As you can see (and may have heard), things are going great guns for St. Timothy of the Wobbly Underthrown Pass. He is 5-1 since taking over from Orton the Castoff, and there have even been rumors of MVP consideration. It truly is an almost-but-not-quite-there Christmas miracle.
Today he will face the Vikings who have a real live Christian as their quarterback, so God will be faced with a mighty dilemma. Possibly a tie, which is like kissing your sister if your sister happens to be Sister Mary Katherine Knucklerapper.
As is our custom, we will once again check in with one of the apostates (as submitted in last weeks comments):
The sky thundered, and the hour of the actual downfield completion had come. And Tim did runneth.
1. And I looked, and beheld a pale horse upon the helmet: and his name that did wear it was Tim; and his biceps were as a statue of marble, and his eyes were as a flame of fire, and his throwing motion were as a girl of 12.
2. And, lo, it was decreed that every eye shall see him, and every mouth shall spake of him, and all the thousand prophets of ESPN shall wail because of him, and rest not their tongues.
3. And dominion was given unto Tim over the many fine souvenir stalls of the greater Denver metropolitan area.
4. A shekel was tossed toward the sky to starteth the contest and, lo, the Broncos did choose with sagacity; and there was much rejoicing by Tim; and Tim did cheer, and did enthuse, and did exalt unto his teammates, and did slappeth them upon the backs and upon the helmets and upon thy fleshy bottoms, and the various other parts, and so on.
5. And his teammates did thinketh unto themselves: this is all a little much for triumphing at the tossing of the shekel, no? But whateth are you going to do?
Etc. …… just like it says on the last page of the bible.
You can look it up.
Also, too: (For I so loveth mankind, I sacrificed sleep to do this at 3AM)
(Update) God hates Christian Ponder, possibly because his name leaves open doubt as to His existence.



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As a Bronco’s fan since 1970, I am oh-so conflicted about the situation… love to see them win but….
It really is the football factor as far as I am concerned. The jesusy stuff will just add to the shadenfreude when the inevitable decline of the Tebow happens. Then, where will the Broncos be? Instead of using this time to get/develop a true quarterback, they are wasting it on a sideshow.
The only upside I see is that the longer TT keeps playing, the longer until he “retires” and winds up as an announcer with one of the networks (shall we guess which one?).
I’d settle for a sister kiss if THAT is sister.
As a UF alum, I ought to all excited and stuff, given that yet another Gator is out there getting what is rightfully his, even as us non-athlete Gators get to choose between basking in the reflective glory of football Gods and being satisfied with that, or having the world view us as ungrateful, uncoordinated, un-penis-having spoilsports whom they’ll never invite to a Superbowl party.
But…nah, can’t do it. That Tebow is a sanctimonious git just makes it easier to justify my football-hating.
(There is an ad for a Christian university right under your post, TBogg. I am here to tell you that if you *really* want to put the fear of God into a young person, send him to the University of Florida.)
The only way I make it though this day is if both:
a) The Vikings loose 114-0, thus preventing me from having to pay for a billionaire’s new stadium (srsly, Zygi Wilf could build it with a check, and still afford mac-n-cheese).
b) After our mighty 2″ of snow, the metrodome roof falls on Tebow, also too thereby allowing access to the angels to gently pick up Timothy and ascend him to heaven with 72 other virgins before giving him to Cthulu, that self-righteous sonuvabitch. Seriously, praying in his own inimitable way for a missed field goal!?! How fucking pious is he!?!? This is Bachmann level!
Besides, God’s an Aaron Rodgers fan.
tim tboww
superstar
do you think you’re what they say you are?
http://youtu.be/IvVr2uks0C8
As self-ordained Bishop of the Church of Tebow, I hereby proclaim the following edicts:
* No Sabbath games. The NFL plays on Saturday, as God intended.
* Demon booze at games, tailgate parties and teevee ads is out.
* Let’s have some modesty on the cheerleading squad, please.
* Swears get a 15 yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. No exceptions.
* Touchdown celebrations shall consist of Tebowing and Tebowing only. Sinners and the damned (including all Catholics, Episcopalians and Methodists) are permitted to hand the ball to the referee.
More fatwas to follow next as the Brother Tim Traveling Salvation Show comes to the Chicago Bishopric next week.
We Evangelicals ruin everything we touch — there’s no reason the NFL should be any different.
