The Godfather of Tebowing Tells All * October 27, 2011, 5:08 PM ET
It was only a matter of time before the sports world had its planking equivalent: Tebowing.
Tebowing, according to the new Tumblr blog Tebowing.com, is “to get down on a knee and start praying, even if everyone else around you is doing something completely different.” Its namesake is Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, who inadvertently invented Tebowing.
In the last week alone, people have been photographed Tebowing in the U.S. Capitol, Korea and an operating room; near a beer-pong table, the Chrysler Building and a toilet; and mimicking the “Abbey Road” cover. Toddlers have Tebowed. Adrian Beltre accidentally Tebowed. The act of Tebowing has even been carved into a pumpkin.
Jared Kleinstein, a Denver native who works for a real-estate website, popularized the concept of Tebowing this week. He was watching the Broncos game Sunday with five high-school friends at Sidebar, a New York City gathering spot for Broncos and Florida Gators fans, when Tebow led an astonishing fourth-quarter comeback. “Everybody was jumping up and down, and we noticed Tebow Tebowing,” he said. When he left the bar, Kleinstein convinced his friends to photograph themselves posing like Tebow, and he posted the picture on Facebook. On Monday night, he started a Tumblr devoted to Tebowing. The next morning, he bought the domain name Tebowing.com. By Thursday afternoon, he said, traffic had spiked to over 120,000 views.
We spoke with Kleinstein to ask the Tebowing.com founder some important questions about the mini-craze he stumbled upon:
Why is Tebowing so popular?
It’s safer than planking. There have not been any known injuries.
What is the best Tebowing you’ve seen?
I love the original because it made us who we are, but I think toddler Tebowing takes it for me. I knew we’d influence plenty of kids in their teens, 20s, 30s and 40s. I had no idea we’d get the toddler community. I’m really happy they got involved.
Favorite place where someone has been Tebowing?
The U.S. Capitol—that was one of my favorites. People love Tebowing in the office. It seems that people just don’t want to work today. They prefer to be Tebowing.
If you could pick one place in the world for Tebowing…
Other than next to Tim Tebow? That’s so tough! OK: with a polar bear in Antarctica.
Is Kyle Orton allowed to be Tebowing?
We’re non-denominational. We’re very accepting of all types, including backup quarterbacks.
What about Tebowing in temple?
Yeah! We’re not associated with any specific religion. It’s so up for interpretation that anybody can pay homage to the man himself. We are very open to all races and religions.
Would you say that 1% of people are responsible for 99% of Tebowing?
Hmm. Yes? But those who Tebow represent the 99%, you know? Oh, wait. I can’t say Tebow. Those who are Tebowing.
Well, they probably represent both the 1% and the 99%.
You don’t have to make over a certain income to post yourself Tebowing. That child? There’s no way he makes over $300,000.
What would happen if Tebow were caught planking?
Kyle Orton would owl. Eric Decker would do the Soulja Boy. And The Rapture would finally occur. But only if those things happened simultaneously.
What would you do if Tebow contacted you to talk about Tebowing?
God, hope he turns out to be gay and a good QB as well.
There is no me. There is no you. There is all. There is no you. There is no me. And that is all. A profound acceptance of an enormous pageantry. A haunting certainty that the unifying principle of this universe is love. -- Propagandhi
Last Sunday: The score is Miami Dolphins 15, Denver Broncos 0. 2:40 left in the game. The Fish have the ball and the Broncos are out of time outs. I'm thinking, this'll put the Broncos in the running for what some people are calling the "Suck for Luck" sweepstakes: A chance to pick QB Andrew Luck with the number 1 pick in the NFL draft.
But, no-o-o... The Miami QB fumbled the ball and the Broncos recovered. After 56 minutes of playing like in the old days - high school football, Tim Tebow and the Broncos saw the light. Tebow ran hard, breaking tackles, and just when you thought he was going down for sure, he does a 360 and spinning free from lunging, grasping, multiple would be tacklers. Runnning for first downs, and throwing the ball well enough for his receivers to to keep making absolutely sensational grabs - the Broncos score a touchdown to keep the game alive.
