Comments on: Tebow cancels appearance at controversial church http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Sun, 26 May 2013 04:24:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: eightysixisback http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2349183 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:51:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2349183 ceschatz says: why is he a clown? because he has different beliefs than you?

Why do people act like he is a good QB, because he has the same beliefs as they do? Its funny how that works. According to his fans those of us who aren’t fans of his or who think he is a terrible QB are persecuting him for his beliefs. Yet somehow those same fans see nothing at all wrong with arguing about how great he can be as a QB simply because they agree with his beliefs.

The truth is i couldn’t care less what he believes, i think he sucks as a QB because he is a terrible passer and that seems to be a fairly important part of being a QB.

]]> By: zeke2517 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2348896 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:17:54 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2348896 This guy is a smiling waterhead who has never made a definitive statement in his life.

He can run with a football, and he can’t go three sentences without giggling and saying “Jesus.” So of course all of these zombie eyed christians want to jock him because, well, they checked their ability to think freely at the door long ago.

]]> By: tiger7575 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2348862 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 02:56:01 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2348862 None of this would ever be written if Josh Mc Idiot hadn’t traded UP to draft a QB that can’t throw accurately, can’t read defenses, can’t get his feet in sink and can’t be a long term leader, because, like it or not, Pros won’t follow a leader that can’t perform his job. Proof? Aside from the statistics, Denver had no shot at attracting valued free agents until they moved TT. Had he been drafted in the correct slot, 5 or lower, he could have had a solid back up 7 year job.

]]> By: 1bigtex http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2348693 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:34:20 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2348693 Okay, I’ll bite. What is the magic threshold one crosses to get their posts deleted? Inquiring minds want to know.

]]> By: ceschatz http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2348642 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:56:32 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2348642 cosanostra71 February 21, 2013, 11:21 AM EST

His pristine image? The guy is a clown and pretty much everyone knows it
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why is he a clown? because he has different beliefs than you? Or because the media talks so much about him that it annoys us all? Why exactly is he a clown? What have you done in your life that’s so special that you get to judge a guy you’ve never met? Grow up reject.

]]> By: opshuns http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2348613 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:35:17 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2348613 Just some hick preacher trying to lure in a big name and make his church justified.

I like Tebow for his kindness as a gentleman!. It seems the media bothers him rather than him bothering them… I would be proud to have a son like him, Christian or Moslem…..

]]> By: katra2logic http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2348605 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:26:45 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2348605 More Te-bore. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…

]]> By: fikuserectus http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2348492 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:14:10 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2348492 I’m not a religious person at all. In fact I don’t believe in god or any organized religion. To me it is all fake made up stories from thousands of years ago that mankind used to explain life. Nowadays it is used by many people to control groups and individuals. Radical Islam and Fundamentalist Christianity seem to be the main culprits when it comes to using religion as a way to keep people controlled and down.

However, I have to give Tebow the benefit of the doubt. He honestly tries to practice what he preaches. He probably had no idea this guy at the First Baptist Church is so crazy and hateful.

]]> By: melikefootball http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2348324 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:59:01 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2348324 I was glad to see this article, I thought Tebow was gone since nothing had been written of him lately. I will sleep better tonight.

]]> By: godofwine330 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2348124 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:06:14 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2348124 I don’t understand the hype with this guy. People act as if he is the second coming, or if he is the first person to truly believe deeply in God. An average football player with an above average heart. What he can give you on a football field and a dollar can get you a cup of coffee.

I wonder how long it is befofe people actually admit that he has no falue to a football team as a player (only as a draw for the owner, that will dump him when he realizes the kid just can’t play QB). Sadly, he will then jump into the political world when he will be yet another popular, unqualified guy in office. Bush, anyone?

]]> By: jwcarlson http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2348105 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:53:28 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2348105 If the media would have covered Obama’s church (20+ year member) even half as much as PFT just covered a church Tebow was going to speak at, McCain would have been elected in 2008.

]]> By: firestarter0728 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2348085 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:38:37 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2348085 Actually, I find Tebow just pretty dumb to begin with. Have you ever heard him interviewed? No real intellectual depth to speak of.

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Very few religious fanatics have any intellectual depth to begin with anyway.

]]> By: keylimelight http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2348074 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:33:06 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2348074 When Tebow came on the scene with his Bible verses on his eye-black and his saccharine-religious interviews, I rolled my eyes and thought: ugh! another self-promoting, evangelical, small c christian. A dime a dozen.

