Wow the steaming piles from you are getting deep. Care to source this? The Super Bowl commercial is about this? LMAO! THIS?????????! [video=youtube;xqReTDJSdhE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqReTDJSdhE[/video] Frankly, who cares what he thinks about abortion. He has a right to an opinion like everyone else and unless there was a change in the constitution recently about Christian athletes being required to shut up, you have no argument.
A former member of the Denver Broncos was arrested and charged with raping a drugged woman. He repeatedly denied it to her and to the police. Problem is she came up pregnant with a fetus with his DNA. The story scarcely caused a ripple in national news, apparently pushed aside by the more "controversial" Timothy Richard Tebow. You people are out of your alleged minds.
Nyuk, I have nothing to do with the fact that the story you referred to is not a national story. I'm not a member of the newsmedia. As for the commercial, its a nice face on an evil, horrible organization. Focus on the Family, while having a nice-sounding name, they are the one of the most homophobic organizations on the planet, who will downright LIE to keep homosexuals from equal rights. James Dobson is a complete nutjob who's said that 911 was God punishing the USA for being sinful, he's said that homosexuality will destroy the Earth. Live and let live, man!
You are taking what a member of an organization (Dobson) said and applying that belief to everybody associated with it. That's the same mistake that is made in so many political debates. It's like making the assumption that all Republicans are pro-life. The assumption is simply wrong. I have no idea what Tebow's specific beliefs are other than he's a Christian. I'm sure he's pro-life, but I don't know if he believes it should be applied in cases of rape. I don't know this b/c he doesn't talk about it or push his beliefs on me. I also don't care b/c it has nothing to do with what I do watch him for, playing football.
Dobson is the Founder and the Face of Focus on the Family. FOF is not like the Republican Party. It is a political organization founded by a man - Dobson, and it reflects his beliefs. If you're gonna do an anti-abortion commercial for a hate organization like FOF, you should get ready for some backlash. Its like doing a commercial for the Nation of Islam, and then saying you don't share Farrakhan's views.
Naturally going to UF I have followed Tim quite a bit. I would also align my religious beliefs to be agnostic or borderline atheist. I also don't like the type of people that GARDENHEAD is talking about, those who force their beliefs on you. In the four years of watching him play he never did anything that put me off and him being a Christian athlete was never a big deal. I feel like he is being made out to be like Westboro or Dove Outreach. I also think that religion aside people forget just how sincere and compassionate a person he can be. Does anyone remember this story? http://www.gainesville.com/article/20091211/articles/912119976 He made some girls day who he had just met, and gave her the opportunity of a lifetime. I guarantee she will never forget that as long as she's alive. How many star athletes can you say would do that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUdSgb0QTjg&feature=youtube_gdata_player Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk
Okay, I take it all back. Tim Tebow is awesome and I will be rooting for him when he plays Miami (only cause I'm in 100% on SFL)!
It's pretty much the same for me. I went to UF so I followed him and also hate it when people force their beliefs on you. He simply doesn't do that. He gets backlash b/c some people don't agree with his religious beliefs or at least what they assume his religious beliefs to be. I know that there are many of the general Christian beliefs that I don't agree with and I know that there are several people who call themselves Christian that I think act very badly. But I've also been around long enough to realize that among any group of people, you'll find a wide range of beliefs, even among groups purportedly acting for a cause. So while he may get a backlash, that backlash isn't necessarily warranted.
Hate to tell you but Focus on the Family says nothing that isn't in the Bible and nothing that other mainstream religions don't say. You can look at the Bible and the Quran, and they both teach strongly against homosexuality and both also say that people are punished for their collective sins through natural disasters. This is nothing new. In the name of being "anti-hate," you're being hateful toward those you disagree with. Nothing new there, really... I'm not religious, however I'm tired of religious people being treated as villains from the start and being treated as if they have no first amendment rights. If you don't like Tim, turn off the TV.
There is plenty of forcing of beliefs on people, however, I'm seeing nearly all of it coming from social liberals. So what's the fuss? Nobody tells them they're extremists that need to shut up, even though they are and should.
I'm a pro-choice Republican. You made my point. We don't know what his views are on abortions in cases of rape, because he's never stated his views on it. Making the assumption that he does believe that based on his very temporary association with Dr. Dobson is akin to calling Obama an avowed Marxist because of his temporary association with noodlebrain Bill Ayers. One instance of guilt-by-association was called bigotry, the other not. Might wanna ask yourself why.
Only their "associations" were not similar. Tebow made a political pro life commercial for an organization that has made it's stance about the issue clear. That in of it's self is an endorsement of the stance. It's also fine for him to do. Sent from my SGH-T959V using Tapatalk
It's human nature. People tend to like or dislike a player and then find all kinds of reasons to defend or attack that player. Often those reasons aren't based in reality or factual or relevant . It's like the "halo" effect talked about generally in romantic relationships or in this case the reverse. Is there a "devil horns" effect?