John Fox, the Broncos coach, had never had a successful onside kick in the NFL. But on that day the Broncos miraculously recovered the ball; giving them the chance they needed to score again.
Sure enough, Tim Tebow drove them down the field, scrambling, escaping the rush... Tebow throws a pass way up in the sky... The receiver waited and waited, I thought the ball would never come down as the defense closed in, until finally it fluttered into his hands like a prayer and he ran into the endzone.. Yeah! ` Everybody watching the game knew that Tim Tebow himself was going to run the ball in for the 2 point conversion needed to tie the game! So, what do the Dolphins do? Spread the defense and get out of the way! In overtime the Broncos won! It was one of best finales I have ever seen. Uh-oh!
Oooh! But they lost the number one pick! Who cares! By God, they have Tebow! Tebow wins!
Team Tebow is having some fun. Who is "Tebow Inc."?
Marketing TebowMania: More than just the Bronco's QB
"Tebow's older brother is his roommate. closest friend and his de facto manager for everything away from football through the sport's marketing company XV Enterprises."a self-created phenonmenon. Tebow has surrounded himself with a tightknit inner circle of family and friends that double as business partners - Tebow Inc, if you will - who together have carefully planned his every off-field endeavor."
"It goes back, a little bit, to growing up and parents and the way they raised me. You want to have people around you that you trust, in everything, " Tebow said. "It's not about all the normal things - it's not about let's make the most money we can or being the most popular, but ultimately doing what we want to do and what's in out hearts. It's special, and it's fun."
"We figured that we could put together something that could handle my marketing. We could save a lot of money, but also do the things that we wanted to. Look at my endorements deals - so much of what they do is supporting my foundation. We can structure that. If you had a differrent company, they're not going to structure that money."
How hard can it be to market Tim Tebow? "He stirs emotion, no question about, he can make it work to his advantage, He'll get noticed, for better or for worse.", says a marketing evaluator.
HBO did a special about Tebow when he led Nease High School to win the Florida State championship. He was offered 80 scholarships coming out of high school, and chose to play with the Florida Gators; leading them to the NCAA Championship - twice! He's won the Maxwell, O'brien, Sullivan, and the Heisman trophies and is one of the most successful college football players to ever play .
Still, because of his unorthodox running style of play and his unpredictability as a thrower, he was not expected to be drafted until the 2nd to 4th round. For some reason the Bronco's drafted him in the 1st! Perhaps it was simply because he just so marketable.
Tebow's marketability an unusual NFL Draft quality ... Companies are lining up for Tebow to be their pitchman. Religious and advocacy groups want Tebow, the son of missionaries, for commercials and speeches. Some owners believe he would increase ticket sales.
And with good reason.
The Davie-Brown Index, an independent marketing research tool, found Tebow to be more appealing and more of a trendsetter than New England's Tom Brady, Minnesota's Brett Favre and Dallas' Tony Romo among others. The index is popular among brand marketers and agencies, presenting 1,000 respondents around the country with a name and a face of athletes and celebrities.
Tebow's too-good-to-be-true image was padded with more than 700 hours of community service in 2009. That was highlighted with stops around the globe in hospitals, poor villages and prisons — even visiting death row inmates — to help charitable causes and talk about his Christian faith.
His giving attitude combined with his two national titles make him an easy choice for companies. Tebow already has signed a deal with Nike that will reportedly pay him $300,000. He's made paid appearances for Gatorade, pitched a much-talked-about Super Bowl commercial and is the cover boy for EA Sports' trademark college football video game — no split covers necessary.
Tebow has spent his short post-college career capitalizing on his business opportunities. The type of future endorsements that come his way could depend largely on where he's drafted. He's projected to be drafted anywhere between the second and fourth rounds. So with the possibility that he could begin as a backup — or maybe even a bust — in the NFL, there's no time to waste.
Life as a professional already has opened up windows for Tebow to takeoff.
October’s sports highlights can be defined by an up-and-coming quarterback, a former Bosox general manager, and a lucky rodent
... Second Coming of Tebow
If Tim Tebow leads the Broncos to another improbable victory like he did on Sunday, prepare for a resurrection of national Tebow mania.
