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Killgore Trout1/15/2012 8:33:18 am PST

re: #229 reine.de.tout

It was just my .02.

I would suggest to you that the Taliban also bring to the table their wacky beliefs as part of their persona.

Now, the mocking of Tebow’s faith in that way is certainly nowhere near in the same league as the “Victory Tinkle”, as Geller put it. But it’s lack of respect for another human being, all the same.

As I said, Tebow is over the top for my taste. That’s an opinion, not mockery. I don’t mock atheists. I don’t mock Buddhists. I try not to mock anybody, and I don’t claim to always be successful in that, but I try; it’s simply my opinion that it’s wrong to demean people in that way. Disagree with ‘em? Another thing entirely.

I’m very much in favor of mocking religions but even I’m not comfortable with the reaction to the whole Tebow thing. Atheists tend to go too far with the visceral reaction to any public displays of faith. I think it betrays an intellectual insecurity and seems to be an attempt to drive all displays of religious faith underground and behind closed doors. Tebow doesn’t bother me at all but I don’t watch football.