyst of religions.


54 posted on 12/27/2011 4:06:17 PM PST by RightOnline
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To: central_va
Conversely, Al-Tebow would be slagged into a puddle of "He's an Anti-American" ridicule and scorn here.

Asinine comparison. When Christian fundamentalist start slamming airliners in to buildings in Manhattan, then you can make your stupid moral equivalence.

Asinine? It's spot on. The comparison regards the public expressions of one's faith. This site is filled to overflowing with "my sect/denomination is better than yours." Islam, Buddhism? OMG!!! To speak nothing of the slagging that Mormonism gets.
55 posted on 12/27/2011 4:21:52 PM PST by Goldsborough
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To: veritas2002

The Liberal death wish is becoming a reality.

But we must not forget that the Soviet Union dissolved on Christmas Day.

Pope John Paul II said: “BE NOT AFRAID.”


56 posted on 12/27/2011 6:03:04 PM PST by victim soul
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To: veritas2002

The Liberal death wish is becoming a reality.

But we must not forget that the Soviet Union dissolved on Christmas Day.

Pope John Paul II said: “BE NOT AFRAID.”


57 posted on 12/27/2011 6:03:18 PM PST by victim soul
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To: veritas2002

The Liberal death wish is becoming a reality.

But we must not forget that the Soviet Union dissolved on Christmas Day.

Pope John Paul II said: “BE NOT AFRAID.”


58 posted on 12/27/2011 6:03:25 PM PST by victim soul
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To: cowboyway

[ Occam’s razor..... ]

Occam had a Boston Blackie mustache..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pencil_Thin_Mustache


59 posted on 12/27/2011 6:37:40 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole...)
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To: lentulusgracchus

[ FReeper donmeaker, you’ve been called out. ]

LoL... If anything I’m don UNmeaker..


60 posted on 12/27/2011 6:42:55 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole...)
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