Whilst the Vikings are teh suck, their one strength is their defense against the run, so this could be close. A 7-3 game is not out of the question, even allowing for the weather (or lack thereof in the HumpDome).
Verily the Lord hath struck down Purple Jesus with an affliction of the ligament and casteth out from the Vikings what passeth for their second best catcher of the balls.
That pic was obviously taken just before Timmy made yet another incomplete pass…
(And what’s with the creepy smiles on god-botherers? Timmy’s leer is almost as bad as the creepy slow smile Herman Cain unleashed at the end of the Smoking Man ad…)
I think she’s Tebow’s developmental coach. She’s been hired to teach Tim the proper method for gripping footballs to enhance his passing game. Rob Gronkowski had a similar coach to work on his post-catch moves. I have to say, it’s been paying off quite well.
Kinda looks like Bristol (Tit-shimmy) Palin with an augmentation job.
It’s certainly an odd way to teach handling footballs. Footballs aren’t nearly that, um, pneumatic. Or photogenic.
(Fixed) Kinda looks like Bristol (Tit-shimmy) Palin with
an augmentation job.enhanced pectoral muscles.When I was a kid forced to go to church, wearing something that revealing would result in serious consequences. Obviously times have changed, and Timmy’s churchin’ buddies/leaders have learned a lot about how good advertising brings in the crowds (of males in this case).
Speaking of developmental coaches, I think Joe Kapp should take Timmeh out for a binge of drinking on the 494 strip, while simultaneously wenching or getting into fights. Would move Timmeh way up the learning curve on how to be more of a mensch, and would probably help with his reads too.
I’m sure there’s a diamond cross in the shadow of the valley. ‘Cuz Tebow fears no evil.
I had the fortunate experience of seeing Joe Kapp play with the Patriots back when they were known as the Boston Patriots, playing at Harvard Stadium. Back then, games were a BYOB affair and fans would bring beer in by the caseload (made convenient seat height extenders). It was mid-winter and my beloved Pats were losing another game. Someone hit Kapp’s helmet with a snowball. He turned and gave the crowd both middle fingers. Must have been a thousand snowballs launched in response. That’s all I remember about that game.
It’s an experimental approach – thinking outside the box, so to speak.
The times, they are a-changin’
Now it’s pictures like that that really make me miss the hover tags on the photos …
In Tebow’s defense it is hard to complete passes with stigmatic hands.
Great, great post.
Go Broncos!
If you’re into “Harlequin romance-level descriptions of Tebow’s Adonis-level physique”, then this might be good for a chuckle. The prose is so much dirtier than the photo.
Tebow shall smite the Champions of the Lutherans of Minnesota with a mighty smiting, and send them mewling and puling back to their false churches in misery.
You all might appreciate this:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/unreasonablefaith/2011/12/tilman-and-teabow/atheistvchristian/
(linked by someone who is a researcher at UF, who also saw Timmeh play at Nease HS (my daughter was in the color guard at the time so I went to see her), but also an ex-Christian who is nauseated by the self-righteousness of these shits like Tim)
Uh Oh!
SatanMN is up 2-0.That’s a big hole to climb out of!
God just created a 40 yard fumble for the Broncs…it’s just not fair, I tell yeah!
Two strong defenses slugging it out over two weak offenses – turnovers will be the topic of the day.
Also: Who’s the dame? Youza.
Wow, Satan just tricked Broncos into fumbling!
We got a 7-5 barn burner going!
Woe unto thee, O Lutherans. We have Tebow, and you have but Garrison Keillor. Give up and renounce your false faith. Only our God forgives, but we promise not to exact his vengeance.
Heretic!
If you were a Broncos defensive player, how pissed off would you be that you’d won your last three games by 17-10, 17-13 and 16-13, and you won the game before that by 14 points in a game where you had a 60-yard TD run and a punt-return TD, and all anyone could talk about was what an awesome job your new QB was doing with the offense? I’d be smacking people in the mouth randomly.
This is what a Sarah Palin presidency would be like. She’d have people lay file folders on her desk labeled “The Good Idea” and “The Bad Idea” and she’d pick one. And the next day’s headlines would read “President Palin Kills Bin Laden.” Subhead: “Guys in Funny Green Clothes Help out a Little.”
DAy-um – Tebow (PBUH) has 51 yards passing in the third quarter, of which one is a 21-yard TD pass. That makes it 5-8 (not counting the TD) for 30 yards?
