Pardon my French, but hogwash. Literally the only people I've seen mention Tebow's faith are the people saying he's being mocked because of it. It's a made-up phenomenon, along the lines of the non-existent "War on Christianity." Show me anyone who's said, "I don't like Tebow because he's Christian."
Tebow's most vocal (and most likely Christian) supporters have spread the false notion that Tebow's play is being denigrated because of his Christian faith, because there's just no other defense for his terrible QB play. Wins are great, but by that logic, Ochocinco was a great WR because the Pats went 13-3.
You said it yourself. Many other stars are public with their faith, but don't catch any grief about it. Why not? Because no one cares what their religion is.
No. I didn't say that. I said he as a player in the NFL, not his success or non success, he was absolutely being mocked because he was a Christian. Not his religion in particular. The fact that he wears it on his sleeve infuriates people. My point is that there are others in the NFL and other sports that profess their religion, yet they are not mocked. They may be all Christians but He is a little more demonstrative, yet he isn't leading a crusade and people poke fun at him......yes....for his religion. And the kid just takes it.
I have no idea what his choice of Christian faith is be it Catholic, Lutheran, Baptist etc. And yes absolutely .......people and media take delight in the fact that a QB with not elite skills yet in his early career happens to be Christian and this is easier for them to attack that side bar.
Answer this and you will understand where I am going with this. If Brady throws five picks and no TDs and we still win because say, he calls some great audibles, check downs etc. and our running game scores all the points...but we still win. Does Brady not still be the winning QB? The kid has won a few games with his arm. It was not all bad. It seems like Mike Vick was not too far off from Tebow in his first season. Manning was pretty bad in year one, yet everyone piles on this kid and oh by the way, he's religious.
The mocks go like this in case you have never heard some-"Tim if you are so near the Lord, why don't you have him make you have a better completion record or hit the open square out?". If you have not heard some of them you have lived in a shell. Are these not mocks that have religious overtones?
We are talking a kid that has been thrown into what has been a pretty crappy Broncos offense for a few years and he produced. He wasn't up to what some cal NFL standards and yet was competitive. Would the fans prefer pretty? Yes. Do they like winning? yep!
I just don't get it. Why is a first year QB who won a division title being tortured like he is supposed to be John Elway, no excuses. He produced Cousins. That was the end result. He was also mocked for his approach to life without question.
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