john 3 16: Tim Tebow and John 3:16

So I’m watching the national championship college football game tonight and see something written in white on Florida quarterback Tim Tebow’s eye black: “John” it says on his right eye. “3:16″ it says on his left.

My first reaction: Come on. I just want to watch a football game; I don’t want to be prosetylized to. Football watching has been safe since the rainbow-wigged guy was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences on kidnapping charges in the early 1990s.

My second reaction: Relax. Tebow is the son of Christian missionaries and, I’m guessing, he believes that if people don’t believe in Jesus, when they died, they’ll be banished to hell for eternity. He has the opportunity to play before a national TV audience of millions and millions, and he wants to save some souls. I understand.

But I have to wonder if his coaches or NCAA officials would allow him to have “There Is” “No God” written on his eye black below his right and left eyes. I imagine that these personal slogans will soon be banned. The Powers That Be in football were never much for personal expression.


Source: williamlobdell.com