Den has 14 pts with an interception returned for a TD.
You could have a cut-out of Tebow and get these same results, no?
Go, Niners!
Actually… its been sort of interesting thus far! Its fun to watch two different offenses and defenses both play as shockingly bad the Browns. (Although I’ll give my poor ole Brownies the benefit, they did have the #1-ranked pass defense for a minute or two).
MN fans gotta be pumped, they have 22 points on the board and lead by 1 at the end of Q3.
OK, that’s class: Percy Harvin just made one little Viking moppet extremely happy (along with a whole bunch of other folks).
21-22
Tied at 29 with seven minutes to go. Did not see that coming.
29-29
God is having a hard time decidering
29-29 God parts Purple Sea and allows Tebow to run through for 2 point conversion.
32-29 Vikes. 3:06 remaining God’s setting this up for another Tebow come from behind win.
Oww.Oww. Did ya see that pass?n Truly inspirational.
It’s Hand O’ God time. Everyone Tebow.
T bow is praying. I see the td coming.
I’d bet dollars to donuts this asshole is going to President of the USA one day (if it lasts long enough. The USA that is).
Time to strike t. God’s behind you.
Spoken like a true adherent to mainstream orthodoxy.
Tim Tebow is a leader, regardless of his xian bent. (NOT a Christian myself)
What he knows how to do is bring the team with him, to see what he sees, and to make them believe in his ability to win.
You can’t teach that skill.
You should be happy you have this guy. Don’t you believe that John Elway, with his long history of laboring under a coach who never used him to his best abilities, (i.e. Dan Reeves) understands that Tebow is good for the team?
We should start a pool on that.
Heh, bad clock management, Vikings! That’s going to come back and haunt ‘em …
Also: finally muted the color commentary, the fellating of Tebow transcended nauseous and is now in hallucinogenic territory. I thought people were exaggerating, Gaia help me, its real.
Re: ackack, good numbers today, no doubt, and win or lose it certainly has been an interesting game. It’s this cult-of-Tebow stuff that’s annoying as hell, even the yackers on Fox were succumbing. With OAK falling to the Fish, DEN has a chance, and there is plenty of football left, so will time will tell. As I’ve said previously, the miracle to me is that people see what they want to see.
Oh well time for the inspirational foot, as in football.
Yeah!!! Will the devil take it away from him? Has he been pure this past week?
That young lady seems to have an affliction. It’s good of T*bow to overlook it.
Frankly I’m amazed that it’s this close. I thought for sure that with our underachieving defense, a coach who doesn’t know when to challenge refs (see also: Harvin, Percy, 104-yard touchdown run that got taken from us last week because Frazier had his thumb up his ass), an unheralded rookie QB and no Adrian Peterson, Tebow would have racked up a three-touchdown lead by now.
But now our defense is fading, so Tebow should get another TD out of this to win.
football is the most mindless waste of time ever foisted upon the idiocracy…get over it, fer chrissake.
I’m an atheist, and I just don’t get all the hate.
SO WHAT if he’s a Christian? Do the points mean less/more? The wins?
I thought this was football. do we need to have religious means testing now, before we support a player?
It’s all about the W’s. Lighten up just a smidge, already.
Intercetption. NO fair, can’t have guardian angels playing for you.
God makes Ponder throw an interception.
Could you imagine if that fuckin’ tool GUS JOHNSON was calling the game?
Eat that, Bonhoeffer.
It’s almost over now fans. The good guys will win. It’s always that way you know.
When it was just a secular game, I would have agreed….for Christ’s sake.
Yup. Our coaching stinks, which is a big reason why we’re cellar dwellers even with people like Harvin and Peterson on offense.
The sad thing is that this loss won’t be chalked up a crummy Viking team (crummy and therefore undeserving of Wilfare to a man who can pay cash for a $19 million condo), but as yet another example of the glory that is Republican Anti-Choice Jesus. Blegch.
The Tebowing
will behas been televised.It’s because if he wasn’t an anti-choice Republican poster child he would never have made it past fifth-string QB in the NFL. He also had the great good fortune to land on a team with a very good coach and a superb defense that racks up a good chunk of Denver’s points for him.
Happened again. Tbogg, you have become a tool of Satan!!!!!!!
If Kierkegaard had been in the Church of Tebow, he would have had whiter teeth, fresher breath, and Regina would have found him irresistable.
Lutherans, curse your false God and die in vain.
