In a message intercepted by the national security agency, God told Tim Tebow that he was so busy this weekend talking to his people in Texas deciding who, among those he had told to run, should be the Republican presidential candidate that he just confused "Tom" with "Tim".
"Tim, it was an honest, predictable mistake", wrote the Lord of the Universe, "Tom, after all, was the Patriot".
Although recognizing that God works in mysterious ways, Tebow prayed on it, asking Jesus why the score had to be so lopsided. "He wanted to be certain it was not decided by a 'Hail Mary'", said Jesus. "Between you, me and Pat Robertson, he was tired of mom getting all the credit".
Tebow's loss and the anointing of Rick Santorum threw the Republican nomination process into turmoil. God's plan, it had seemed, had been to select a candidate this weekend in Texas, in the quiet rooms Republicans like for discussing things such as the economy, enabling Santorum to make the South Carolina primary close and then, with seconds to go before January 21, a victorious Tebow was to endorse Santorum for banning contraception, thus getting Santorum to paydirt.
But, that can no longer work. Santorum cannot be endorsed by a losing Tebow.
For the Republicans, It is now on to Plan B.
Perhaps that was God's plan all along?
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At every game he spends a lot of time with sick and disabled people that he brings in to offer them hope and inspiration, so I'd say he probably has a better perspective on what's important and what isn't than most. You can disagree with his religion if you want - or criticize his throwing motion - but check out the below link and see if you still want to bash him as a person.
http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/7455943/believing-tim-tebow
-- That it's OK to buy into religion despite religion's horrible record of bringing war, oppression and backwardness to humankind.
-- That it's OK to believe things that are very unlikely under natural laws and are not substantiated by any credible evidence whatsoever.
-- That it's OK to go along with authoritarians who tell you to believe something, no matter how unlikely their message is.
Of course, what's worse is that many supposedly responsible people in our society also have jumped on the religion bandwagon, for personal or commercial reasons, and sensible discussions of these issues are very rare. It's really not surprising that America is sliding backward academically and economically, and it's likely to continue unless the U.S. gives up its 19th Century religious ideas and religion-based policies, and begins acting like a developed nation.
http://jdrourke.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/memo-to-bill-maher/