The quarterback, best known for his missionary work, commitment to God and community, and pro-life Super Bowl ad, became a superstar during his college career, when he won the Heisman Trophy and led the Florida Gators to the BCS National Championship in 2008. Tebow’s omnipresence, good deeds, and pitbull playing style even spawned a whole new litany of “Tebowisms,” such as:
- Superman wears Tim Tebow pajamas;
- When Google can’t find something, it asks Tim Tebow for help;
- In the beginning there was nothing. Then Tim Tebow stiff-armed that nothing in the head and said “Get a job.” That is the story of the universe;
- Tim Tebow is the reason Waldo is hiding
... Currently, Tebow has limited his endorsements to Nike (NKE ), EA Sports (ERTS) and Jockey International, although he claims to have turned down several seven-figure endorsement deals in order to focus on the Broncos. But the heavenly endorsement skies are the limit for Tebow if he continues to win. In a recent Marketing Arm Celebrity DBI test, Tebow ranks above the Cowboys’ Tony Romo and the Patriots’ Tom Brady in the Appeal category and outranks the two active quarterbacks as well as Hall of Famers Dan Marino and Troy Aikman in the Breakthrough, Trendsetter, and Trust categories.
Martin Garafolo, Gameday Merchandising‘s chief operating officer, whose company runs the Broncos’ official team stores, affirmed to the Denver Post: “Tim’s definitely won this town over. His popularity is just unbelievable here.”
Of course, right now in Denver, Tim Tebow is the Talk of the Town. He has signed deals with Nike, Jockey, Gatorade, EA Sports video games, FRS nutritional supplements, and others because he's "good-looking", "fit", "has sex appeal", and "charisma", but somehow seems "humble" while he's promoting himself. His book tour hit all the big cities and he was on some the biggest talk shows on TV. He's a likeable guy. Fact is, if he continues to win - and winning hasn't been this ugly since the days of Norris Weese - and if by some miracle he takes the Broncos to the Super Bowl, Tim Tebow is destined to become a Force.
Timmy ain't no dummy. Maybe he has some help. He and his team have "intrinsically linked" his Sports Marketing XV Enterprises with the (tax free?) Tim Tebow Foundation.
Invest in Bringing Hope and Inspiration Tim Tebow Foundation exists to bring faith, hope, and love to those needing a brighter day in their darkest hour of need.
Tim's efforts and outreach support global initiatives including Philippine aid for young children with Uncle Dick's Orphanage, Gainesville's First and 15 fundraising, and Tim Tebow's very own A Brighter Day fund.
For instance, last summer he did some ads for the local Denver Mattress Company and the company gave to the Tim Tebow Foundation, and thus to The Cure $15 for every mattress sold.
Obviously his religiosity was instilled in him - and it stuck! While most kids are getting high in high school, TT was reaching toward a higher power (His Lord and Savior Jesus Christ). Have you ever seen his workout!? Tebow is obviously driven. He reminds me of the blonde psycho monk in the movie DaVinci Code - especially when he got that hazing haircut that he sported as a rookie that was supposed to be a joke... And then he smiles.
The Chosen One... The title is intriquing - as is the fact that he wrote a book at all? What have they been feeding that kid?
Tim Tebow is the fifth child of Bob and Pam Tebow, both of whom are University of Florida graduates, Tim was born on August 14, 1987 in the Philippines, where his parents were serving as Christian missionaries.
All of the Tim Tebow children were homeschooled by their mother who also worked to instill the family’s deep religious beliefs along the way. In 1996, legislation was passed in Florida allowing homeschooled students to compete in local high school sporting events. The law specifies that homeschool students may participate on the team of the local school in the county and school district in which they live. The Tebows lived in Duval County and Tim played linebacker and tight end for Trinity Christian in Jacksonville for one season, but his dream was to play quarterback. Trinity did not pass the ball much and Tim didn’t want to hand it off every play, so he began to explore his options. Nease liked to throw the ball and Coach Craig Howard was known for his passing offense so Tim and his mother moved in to an apartment down the street from the Nease High School in St. Johns County. With the rest of his family living on a farm in Jacksonville, Tim began playing quarterback for Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Beach and his performance soon began to turn some heads which even led to a minor controversy over him being a homeschooled student.