Another miracle…praise
TebowluckJesus!You can tell he is a saint — he is looking at the camera.
As a dyed-in-the-wool Browns fan I feel your pain. It was pretty clear early on that turnovers would be the topic of the day, and the defenses did not disappoint.
As for DEN, I stand by last week’s analysis – any of three AFC North teams would crush these guys, with NE and HOU to round out the competition should a playoff berth be available.
Its an NFC year anyway, so it matters little: The Niners and the Pack appear to easily best anything in the AFC, even the vaunted Pats.
Denver made a deal with The Devil and got 3 games worth of points fronted. Expect incredibly bad football the next few weeks.
By the way, where’s BearCountry to tell everyone how The Tebows have home field advantage throughout the playoffs?
I was attending to the Jets game. But if Tebow actually threw 2 touchdown passes, albeit against the Vikings, he may be starting to get it.
10/15 passing, 202 yards, 2 TD and a QB rating of 149.3
I’m thinking of building a shrine.
A win is a win as a win is a win. ‘s all I’m sayin’
*heh* Every Teblooding post has led to an improbable Donkey victory…! You go, Tbogg(PBUH)…! Now, my Broncs are tied with Da Raiders…! (Btw, what’s up with Rivers these days, T…?) ;-)
OK, honest question-y’all know he’s not the only Christian in the NFL, right? And football players coming as they often do from the deep south or the midwest, the Christians probably outnumber the atheists nine to one, at least? So why is Tebow getting all the attention? Because he’s a quarterback who wins. Seriously, a team going from 1-4 to 7-5 would be a front page story if Richard Dawkins was the quarterback. Or, just look at the attention devoted to decidedly un-chaste media darlings like Rex Ryan or Michael Vick-it’s not just the Jesus-lovers getting the front page. It’s not a conspiracy, it’s fucking football. I got two games on the teevee down here in rural Missouri, one of them being by beloved Bears getting the piss beat out of them by a mediocre team and putting together their most horrific offensive performance since Johnathan Quinn was in charge. That’s what I’m going rend my garments about, not some guy who thinks about God differently than me putting some wins together. Stop taking it so damn seriously, fer chrissakes.
John Elway’s job gets harder by the week. How does he draft another quarterback without tipping his hand about his feelings about long term Tebow success?
Seriously?
Come on. I don’t even know where to start with that.
Nobody in football is making decisions based on their religion.
I’m with ya there, sb…! I’m a diehard Orange Crush fanatic from back when Morton was QB’ing…! ;-)
I can’t explain for others, but let me take a whack at explaining for me.
Religious, non-religious, whatever, I couldn’t give less of a shit.
But when you make it a point to bring up whichever one you are EVERYTIME you’re given a bullhorn, then your proselytizing. That’s what he’s doing, that’s why he’s so loved by the media, and why he’s so loved by the right wing (but I repeat myself after the media I suppose). And I hate proselytizing.
AND also, too the hate comes from the COMPLETE hypcorisy of said media when someone dares to do the exact same thing from the other direction, by responding to a mike in the face with “I just want to thank myself for this great performance today because God had nothing to do with it.” When that happens there’s a shitstorm.
Proselytizing and the hypocrisy explains the hate for me. I’ll let others express how/why they don’t like the asshole.
If I wasn’t already convinced his knees have finished him as a football player, I’d say Cedric Griffin, not the Lord, won this game for the Broncos.
How true, especially since Luck is now well out of reach, unless he spends the next 5-10 yrs of #1 draft picks…!
Tebow was left alone, and the Vikings wrestled with him all afternoon. When they saw that they could not overcome him, they wrenched Tebow’s hip socket. But behold, it did not change his miraculous scrambling ability. Then they said, “Let us go, for we desire overtime not.” But he said, “I will NOT let you go unless you bless me.” Said the commentators, “What is your name?” He answered: “Tebow”. They said, “Your name shall no longer be called Tebow, but Hoshiyaakadurregel, for you have striven with beings divine and human, as well as your own lack of natural NFL aptitude, and have prevailed.”
(I think it helps that “kadurregel” means the other kind of football.)
Even Kurt Warner wants Tim to chillax with the Gawd talk.
