“People like him make us feel a little convicted about the things we say and do. So we find a reason to dislike them.”
Carol | December 6, 2011
Column: The anti-Tebow bias isn’t about football
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/story/2011-12-02/tim-tebow-faith-media/51582844/1
“Their dislike for Tim Tebow is not, as they would have us believe, about his throwing motion or his completion percentage; it’s all about his open professions of faith and his goody-two shoes image. When it comes right down to it, we don’t want heroes who are truly good. We want them to fail the occasional drug test or start a bar fight from time to time. It makes us feel better about ourselves. Tebow, however, doesn’t make us feel better about ourselves. People like him make us feel a little convicted about the things we say and do. So we find a reason to dislike them. Or, when Tebow says that glory goes to God and the credit for a victory goes to his teammates, coaches, and family, we are suspicious. An increasingly jaded culture, we don’t believe that anyone can say such things and really mean them.”
“So we wait.”
“We wait for evidence that he really isn’t that good. We hope to see him kick a player on the ground, drop an F-bomb on television, or Tweet pictures of his privates. In the meantime, we always have Penn State’s Jerry Sandusky to make us feel better about ourselves.”
Rush Limbaugh: Tim Tebow’s Love Of Jesus Christ Makes People Uncomfortable
Edited to add:
Tim Tebow and the American War on Religion
Hat Tip: http://www.therightscoop.com/bill-whittle-tim-tebow-is-the-best-man-ive-ever-seen/