Pam knows about the pain of considering abortion. More than 21 years ago, she and her husband, Bob, were serving as missionaries to the Philippines and praying for a fifth child. Pam contracted amoebic dysentery, an infection of the intestine caused by a parasite found in a contaminated food or drink. She entered into a coma and was treated with strong antibiotics before they discovered she was pregnant. Doctors urged her to abort the baby for her own safety and told her that the medicines had caused irreversible damage to her baby. She refused the abortion and cited her Christian faith as the reason for her hope that her son would be born without the devastating disabilities physicians predicted. The doctors "didn't think of it as a life, they thought of it as a mass of fetal tissue," Pam said. While pregnant, Pam nearly lost their baby four times but refused to consider abortion. She recalled making a pledge to God with her husband, "If you will give us a son, we'll name him 'Timothy,' and we'll make him a preacher.” Pam ultimately spent the last two months of her pregnancy in bed and, eventually, gave birth to a health baby boy August 14, 1987.
So-o-o-o. That's where the story begins; maybe a little before. But that's all the time that I have for now. We''ll see how the Christian does when he's thrown to the Lions.
And he WAS thrown to the Lions and was summarily destroyed in every which way by the Detroit Lions 45 to FUCKING 10. What an embarrassing game. Just unbelievably embarrassing. Because it was the LIONS and we all know the Biblical parable of that gig, I am, as a multicontextualist and firm aficionado of the synchromystical he was drafted by one Josh McDANIELS, I am going to give him a few more games. But the LIONS were not in their stadium today, they were in fact, playing in DENver.
Kiszla: Broncos need new meaning for Tim Tebowing
So maybe we need a new definition for Tebowing.
It's a prayer for mercy.
Please, in the name of heaven, bring us somebody who can actually play quarterback.
Tim Tebow got thrown to the Detroit Lions on a Sunday when the Broncos were busted, 45-10. Tebow played so ineptly as to reveal a truth that his most faithful fans do not want to acknowledge.
Tebow might be a spectacular physical specimen, but he is not an NFL quarterback.
"He's an athlete. He's no Peyton Manning or Tom Brady or no Michael Vick or none of that. He's got a long ways to go as far as being a quarterback," said Detroit cornerback Chris Houston, who returned a Tebow interception 100 yards for a touchdown.
Mercy me.
Detroit did more than make Tebow appear as if he might need a position change to stick in the NFL.
The Lions openly made fun of Tebow and his religion.
In a wild and crazy internet world where pop-culture fads are spawned at the speed of your 4G network, Detroit players sacked Tebow, stripped the football from Tebow and shoved his desire to mix Christianity with sports back in the face of Tebow.
Detroit linebacker Stephen Tulloch struck the Tebowing pose next to the fallen quarterback after tackling him for a loss during the opening half.
"I told a friend of mine that I might have a couple sacks this game and if I get him, I going to Tebow it," Tulloch told me in the Detroit locker room. "It was all fun. Nothing mocking. I want Tebow to know no disrespect to God or anybody, just having a little fun with it."
When former Broncos tight end Tony Scheffler caught a 1-yard pass for a touchdown, his elaborate end-zone celebration included a Mile High salute, but not until he bowed to give a little prayer that mimicked Tebow.
Ask Scheffler what he thinks of the humiliation now felt by old friends in Denver, however, and his heart goes out to a once-proud franchise in ruin. "It's just a shame that things have took that turn," Scheffler said.
The Tebowing craze went viral when he was caught praying by television cameras after leading a miraculous 15-point comeback against Miami in his first start of the season.
The quarterback's open display of Christianity quickly spawned a website, complete with photographs of everything from a bride Tebowing with her groom to a surfer catching a wave while kneeling in worship on his board. And because we live in America, you knew merchandise would also be available for sale on the site. A baby blue bib for your Tebowing toddler can be had for only $14.99.
"I might go out and buy a T-shirt," said Detroit linebacker Tulloch. He wasn't kidding.
Read Tebow's stats and weep. He completed 18-of-39 passes for 172 yards and committed turnovers that handed Detroit two touchdowns.