In spite of your hate and snarkiness, Tim keeps smiling and winning. You wanted better passing statistics, he gave them to you. It does seem that when a Tebow receiver has to make a great catch, you denigrate the pass, but when a receiver on another team makes a great catch, all of the talk is about the great catch. Just keep hating and he will keep hating. You still haven’t figured out that the defense started to play better when Tim became the starter. This same defense was there for Orton, but he just did not inspire the winning confidence. BTW, Ponder now has Harvin to throw to as Tebow did at UF – two tds today. Ponder threw for about 180 yards more than Tebow, but still lost, just like the old days. Total passing yards don’t mean everything.
According to Brian Billick the game would also have been different if Jared Allen could have played instead of “Gerald Allen”
I’ll go with ackack: a win is a win is a win. If putting a blind gopher on roller skates in at QB put up wins, there’d be fur flying and rodent worshipping in the press booths instead of the commentator hallucinations bullshit on display today.
Hopefully Elway still remembers what sustainable winning looks like, and mediocre numbers or not, if he thinks his squad will put up more W’s thus, that’s what he will do. Having *someone* in backup QB is required, its only a matter of time before your O-line let’s that killer sack by, and your guy gets drilled. If DEN manages to play a single playoff game, much less actually win one, I’ll wager the rest of management will tell Elway he can draft whoever the hell he wants.
Unfortunately I have other commitments which preclude me from staying abreast of the game. Personally I think that you commentators are choking on your own bile as he continues to win. I just laugh at you and your hysterical desperation, along with Elway and Fox. Where are they in the standings now?
In spite of your hate and snarkiness, Tim keeps smiling and winning.
All by himself! Because points off turnovers don’t mean everything either.
Actually, you’ve inspired me to root for DEN, though I could give a tin shit about the team, for no other reason than to see how they fare against a real squad in a real NFL game in January. They’ll get a taste of NE at home shortly, let’s see what happens then.
Exactly!
The defense realized JuiceBox had little trade value UNLESS they put some checks in the “W” column so they’ve really picked up their game.
To go into MN as only 2 point underdogs (when “home field advantage” gives you an automatic 3 in Vegas) and act like it’s a miracle Denver won is just weird. That tells you how shitty MN is (sorry Vike fans).
Do tell!
Know what’s really sad? A bitter winner/whiner. Most of us here know it’s a game and won’t give the outcome a second’s worth of thought either way. You, on the other hand, seem to be putting a whole more meaning into this we are. For that, we chuckle in your general direction.
M&M connection baaaby! Morton is now part owner (or was) of a basketball gym here in Portland.
My earliest Bronco memory: I was about 5 and went to a home game with my dad and mom. I fell asleep in my dad’s lap and was jarred awake. By my dad jumping up and screaming “Go Floyd! go!” still hear that as clear as if it were yesterday.
As a life long Bronco fan this season is so conflicting. I was hoping for a good draft position. I hate Tebow (not due to faith but due to pathetic throwing mechanics, and very questionable defensive read skills). Why the need to thank God every opportunity is beyond me.
That being said, I will fully admit it is compelling and interesting to watch.
Book Salon up with James Wolcott’s My Life Getting Down and Semi-Dirty in Seventies New York hosted by tbogg
If Elvis and Von can plant Brady in the turf enough times, Jeebus might just pull out the improbable victory, it’s been far too long since Denver last beat the Patsies in their seemingly annual match up…! ;-)
+1
And that cuts right to the heart of TebowFetishism.
Probably arriving here too late to get much of a reaction but you know what I pray for?
Denver acquires a really good, and really devout, Muslim player who insists on thanking Allah at every opportunity, puts down his prayer mat and does his afternoon prayers on the sideline, admonishes all his teammates not to drink, and advocates for multiple wives.
Think Timmy and the XTtians might just blow a valve?
They let us out early on Sundays at the First Baptist Church of Fort Collins (CO) (another home of wife swapping deacons and embezzling pastors) to watch The Orange Crush’s ’77 Super Bowl run. Good times, the football that is….
Hahahahahaha! Sweet!
I was going to write something like that in reply to OldFatGuy@78 but not nearly as well done as yours!
Was surprised to see the Pats D let the Colts put up so many points today. Maybe that’s a little bellwether too? See ya on the 18th …
Denver acquires a really good, and really devout, Muslim player …
… at running back or wide receiver …
holy shit – he’s 6 – 1. soon we’ll all be tebowing.
So it’s OK for “christian ladies” to show off their bosoms these days?
Or just okay to show off the fake ones?
It seems to be vaguely related that the Lambs have all of 66 yards of offense this half. The defense has done a very impressive job for it to be only 9-0.