But as I continued to listen to him speak in interviews I came to realize that he genuinely believes in what he’s saying and that his actions (and reactions) reveal a certain authenticity.

So Gantt’s summary paragraph is spot on when he writes:

“One of Tebow’s greatest gifts, greater than his football ability, is his way of making a point without making people uncomfortable.”

Tebow is able to do this because he is genuinely a capital C Christian, which is a rare thing to behold these days.

]]> By: ebbycalvinlaloosh http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2348070 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:28:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2348070 I wonder if so many Christians would congratulate and defend this young man if he was Muslim and proclaimed his faith so publicly. Never mind, I know the answer to that question. So what they’re really saying is that they like that Tebow proclaims THEIR faith so publicly.

Regarding the article, I believe the new information that came to his attention wasn’t the track record of the hateful preacher, but rather the fact that there would be backlash from some of his more moderate fans that, in the end, would cost Timmy the opportunity to make more money than what the church was going to pay him to speak.

]]> By: commonsensedude http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2348050 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:17:55 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2348050 It’s almost comical to watch the overly personal attacks made on Tebow by people who call themselves “open-minded” but who actually hate him because of his public pronouncement of his faith. It’s like a bad reality show. “Athiests Gone Wild”

]]> By: thelastpieceofcheese http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2348031 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:03:40 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2348031 I know people are starving for Tebow’s news but this is ridiculous.

]]> By: thestrategyexpert http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2347979 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:40:41 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2347979 He called an audible, made a hot read, and lives to fight another down. Sounds like everything you would want in a quarterback as far as intangibles go.

]]> By: boonevol http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2347978 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:40:36 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2347978 Yes, Jesus spoke of love but he also spoke out against sin. In fact, he actually got ticked off and chased people out of the temple as I recall.

All of this having nothing to do with the fact that Tebow is not a modern day NFL QB.

]]> By: cliffordc05 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2347940 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:28:24 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2347940 Definitely a slow football day when Tebow is the subject. What are the other third string quarterbacks doing in April?

]]> By: moagecu http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2347922 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:24:07 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2347922 believing the bible is like believing a fable.

]]> By: shackdelrio http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2347908 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:16:39 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2347908 You’d think that Tebow’s handlers (his parents and brother) would have known that visiting this looney’s church would make their precious look bad.

]]> By: blackngold4life http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2347900 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:14:52 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2347900 Good idea..

]]> By: tigerlilac http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2347891 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:09:56 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2347891 I don’t share much in common with Tebow but he does appear to be genuine. Very few prominent religious people livein accordance with the teachings of the Semon on the Mount. Tebow actually practices what he preaches.

]]> By: granadafan http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2347890 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:08:19 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2347890 This was the right move for Tebow. Certain bigoted and extremist segments of the population may think it’s ok to selectively take a religious history book literally as an excuse for intolerant bigotry and preaching hatred instead of love (contrary to Jesus’ or Mohammed’s teachings). However, normal and rationale Americans who believe in equality and tolerance reject these mega churches or the Phelps. We don’t need young people looking up to Tebow and thinking it’s ok to bash people like gays.

]]> By: stevent92 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2347870 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:58:07 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2347870 People that believe the Bible and stand on it are now considered “Controversial.” Fun times we live in.

]]> By: ebr362 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2347868 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:57:24 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2347868 I love reading all the ignorant Tebow haters. He’s achieved more and inspired countless more than any of the posters who post their hatred for a person they never met.
No doubt his QB skills lack in comparison to his peers, but because he achieved more out of sheer will and desire more so than talent alone is an inspiration that many can learn from.
In a league where this website carries an arrest meter, someone that not only talks his talk but walks his walk should be embraced and not frowned upon.

]]> By: imaduffer http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2347856 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:52:21 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2347856 If he made an appearance it would destroy his next “mission” in life, running for some political office.

]]> By: emma333 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2347855 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:52:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2347855 What new information, Tim? You mean that Jeffress has degraded all religions except evangelical Christian, or that it will cast you in a negative light. Good for him for canceling, but he (or his people) should never have agreed in the first place. Even better, Tebow should condemn the pastor’s prejudices..Of course that will never happen, and the bully in Dallas will continue his hateful ways.

]]> By: tatatoothy http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2347851 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:51:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2347851 There ought to be a thumbs down function for the article itself, not just the comments

]]> By: popdrummer http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-church/#comment-2347846 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:49:27 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1746960#comment-2347846 Tim, you made the right call.

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