"We just wanted to make him be a quarterback," said Houston, who revealed the defensive game plan was based on the Lions' steadfast belief that Tebow was incapable of moving the Broncos to a score by completing six consecutive passes in any drive. "We had somebody take away his legs and made him use his arm."
Those five minutes of wonder against Miami now look like an aberration. Right here, right now, Tebow is the worst quarterback in the NFL.
And please remember this: Josh McDaniels drafted Tebow.
At this sorry rate of offensive efficiency, a 3-13 or even a 2-14 record wouldn't be out of the question for the Broncos. Offensive coordinator Mike McCoy might not use all 64 crayons in the box, but any way you color it, Denver can't win if Tebow fails to demonstrate passing skills that merit an opponent's respect.
Unless the Broncos can land Stanford's Andrew Luck or Southern Cal's Matt Barkley in the 2012 draft, Tebow is a quarterback who could get coach John Fox fired in Denver.
"I'm just going to get up early and go to work and try to get better tomorrow and consistently improve and be the best person and quarterback for this organization," said Tebow, whose optimism always is as bright as the next sunrise.
Hey, intangibles are awesome, but rarely prove to be as valuable to any quarterback as a discernable talent such as hitting a wide open receiver in the end zone.
Mr. Tebow, we hate to break this news:
You can't lead if you can't make plays.
Could Brady Quinn possibly be worse?
Daniel 6:4-27
King James Version (KJV)
4Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
5Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
6Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
7All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
8Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
9Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
10Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
11Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
12Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
13Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
14Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.
15Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
16Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
17And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
18Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
19Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
20And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
21Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
22My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
23Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
24And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
25Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
26I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
27He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
One must admit, this is just ever so slightly weird!
There is no me. There is no you. There is all. There is no you. There is no me. And that is all. A profound acceptance of an enormous pageantry. A haunting certainty that the unifying principle of this universe is love. -- Propagandhi
Right on! The Zen of football. I'm sure there was a lesson to be learned from that game. Ouch! The game itself isn't that important - unless you've bet a bunch of money. By the way, I read "Interference" . I highly recommend it (too).
I have always thought it was kind of selfish and a little silly to be praying to God, bothering him really, with pleas for his assistance in a matter so trivial as a football game. I can just hear it now, something like:
Oh Dear God, help me to run around, through and over would be tacklers, and to throw the ball, pleeease, oh y-y-es, throw the ball well so that my friend Randy Decker can catch it, and yes God, Indeed! Please help him to catch the ball, and not to fumble it, and gloriously run with it into the endzone- ah, so that we can score a touchdown and relish in the glory!
- knowing full well that the other team is praying to the same God, so they can win the same game! It's not like a soldier going to battle... Not really!
Besides, what the hell! Some of those the officials are the incarnation of the devil.
Tebow is still adapting to the NFL - and he has the rest of this year to do it. He won't get hurt (I hope!). Although he doesn't have Elways arm - yet, and he isn't the quick study like some of the other young QB's around the league, one of these days it'll click, and he'll be a star. Even Elway had some rough years before he was really good! There's no questioning Tebow's desire, Next year? Maybe ten? Think Plunkett. Then again, maybe football is his road to something else.
chump wrote: I have always thought it was kind of selfish and a little silly to be praying to God, bothering him really, with pleas for his assistance in a matter so trivial as a football game. I can just hear it now, something like:
Oh Dear God, help me to run around, through and over would be tacklers, and to throw the ball, pleeease, oh y-y-es, throw the ball well so that my friend Randy Decker can catch it, and yes God, Indeed! Please help him to catch the ball, and not to fumble it, and gloriously run with it into the endzone- ah, so that we can score a touchdown and relish in the glory!
- knowing full well that the other team is praying to the same God, so they can win the same game! It's not like a soldier going to battle... Not really!
Nail on the head. it's inspid, trite, and wholly self-important --- not to mention delusional -- when any pro athlete prays to their God for a win/stellar performance, or points up at the sky after hitting a home run/scoring a TD, as if the hand of GOD himself [or herself -- whichever you prefer] laid his hand on the millionaire coddled athlete and WILLED the ball to the endzone [or out of the ballpark]. So who gets the credit when they lose or suck? ....the DEVIL? Regardless, it's the mark of a small mind to assume for an instant that some all-knowing omniscient God concerns himself with any human's [or their representative team's] performance in a SPORT. An F'ing SPORT! While millions die daily due to starvation, wars, curable illness, an incidental fall, etc...
Who wants to follow a God that would listen to such simpletons?
oh, and: Tebow sucks -- to use the parlance of our times.
a staff columnist for The Denver Post, Mark Kiszla wrote:… And please remember this: Josh McDaniels drafted Tebow. … [REFER.]
So, who, pray tell, is this McDaniels guy? On his wiki page, we find “he attended John Carroll University, where he played football, primarily as a wide receiver, from 1995 to 1998.” Once on the John Carroll University wiki page, we then find the university affiliated with Society of Jesus, which is the only affiliation listed.
Follows are a couple of excerpts from the Society of Jesus wiki page; highlights mine; links in the original.
The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu, S.J., SJ, or SI) is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Marines" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and the members' willingness to go anywhere in the world and live in extreme conditions. The Society is engaged in evangelization and apostolic ministry in 112 nations on six continents. The Society's founding principles are contained in the document Formula of the Institute, written by Ignatius of Loyola. Jesuits are known for their work in education (founding schools, colleges, universities and seminaries), intellectual research, and cultural pursuits, and for their missionary efforts. Jesuits also give retreats, minister in hospitals and parishes, and promote social justice and ecumenical dialogue.
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Ignatius founded the Society after being wounded in battle and experiencing a religious conversion. He composed the Spiritual Exercises to help others follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. In 1534, Ignatius and six other young men, including St. Francis Xavier and Bl. Pierre Favre, gathered and professed vows of poverty, chastity, and later obedience, including a special vow of obedience to the Pope. Rule 13 of Ignatius' Rules for Thinking with the Church said: "That we may be altogether of the same mind and in conformity[...], if [the Church] shall have defined anything to be black which to our eyes appears to be white, we ought in like manner to pronounce it to be black." Ignatius' plan of the order's organization was approved by Pope Paul III in 1540 by the bull containing the Formula of the Institute. The opening lines of this founding document would declare that the Society of Jesus was founded to "strive especially for the propagation and defense of the faith and progress of souls in Christian life and doctrine." The Society participated in the Counter-Reformation and later in the implementation of the Second Vatican Council in the Catholic Church.
Now, it seems to me that if a person is born into and reared in the home of religionists, and home schoolers (as Tim's mom was), then it's fairly likely that that child will bear those religious familiarities with a certain grace while smiling with a not-so-somewhat hidden or unspoken "in the name of Jesus" predisposition, which comes with training to appear as gracious as Jesus in-the-flesh might have been, at times. Nevertheless, we have already been and will be granted more of the same familiar religiosities espoused by numerous U.S. politicians, as the months move along; tebowing, notwithstanding. _________________
I am highly disqualified from making a statement outside of being a pure Denver homer. There is no other team/sport whatever, that I literally lose my shit about like the Denver Broncos. I was shaking like a leaf during the game today.
But they were saying today on the NFL panel shows -- you know, a bunch of old timers shooting the shit about Tim Tebow -- that he really is a phenomenon. And he is. He's not doing it "the right way". But he's winning -- in other words, doing what is expected of him.
He has brought every player in line in the sense of playing at his level of enthusiasm. Every fan in line as well. And goddammit, we are really witnessing magic in this Tim Tebow. Seriously, something magic is going on. There is no way to explain his ugly wins.
Everyone at my bar made it known today that they "hate Tim Tebow". I was like, what really is there to hate? He's a good kid. He's entertaining. Quirky as fuck. It comes down to that he's Christian.
But he's also a Bronco, thus forget about me.
Tebow is throwing the whole of the NFL on its head right now and how the game is conventionally played. I mean fuck, with Tebow, you can whip a play out from the 1940s and no defense is ready for that. Then strike with a modern play. He's totally changed how the NFL is going to do shit from now on.
Tebow is a serious phenomenon in and of what this thread was started for.