This is a pro-Tebow argument–the defense has played its heart out and Jackson is playing, but the offense has forgotten how to play football in general.
(Chris Long just got his 12th sack and it is halftime.)
I sure hope so on both counts!
So, Tbogg, what horse are you betting against in the Derby?
Sorry to disappoint you on your update, God doesn’t hate anybody. We do a good job all by ourselves.
Nice. At the very least, Pammy Geller’s head would explode and I’d give hard earned money to witness that.
That woman is deformed.
Holy boobies!
Yeah, cuz JuiceBox ain’t no midget.
I guess for me, none of it matters. I don’t really understand why people care much what any of these people, football stars, movie stars, musicians do when not performing or whatever it is that made them remarkable in the first place.
Kind of the opposite of the celebrity cult for me. I really never listen to that crap in the first place.
I like football. I like music. Etc.
It’s the media that are the ones to blame for all the hubbub. If you listen to all the BS hoopla, that’s on you. If you don’t want to hear it, stop looking for it. Seems rather simple to me.
Because he knows that he’s a crappy football player, and without outside help they couldn’t win games.
A lot of the mockery comes from JuiceBox’s bible-verse-eyeblack college days.
If a player’s eyeblack said “I luv 2 jerk off” instead of “John 3:16″ I doubt he’d be allowed to wear it.
Both are valid belief systems, but which is allowed and praised?
…without outside help they couldn’t win games.
*heh* But, Juicebox Jeebus gets it…! Somehow, someway…! Whom am I to question God…? ;-)
I swear Eli is now getting the same sort of assist…! Tie game in the Meadowlands…! ;-)
Does Eli throw Tebow’s 1-clawed-flailing-lobster ball too?
I’m a football fan. I watched the Broncos-Vikings game and thoroughly enjoyed it. Two good young teams with two good young quarterbacks seasoned with a sprinkling of wily old veterans like Champ Bailey. Yes, the Broncos have a defense quite capable of scoring points. What do you expect when Champ Bailey is a safety?
Both teams played very well, and Tebow got it done in the end again, with a lot of help from his friends, as I’m sure he would be the first to admit.
But why am I writing about this on FDL? Because of the worst trait of the Left, that’s why. Anyone who publicly shows that they have faith in a religion, especially if they are evangelical Christian, is denigrated as a “poster boy of the religious right, ” or some such drivel by people who are just as fanatical in their atheism or, less often but sometimes, their agnosticism.
Politically, I find that kind of attack foolish and self-defeating. It turns off people who would otherwise support progressive or even leftist candidates for, as anyone who has actually read the New Testament knows, Jesus of Nazareth would be at LEAST a socialist were he alive today.
Besides, Jim Tebow is an NFL QUARTERBACK. First, foremost, and very likely always. Attacking him for his faith is counterproductive and a waste of time, in my ever so humble opinion.
…If you listen to all the BS hoopla, that’s on you. If you don’t want to hear it, stop looking for it. Seems rather simple to me.
From your keyboard to TBogg’s monitor..! ;-)
Hoshiakadurregel means “Football Savior”. However, “Israkadurregel” makes sense and is clearer and funnier.
Turns out, God really loves undefeated socialist teams.
Thanks for the mini-sermon Ohiogringo…we’ll check back in next week for the next installment of “Can Tebow’s disciples turn winning into whine?”.
Looks at woman in photo – who’s guns are tighter and better aimed than Tebow’s [rimshot!] – and thinks about how she would stay upright in a strong wind, leading to memories of Firesign Theatre: Why, she’s* no fun, she fell right over.
This has been another episode of Free Association Theater. {curtsies, exits}
*Nick Danger‘s love interest – her name was Betty Jo Bialosky, but everyone knew her as Nancy**
**Ha, intertubes immortality achieved, via Urban Dictionary.***
***You young punks who put UD together are to be congratulated on providing such a valuable resource. Despite my admiration for Abe Simpson, including Abe’s adoration of Ben Matlock – who puts young people behind bars, where they belong – you occasionally do all right.
I thought The Left’s worse fault was murdering babies. Duly noted.
Hopefully Santa leaves a sense of humor in your stocking….
Next week they play Chicago, do they not? Obama’s team? I hope the Broncos crush them. See, I can be vindictive, too.
