What is so threatening about Tim Tebow, Maher?

[Sirdowski]

Great piece talking about Maher's comments on Tebow, and the fear of religion associated with the Tebow hate.

If you want to know Maher’s overriding philosophy on anything, you have to go back to high school and the stoner in the last row, surrounded by sycophants as he makes ugly cracks about his betters.

So why does Tebow’s expression of faith make people so silly-crazy? Why do they care what he does?

Because he emphasizes the aspect of his talent that is given, not earned. And that makes people nervous.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports...dQP_story.html

[Galen Sevinne]

Maher is a social commentator and a comedian....seems like Sally missed the joke.

How is Jenkins' approach to belittling Maher's worldview by saying,

If you want to know Maher’s overriding philosophy on anything, you have to go back to high school and the stoner in the last row, surrounded by sycophants as he makes ugly cracks about his betters.

any different than Maher's approach to belittling Tebow's worldview by saying,

"“Wow, Jesus just [expletive] Tim Tebow bad! And on Xmas Eve! Somewhere in hell Satan is Tebowing, saying to Hitler, ‘Hey, Buffalo’s killing them.’ ” ?

Basically Maher is joking Tebow for thinking there is some divine intervention in his life while Jenkins is calling Maher a stoner soon to be high school drop out.

Touche'

[Sirdowski]

How is Jenkins' approach to belittling Maher's worldview by saying,

If you want to know Maher’s overriding philosophy on anything, you have to go back to high school and the stoner in the last row, surrounded by sycophants as he makes ugly cracks about his betters.

any different than Maher's approach to belittling Tebow's worldview by saying,

"“Wow, Jesus just [expletive] Tim Tebow bad! And on Xmas Eve! Somewhere in hell Satan is Tebowing, saying to Hitler, ‘Hey, Buffalo’s killing them.’ ” ?

Basically Maher is joking Tebow for thinking there is some divine intervention in his life while Jenkins is calling Maher a stoner soon to be high school drop out.

Touche'

Maher is a social commentator and a comedian....seems like Sally missed the joke.

Seems like you missed the entire point of the article.

"Set aside the intriguing question of whether Maher would have the nerve if Tebow were Muslim. Or whether he’s funny. (He’s not, really. Monty Python is.) What’s more interesting is why Maher, and other political commentators from Bill Press to David Shuster, feel compelled to rip on Tebow simply for kneeling.

Galen, you are a pyromaniac in a field of straw men.

Let me hold your hand and draw a circle around the main points:

"We prefer to keep religion at the abstract distance of historical or socio-cultural discussion, the safe range described by historian George Marsden, “like grandparents in an upwardly mobile family, tolerated and sometimes respected because of their service in the past. . . but otherwise expected either to be supportive or to stay out of the way and not say anything embarrassing.”

"Belittle Tebow if you must. But the trouble with shouting down Tebow’s religion, never mind the sheer offensiveness, is the same trouble with shouting down any other form of inspired expression. Do that, and you also shout down mystery, possibility, surprise. And some perfectly good questions. You drown out an awful lot that’s of interest, whether you agree with it or not."

Your the socially liberal one, why is it he is insulted by these liberal talking heads for expressing his belief's? He's not imposing his belief's on anyone. Could it be this is yet another blatant example of Liberal hypocrisy, and he is being bashed because his belief of choice is Christianity? I find it hard to believe that if he kneeled down to face Mecca he would be attracting the same liberal vitriol.