There is no me. There is no you. There is all. There is no you. There is no me. And that is all. A profound acceptance of an enormous pageantry. A haunting certainty that the unifying principle of this universe is love. -- Propagandhi
I was working today on a goddamn boring shoot in an old laundry, but there were guys following the game on their phones and whatnot, and even with that disconnect, they were still going nuts over this game today. Wish I could have seen it.
The guy is reinvigorating things, that's for sure. He gets out there and gets the job done.
The Christian thing is kind of a joke at this point, IMO.
But magic? No, it's not magic. It's just a kid who really loves doing what he does and doesn't give a rats ass what anybody thinks of him.
"He who wounds the ecosphere literally wounds God" -- Philip K. Dick
He's the "Mile Hi Mesiah". Right now... ... I don't know what it is, but I can almost see it coming: A feeling... almost like when I first heard that "W" was running for president!
He makes people smile! Even those drunks from Chicago enjoyed the game! It was funny as hell. Tebow makes me smile. I haven't had this much fun watching football since I was a kid! Perhaps that is because He plays for the Broncos, but He also seems like a genuinely good guy - rooted in a philosophy in which He connects to something bigger - which is why the Broncos are destined to become America's team. There is a story here - in his roots, but I haven't had time to dig it out.
Personally, I can't even spell Episco... It was so long ago... They'd say to do the good thing, then do the bad... I think that He goes to a different church... Magic!? Kinda... Tebow has incredible Fu - as in Kung Fu. He's a stand up guy with focus and strength. What's not to like? He's not egotistical. He doesn't bling or hang around swanky night clubs scrappin' for a piece of ass; and when He's out there on the football field playing a game - and it's fun to watch. "The game itself is unimportant ...", he says, "It's how you play the game that counts." Jeez... Where have we heard that before?
How does He play the game? For the first 3 quarters, He is the lowest rated passer in the NFL. But his teammates love him because he's always trying and doesn't give up. He doesn't play dirty. He treats others with respect! You don't see him fighting and cussing or peeing in the corner. He gives his team all the credit (and God of course); and that makes them want to play harder - for him. A team should be more than the sum of it's parts, but with an inspirational leader...
82_28 wrote:Tebow is a serious phenomenon in and of what this thread was started for.
There's no denying the kid plays with heart, passion, and a 'will to win' [feel free to add in any other cliche phrase].
However, let's not all get too worked up over this kid just yet, regardless of all the absurd HYPE at the mere mention of his name.
They have won the last few games primarily due to Denver's strong defense, great offensive scheming/play-calling tailored to maximixe Tebow's strengths and minimize his glaring weaknesses, and a few fortunate bounces that went their way in the last few games. [not to mention a great kicker who hit a 59 yard field goal to keep the Broncos in the last game against Chicago].
TEBOW likely would not have won ANY of the last 5 games without that Broncos Defense. And, regardless of how well the defense played against the Bears this past Sunday, they would have LOST that game if not for Marion Barber essentially handing the game to the Broncos TWICE: first by going out of bounds with a minute left, leaving too much time for the Broncos to get within field goal range, then in overtime, Barber FUMBLED the ball while the Bears were well within field goal range to win the game.
So, let's temper the enthusiasm and credit to TEBOW. He is fortunate to be on a well-coached team with a strong D [and a great kicker].
Let's see how Denver fares this weekend against a well-coached team with a high-powered offense.
[Been watching more football than I care to admit these last few years... succumbed to its ubiquitous presence on the tv]
ON EDIT, I do agree with some of the allusions here of a "grooming" being in the works -- they are practically christening this lad to be the next SAVIOUR for their iteration of the HOLY FASCIST CHRIST-man. a life in politics will surely follow his glorious success in football...
nordic wrote:But magic? No, it's not magic. It's just a kid who really loves doing what he does and doesn't give a rats ass what anybody thinks of him.
If he seeks to harm none, and plays without care for whether he wins or loses, and plays in honour and service to a power higher than himself, in the service of the good, seeking to bring benefit to all, then perhaps he does know some magic.
Not that I would know anything about that.
I've forgotten all the card tricks I ever knew.
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