Or is it the Patriots? I know they play both teams in the next couple of weeks. Anyway, don’t count on the Patriots beating the Broncos in Denver no matter who the Denver quarterback is. New England has never played well against the Broncos. It’s one of those snakebite things. Like the Broncos always have trouble against the Jaguars, for some strange reason.
My point is most football fans couldn’t care less about any player’s religion.
And they are right not to.
Again I feel compelled to point out that it is not so much Tebow’s faith that brings out the snark so much as Tebow’s fans who, outside of Gator Nation, work themselves into a lather equating his adherence to that ole time religion with his ability to use his modest pro quarterback skillz to stay afloat as a starting QB.
It’s the people who get Bieber-boners over him that we find so adorably amusing…
Oh, for fuck’s sake. Take your piousness and stick it where the sun doesn’t shine, sonny. You’ve got a lot of balls coming into this den of heathens and preaching. I, for one, am really tired of you fundamentalists putting *your* religion front and center all the time. It’s football, not church.
This post meant in reply to the OhioGringo at 116, not guns.
My bad; my response was for OhioGringo, not gunsbeforebutter.
So you’re bringing ABORTION into this? Good Lord, that’s a rightie trick, isn’t it? As for Santa, well, Daddy was Santa. I found that out when I pretended to be asleep when I was seven.
And you think I need a sense of humor. My sense of humor’s fine. I’m laughing at the the contortions uber-sensitive atheists go through over a freakin’ football player, of all things. Going out of one’s way to hate a football team over one player’s religion is, well, a bit comical in a sick sort of way.
Colt McCoy’s religious. Why not bash the Browns and relish in their abysmal record? Perhaps that wouldn’t be quite as much fun. They’re already down. The Broncos might actually win their division.
No matter. Better start checking on the religious preferences of the Packers’ players if you really want to find a team to hate this year. The team owned by the people of Green Bay is the true juggernaut this year.
My point is most football fans couldn’t care less about any player’s religion.
Yet every football fan knows Tim Tebow’s religion. Why’s that? Good marketing?
I don’t give a rat’s ass about football (at least Amurkan-style football). I don’t even know who is playing who, who beat who, who’s the best player/coach/waterboy; I find amusement in the ongoing hero-worship cults that arise from the sport.
As far as that Leftist penchant for demonizing the xtian faithful who carry that big cross for all to see- what of the Rightist fanaticism to idolize those same xtian super-heroes, and the dismay that atheists (or non-xtians of any sort) are allowed out in public, let alone be out front and vocal about it.
Good Lord (cap and pun intended) OG! A typical response of misinterpreting WHY it bothers me (us?). Being a Buddhist, I fully understand and embrace spirituality. However, this is football, pray all you want before/after/during. Just keep it to yourself, I just don’t care.
I can’t watch any Tebow interview as it always starts: ” Firist I need to thank my lord and Savior….”. STFU! really, I just don’t care. It’s an uneccessary distraction and feeling like proselytizing. It’s eye-roll inducing. Not to mention that he also has the prototypical and very odd, simple minded, perpetual grin that you see on devout fundamentalists. Reminds me of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JlVqfC8-UI
It’s the people who get Bieber-boners…
Eeeww…! ;-)
When Tebow goes 0-20, 4 interceptions, -35 running yards, I fully expect him to start the press conference, “First, I want to condemn Beezelbub who clearly was responsible for my play today.” If you’re gonna give Jesus the credit for the good games, you gotta give the devil his due when you fuck up.
Being a Buddhist, I fully understand and embrace spirituality.
Rawk on, Biff…! Being a Baha’i, and Donkey fanatic, I totally feel ya…! *g*
Dude. I’m a Buddhist. I REALLY don’t care. In fact, I care so little that I don’t watch interviews with the players. I only watch the games.
I suppose you can call that practice Zen and The Art of Watching American Football.
Gotcha! Come on, you have to admit you didn’t see that one coming. And Buddha says “Lighten up!”
snerk, heh….
…you gotta give the devil his due when you fuck up.
Exactly…! But, he ain’t fucking up, therein is the rub…! ;-)
JuiceBox Jesus was asked a question that had the word “evolution” in it after today’s game. You could see Herman Cain in his eyes.
Hence the qualifier “when”. Because if he never does, then that begs another set of questions altogether. :-)
Ooookay, whatever you say there….
~~~backs slowly away from computer hoping crazy fucker doesn’t crawl through the screen~~~
I could really not care less about football…except hating its dominance in so many ways, like college….but, it certainly made me very happy that Tiger Woods had a nice win today. He’s paid long enough for being a jerk, or whatever you want to say….I hope he is on a new and better path….
