The Terrifying Tim Tebow
The Terrifying Tim Tebow
ON THE SQUARE
By Elizabeth Scalia
http://www.firstthings.com/
December 13, 2011
Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow (15) reacts after kicker Matt Prater (5) kicked a 51-yard field goal to win the game in overtime over the Chicago Bears in an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011, in Denver. The Broncos won 13-10. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
It says a great deal about the depths to which America's values have fallen that Tim Tebow--who, once upon a time, would have been the wholesome, women-and-mom-respecting, clean-playing, fresh-faced and faithful Hollywood ideal of a football hero-is the target of such deep derision from so many sources, and in an era of such vaunted "tolerance."
Although it may seem too easy to some, I blame the baby-boomers-a generation so in love with deconstructing old standards (and so completely neurotic about being perceived as anti-establishment, smart, and most of all, cool) that it only can express full-on admiration for the anti-heroes. Were Tim Tebow using his on-camera time to swagger and preen and lecture the nation on green energy, greedy millionaires, and gun control, his Christ-fixation would not only be permitted, it would be held up as a gaudy rebuke to uncool Christians everywhere, and his pronouncements-as long as he kept his mouth shut on abortion and gay marriage-would never be challenged.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
ON THE SQUARE
By Elizabeth Scalia
http://www.firstthings.com/
December 13, 2011
Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow (15) reacts after kicker Matt Prater (5) kicked a 51-yard field goal to win the game in overtime over the Chicago Bears in an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011, in Denver. The Broncos won 13-10. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)It says a great deal about the depths to which America's values have fallen that Tim Tebow--who, once upon a time, would have been the wholesome, women-and-mom-respecting, clean-playing, fresh-faced and faithful Hollywood ideal of a football hero-is the target of such deep derision from so many sources, and in an era of such vaunted "tolerance."
Although it may seem too easy to some, I blame the baby-boomers-a generation so in love with deconstructing old standards (and so completely neurotic about being perceived as anti-establishment, smart, and most of all, cool) that it only can express full-on admiration for the anti-heroes. Were Tim Tebow using his on-camera time to swagger and preen and lecture the nation on green energy, greedy millionaires, and gun control, his Christ-fixation would not only be permitted, it would be held up as a gaudy rebuke to uncool Christians everywhere, and his pronouncements-as long as he kept his mouth shut on abortion and gay marriage-would never be challenged.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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