I saw Steve's message, but I really thought he was saying to be careful not to stray into religion, and not to drop it altogether. If I misunderstood your meaning, Steve, then my apologies for replying.
Rob Sent from my iPhone On Jan 26, 2012, at 7:10 AM, "Randy Lyons" <gatorspo...@epbfi.com> wrote: > Although I dropped it at Steve’s request, I didn’t see anything wrong with > either post. We’re discussing Tim Tebow, not religion. Ok, I’ll crawl back > into Leon’s “censorship” cave now. Oh, by the way, Leon. All those years of > claiming you were being “censored”, you never mentioned how nice this > man-cave is. You’ve even got cable in here! Pretty cool! J > > Randy > > From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatortalk@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Cecilia > Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 5:15 PM > To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Was Tebow's Game-Winning TD Illegal? > > Oops... sorry. I was just presenting the "other side" and didn't read this > post until after I sent my response to Randy. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Steve McKibben > To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 7:21 AM > Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Was Tebow's Game-Winning TD Illegal? > > This is getting close to venturing into "Too Hot" territory. Most of us > Gators, and a lot of others, even those who may not share his belief system, > admire him for his willingness to stand up for what he believes in, and for > "walking the walk". > > There may be a portion of the crowd that doesn't like him because they don't > share those same beliefs, a portion of them that think that people in the > spotlight for athletic (or entertainment, etc.) accomplishments should not > use that fame as a bully pulpit to highlight other facets of their life > (actors and politics anyone?), and there are still a number of folks that > will always hate him because he is/was a Gator. > > Let's not turn the Tim discussion into a religious one, OK? > > Steve "the heretic moderator" McKibben :) > > > > I think it’s more the “anti-Christian” attitude that is sweeping the nation, > and Tebow refuses to behave himself and go into the “closet”. A lot of people > think his spiritual displays (i.e. Tebowing) is just for show, but after I > tell them he has been this way his whole life, they just kinda get sheepish > about it. He’s quite a bit more “public” about his relationship with Christ > that I am, but I admire his stand. Unfortunately, it’s like a battleground – > the ones on the frontline are the ones being shot at. L > > Randy > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