Sorry, did you write something about Tim Tebow here? I just kept staring at the gal in the picture. She’s purrrrty.
Alas! I do not have the ability to crawl through your screen! Though something tells ms that if I did, I might get a nasty infection.
Yah. Methinks I detect some mammary-envy on this here thread. Deep-seated resentments against jocks getting the cheerleaders(I empathize, fellow HS nerds, truly, but I got over it).
Thanks for shedding true light on this silliness.
You’ll probably get Santorum well before you plop through my local tubes.
Aside from that, who’s this “Jim Tebow” you speak of?
The only reason why anybody pays attention to Tebow’s religion is that he brings it up every chance he gets.
He probably does it deliberately to generate the backlash, because he is then able to feel like a martyr without actually suffering for his faith and this causes him to feel like a real Christian without really attempting to live his life in why that actually honors Christ’s teachings.
I do believe that Christ actually spoke against public prayer.
That’s why most people don’t like Tim in particular and Evangelicals in general.
Did you catch Elway’s postgame comments? I’m paraphrasing but he said something like ‘great coach, team playing with confidence, defense great…’; I mean, he’s not even trying to hide what he thinks of Tebow. I think Elway hates the way Tebow plays, hates the way he acts (not the christian stuff but the rah-rah, always smiling, great guy thing) but most of all hates the way he plays–or did I just say that?
So, yeah, you’re right. Which is why you must, must, must continue with the Tebow posts. First, they’re funny as hell. Second, we are 6-1 since you started them including 5-0 on the road. On the fucking road!
Next week, feel free to use the GQ article I linked to earlier–I haven’t seen prose like that since I threw up reading my one and only Nora Roberts novel.
From last week’s addition.
Didn’t he have those numbers against the Lions? I watched every play of that game. Worst game I’ve ever seen by a quarterback, ever and I saw Jamarcus Russell and Ryan Leaf.
Ha! Jim Tebow is no Ryan Leaf!
Although, I’d like to see him go ape-shit crazy screaming at random peeps “I could own your dad” or whatever nonsense Leaf tossed out there. That would be teh awesome!
Well, if he did, I don’t remember him giving Beezelbub any credit. If your handing out comps to unknowable beings, seems the bad ones ought to get equal time.
Snark is a cruel mistress….
No, no, JuiceBox Jesus said “I’m mumblemumblmumble for mumblemumblmumble and praise God they didn’t give me a good rogering”.
…praise God they didn’t give me a good
rogeringbuggering.Fixed…! ;-)
I believe that is called a distinction without a difference.
Okay, Roger that…! ;-)
…and you as well. :)
I think Elway is trying to figure out how to draft RGIII and pretend he’s going to use him as a wide receiver. Elway was at the game in Waco two weeks ago watching him and Landry Jones.
Assuming Jesus delivers Denver to the promised Playoff Land, JuiceBox could very well face
SatanRay Lewis’ Ravens or The Iron Curtain. Fair thee well, Timmy, fair thee well*.And then Elway gets to draft a real quarterback!
*if Timmy’s going up against
SatanRay Lewis’ Ravens he’s probably gonna look back and say “gee, I should’ve grabbed that picture girl’s boobies beforeJesusSatanRay Lewis paralyzed me”.Here you go: http://bible.cc/matthew/6-5.htm
He said similar things about alms for the poor and other good works: In other words, don’t do things like this so you can get public atta-boys, do them because they’re the right thing to do.
He did. I considered that to be very pointed because what I am used to hearing is that it is a great merit to be one of the first 10 to show up. At my synagogue there is a pool of about 20 guys who will show up for minyan every day.
(If you don’t have 10, you don’t have a quorum. So you can’t say Kaddish if you are a mourner, or have a Torah reading.)
(I was very interested in that New Testament completely edited by Jews that Mark Oppenheimer was writing about, but as far as my husband is concerned it’s the New Testament and you shouldn’t have it in the house. I knew he was like that when I married him.)
As always, leave it to The Onion to break the story:
Tim Tebow’s Success Inspiring Other Teams To Start Shitty Quarterbacks
Better viewing through surgery and silicone. Sickening what money will buy and doctors will do, despite all the real need in the world.
When I look at that picture the theme song from “Deliverance” keeps playing in my mind….