A Few Words About Timmy

[howeird]

If you're reading this you probably know that I don't follow any religion, and generally smirk at people who do. Lately, though I think Tim Tebow has been getting more bad press than warranted about his frequently expressed love for Jesus.

I have yet to see him pray for a touchdown. Or a win. All I have seen him do is thank Jesus for everything good which happens to him. When he first got the spotlight, he would not answer interviewers' questions with anything except his Jesus fetish, but lately he has mostly put that aside, Here's a recent interview, he doesn't mention Jesus at all, and the closest he comes is saying he was blessed with having good coaches.

IMHO he's less annoying than all those players who point to heaven or cross themselves when they make a big play.

Comments

[susandennis]

i totally agree

[lemmozine.livejournal.com]

From my perspective, both football and Christianity are, at best, undeserving of my respect or interest, and at worst, ongoing atrocities.

[howeird]

I fully understand that. My interest in football has a story behind it, which I will post Real Soon Now.

[lemmozine.livejournal.com]

Glad you understand I was commenting about myself and not disrespecting anyone who is interested in these things. Unless of course they NEED disrespecting, and then, you know I'm right there.

My lack of interest in football has a story behind it. I wasn't exposed to it much at all until I was about 12 - I went to schools where baseball was the primary sport - and at that point, it seemed to me to be essentially a tool for sadistic adults who like to abuse children and make them suffer. There's altogether too much shouting, talking through the nose, and people jumping all over each other. Not much of a story, but that's it. My problems with christianity are far more complex. Worldviews with a primary basis in mythology contribute to the etiology of a wide variety of society's ills and evils, while claims of positive contribution tend to be exaggerated.

However, unlike you, I do think that football and christianity go nicely together. Doubles my feeling of accomplishment when I switch off my TV.

[howeird]

It's probably because I was never interested in or encouraged to play football. I was in the band. We were at all the football games, in a non-violent capacity.