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Well, The Denver Broncos under Tim Tebow were completely dismantled at the hands of the New England Patriots under Tom Brady.

I know, I know, Tebow never said "god" or whomever was directly influencing his games, simply that he has a "god-given" talent. Same thing, really.

Now, before you call me a hater, I don't hate Tebow, or any religious person (except for those who hate me, of course). I think his humanitarian efforts are outstanding, he brings light into the lives of children for whom life is very difficult through no fault of their own (though one could ask, why did "god" bless Tebow while cursing countless children the world over, throughout history?). I still don't understand why you need a belief in "god" to do good things for people.

Tebow is by no means unique, however. Countless sports figures praise Jesus for all of their victories. And many of them actually DO say things like "this victory is god's not mine." Hmm. I'm not sure Jesus would really want the credit for kicking an opponent in the head repeatedly, for personal fame and fortune.

And who gets the glory when two opponents are praising Jesus? If the guy with the Jesus tattoo gets knocked out, does that mean Jesus hates him?

One might ask, why do I care? Well, because so many petty feats are attributed to "god", Jesus, whatever, yet, if that god really does exist and take an interest in such mundane affairs, why can't that same god protect children from from being raped by his own representatives, or by anyone for that matter? This is a HUGE disconnect between the faithful and reality. We often hear the cop-out phrase "the lord works in mysterious ways" or "we can't know the mind of god". These are non-answers. Religious leaders the world over, from the small-town preacher, to the leaders of Islamic Republics, claim to know what "god" wants people to do. The faithful need to own up to reality, and ask their leaders this very difficult question. I can tell you unequivocally that there is no acceptable answer. People who survive tornadoes and other natural disasters often feel that "god" saved them for a reason, yet an infant next door did not survive. So far I haven't heard of anyone having been "saved" from such things going on to cure cancer, or solve world peace. So what was the reason? So they could continue shopping at WalMart and watching wrestling? And for those who think that's a dig at folks in the south, people where I live in Washington State shop at WalMart and watch wrestling too. It's a dig at ignorant, delusional people who think there is a magical sky daddy who really gives a shit about them.

Reality sucks, people, get used to it.