Tebow Told to Shut the F Up

Tebow reportedly requested the room bow their heads in prayer before the Wonderlic. Another player reportedly told him to "shut the f**k up." Sounds like his whole Jesus charade is going to work nicely in the NFL.

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It's almost too stupid to be true.

Praying before the wonderlic ? I guess when you have a sub 800 SAT score, you need to pray. I would hope he wouldn’t do something like this. Wouldn’t shock me if he did.

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by DownTownJax on Mar 24, 2010 2:34 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

I hope he gets drafted by the Ravens, imagine him trying to butt out Ray Lewis to fire up Baltimore's defense

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by Jonathan Loesche on Mar 24, 2010 5:25 PM EDT reply actions

Or imagine him in San Fransisco.....

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by Zoltan from Budapest on Mar 24, 2010 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Or imagine him in Jacksonville

Pssh, like that would ever happen.

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by Adam Stites on Mar 24, 2010 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Don't scare me tonight

and don’t start rumors Adam LOL. The Tebow fans get exited for nothing; whicgh would be a shame (I hope you feel the irony here)

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by Zoltan from Budapest on Mar 24, 2010 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions

We like our spirituals

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Alright, I've picked

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by cuffs007 on Mar 24, 2010 8:05 PM EDT reply actions

Tony Boselli

Tony talked about it on the radio. Said it was more than likely something that got made up or was something that was said jokingly and blown out of proportion by PFT. Said he wasn’t going to believe it unless it was reported by a valid source, as there was no paper or real news website with anything confirmed on it.

by alwaysforgiven821 on Mar 25, 2010 7:21 AM EDT reply actions

This is stupid

I’m not going to take any swipes at Tim on this one. I know his wonderlic and SAT scores are an easy target but obviously the kid is smart based on what coaches say with respect to his football aptitude. It is stupid simply because this is an article based on apparent conflicting beliefs and is basic TMZ journalism. I’d like to think “football fan” is above this but sadly the need to take swipes at your rival’s star player or someone you’re sick of per media saturation is frankly juvenile.

Florio can use the “I’m just reporting it” line but the intent is obvious. Anything related to religion and the presumed “forcing” it on others will get traction. Reading the comments to Florio’s article reminds me how sensitive people are. Who is someone wanting to pray infringing upon me? What is the intent of the person praying? He wasn’t witnessing to anyone. So if he had said “Let’s meditate” or “Let’s have a moment of silence to prepare\reflect, etc” would that be offensive?

Get some balls people.

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by Brian Fullford on Mar 25, 2010 10:40 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

What is offensive

Is the idea of praying in the spotlight. Spirituality on stage. I don’t believe the article at all, but the idea of disingenuous worship for the court of public opinion is disgusting. Spirituality for popularity is pretty weak. Praying before the wonderlic is 1: bringing religion in to a job interview, and 2: grandstanding as a religious person. That is what I thought to be stupid. Not everyone will agree, but think of him how you will.

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by DownTownJax on Mar 25, 2010 1:57 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Disagree

You have no means of determining whether this was “grandstanding”. If it is consistent with how he prays then he is simply being consistent and sincere.

As to point 1 I would agree however considering the frequency in which folks “thank God” in the sports arena this doesn’t present itself as a far cry from that.

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by Brian Fullford on Mar 25, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions

It's not that fact that he's religious

It’s the fact that he pushes his beliefs on others. If I score a touchdown and point to the sky because I’m thanking God, then great that’s fine. But if I turn to all my teammates and ask them to join me in prayer because I scored, that’s not right. Keep your beliefs to yourself.

I agree that this is spotty journalism, and I’m sure it was blown out of proportion but usually where there’s smoke, there’s fire.

I think it’s grandstanding the second he took a check for that Super Bowl commercial.

by jlana24 on Mar 25, 2010 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions

You are right...

I have no means of knowing what he was thinking, but I don’t even think it happened! This article is probably BS. Someone thanking God after winning the Superbowl is totally cool with me. The idea of a locker room missionary like Jon Kitna is a bit annoying. It is a dumb thing that can lead to judgement and mistrust. To me, someone who preaches AT me has no respect for me or my beliefs. I hope he will respect the different beliefs of his teammates that do not agree. Religion and work don’t mix well.

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by DownTownJax on Mar 25, 2010 2:23 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Look at it this way...

A Muslim in a locker room is telling everyone " there is one prophet and his name is Muhammad". Does that make you feel uncomfortable? Where does it stop? It should be left out of football. It is who you are, not what you do for a living ( unless you work for a place of worship)

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by DownTownJax on Mar 25, 2010 2:49 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

So

If someone prays in a restaurant are they pushing their belief on you? If they wear a religious shirt in your presence are they pushing their belief on you? Basically what you’re saying is that I don’t like your religious belief so I don’t want you to express it in my presence.

And no, I don’t feel uncomfortable with a Muslim telling me “there is on prophet and his name is Muhammad”. Why should I?

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by Brian Fullford on Mar 25, 2010 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions

There's no problem

With praying in public, wearing a religious shirt, etc. The problem comes from preaching at required / business related events. If someone is a strong enough believer of a faith to attempt to convert you, they aren’t going to look at you the same way as someone that has been converted. It creates division. If someone else is as strong in their beliefs, who gets priority before game time? Do the religions go in alphabetical order to pray? The problem is… They have to work together! A guy in a restaurant will be out of your life when you walk out that door. If you aren’t offended, then fine, but not everyone wants to hear about how their religion is the devil’s work when they are putting in their 9 to 5.

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by DownTownJax on Mar 25, 2010 5:44 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

exactly

by jlana24 on Mar 25, 2010 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions

So

You’re saying someone at another table is praying? Again, that’s fine. If some stranger walked over to me and asked me to join in a group prayer with the whole restaurant? Um that’s wrong, and that’s exactly what Tebow did.

And wearing a t-shirt with your beliefs is not forcing on someone else. If you are wearing a shirt and screaming at people “repent, the end is near”, well then we have another story.

Islam is very similar to Christianity. What if a scientologist started going on about how some alien creature is God? Starting to get uncomfortable?

I don’t mean to get into a religious argument, all I’m staying is keeping church and state (insert NFL/workplace) separate.

by jlana24 on Mar 25, 2010 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions

This is... funny.

No one who has been around him has said that he pushes his beliefs on them. This even is likely to have been made up – and even if it wasn’t, the guy simply asked if they could pray. Goodness, that’s not pushing your beliefs on someone. My teachers in high school use to let us pray before tests (public high school) if we wished to. I’m sure it doesn’t happen any more, but hey…

Really, I think it comes down to the fact that he asked. If he had stood and said: Let’s pray first! before asking, it would have been pushing.

As for his actions in the locker room, I’ve never heard a player who complained that he was trying to convert them. He has even stated that before, that he will let th way he lives be a witness of his walk and Christianity, and if anyone asks him to share in the locker room, he will willingly.

(I’ll note that I am not a Tebow homer, those who have read my posts about him in the past will know that. I just won’t throw a guy under a bus for living the way his faith dictates he should.)

by alwaysforgiven821 on Mar 25, 2010 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions