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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

A Jew, a Muslim and Tim Tebow walk into a...

Follow these jumps to some Tim Tebow links.

Here is an article in The Wall Street Journal on how different faiths are embracing the Christian QB.

From the article:

"...the rabbi at Denver's Temple Emanuel was asked if he would ever sermonize about Tebow. Joe Black responded as if he had just chugged an espresso. "Oh, absolutely!" he said. "Here's the sermon I would deliver and probably will deliver: Tim Tebow is broadcasting the fact that he believes in God. God is actively involved in his life. We call ourselves people of faith. Is that how we perceive God? And if not, how do we perceive God?" 

At the Colorado Muslim Society, the Broncos don't come up usually in conversation. But Tebow is often a topic for discussion when the board's chairman Khaled Hamideh and his friends gather for weekly barbecues and potluck dinners. He counts himself as a Tebow fan mostly because of the quarterback's winning pedigree. "I know I'm a Muslim and he's a Christian, but I admire somebody who thanks God for everything that he gave him," Hamideh said. "The team has rallied around him not because of his religious beliefs but because they believe this guy has something in him that pushes him the right way."

Ruth Borri, a teacher at the Avalokiteshvara Buddhist Center in Denver, overhears aisle talk about Tebow. She finds his steadfast devotion refreshing. "There's a great deal of spirituality missing in our whole culture in general," she said. "His willingness to be what he is and not be ashamed of it is something that I think is an admirable quality." 


Here's a website dedicated to photos of people Tebowing. I kid you not. You don't know what "Tebowing" is? Take the jump and check out the photos. Here's some background from the website:

Tebowing is defined as "to get down on a knee and start praying, even if everyone else around you is doing something completely different."

The term "Tebowing" was coined by entrepreneur and avid Denver Broncos fan, Jared Kleinstein, in October 2011. A Denver native, Kleinstein had just finished watching Bronco quarterback Tim Tebow lead Denver to a miraculous comeback victory over the Miami Dolphins. Tebow threw two touchdown passes and a 2-point conversion in the final 2:44 of the fourth quarter to force overtime. The Broncos would go on to win 18-15 in overtime after a Matt Prater field goal.

Immediately following the game, Jared decided he and his friends needed to pay tribute to Tebow for what had just transpired, so he asked his friends to join him outside for a quick photograph. Following Jared's example, they all got down on one knee, put their heads to their hands, took a picture, and thus, "Tebowing" was born.

The next day, Kleinstein launched tebowing.com and the rest is history.