Yes, he has established the Tim Tebow Foundation which supports the charitable efforts he believes in. He has also opened a Children's Hospital in the Phillipines (where he was born, I believe) and has also done lots of other things in the Phillipines as well as here in the US.

A person may not agree with what he believes or does but he certainly seems to be consistent in both his walk and his talk.

I would also argue that "ostentation", like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. While less controversial, there is a more noticeable "prayer ring" in the middle of the field at the conclusion of many NFL games. Multiple players gather together without nearly the same level of concern from people who are deciding what a "good Christian" is.

To the left, good religion is when it's treated like just a hobby. Bad religion is when people actually try to live by it. They really have no understanding of real faith.

Yet, strangely, the left's entire plan for economic recovery is based on "And then, a miracle happens..."

Coffin of course forgoes Gregory's actual quote, puts words in his mouth to obscure the distinction the interviewer is drawing. Bachmann has stated previously that God had told her to run for Congress. Gregory is asking her if she, literally, hears the words of God and would utilize them to make policy or act.

the actual Gregory quote: "There’s a difference between God as a sense of comfort and safe harbor and inspiration, and God telling you to take a particular action"
There IS a difference between finding comfort in religion and using religious teachings to guide your decision making and claiming to hear the words of God. It's a distinction most Americans, left or right, would find important.

The rest of this post is just nonsense predicated on purposefully misunderstanding the question Gregory is asking.

"His throwing mechanics as a quarterback isn’t what is driving these commentators nuts. It is his view of prayer as something more than ceremony. "

Okay, was with you until that part, Shannen. We would do well to divide two very different and unrelated objections to Tebow: Tebow as the Christian, and Tebow as the NFL player.

Tebow as the Christian peeves some people off. Oh well, boo-hoo. You, Lowry, and Foster are all right to point out the small-minded bitterness of this.

Tebow as the NFL player, however, is a valid objection. Surely, some people confuse the two objections-- Christian and NFL player, all become a melange of irrational hatred-- but when talking about ESPN (or other) professional sports commentators and journalists, they all have a reasonable argument to make against Tim Tebow.

An argument I happen to disagree with, for a variety of reasons. He is, after all, winning; maybe by luck, *certainly* via a team effort (he *wouldn't* be winning without that monster Denver defense), but he is, indeed, winning. And doing so in a way that many NFL talking heads say can't be done: running first, option plays in the NFL, a mediocre (but situationally effective) passing game, etc. That Tebow can win doing things "wrong" is a threat to their expertise. That something as intangible as "leadership" can *actually matter* (instead of just being something otherwise-statistics-obssessed Sabermetric commentators pay passing lip-service to) is a threat to their wisdom.

To me, and millions of fans, however, it's simply something called "fun." So what if it'll never last? So what if it's a fluky season, and all those 4th quarter comebacks and overtime wins rely more on dumb luck than actual talent? Who cares as long as it's entertaining to watch and root for? It's a *game*, people, remember?

I root for Tebow not because I'm a Christian (I'm not) nor because I have a vested interest in seeing him succeed (I wish him well, but I'm not a Broncos fan). I root for Tebow simply because he's entertaining, it's obvious he's a motivator for his team, and the team is FUN TO WATCH.

The difference is Tim Tebow. Perhaps Denver's "miracle" wins - with the same defense and an inexperienced NFL quarterback - are beginning to make the Christians-in-name-only a bit nervous.

I'm not saying that Tebow doesn't deserve credit, even majority credit. But it's clear that his offensive numbers wouldn't be enough to win those games had not the defense gotten better. Tebow's obviously helped them get better through his ball control style of play (he doesn't turn the ball over hardly at all, and the run-first offense wears down opposing defenses and keeps Denver's fresh).

Plus, again, there's the intangible of having a winner in the locker room motivating everybody.

"What's the difference between now and then?"

Time of possession and pass attempts - which of course, can be loosely related.

Denver wasn't a horrible team those first 6-games. I think their only double-digit loss was to Green Bay (not surprisingly). But, Orton was putting the ball up at least twice as much as Teabow is now; Orton had more than 40-attempts in a few games. Teabow had 15 attempts this week. 15

When you start turning the ball over on downs and leave the the opposing offense more time on the clock, they're going to score more often. I'd have to do the math to be precise, but just looking at the box scores, it appears that the Bronco's opponents are scoring roughly 8-points a game less with Teabow at QB than there were scoring without Teabow at QB. The reason they're scoring less is because Teabow is throwing less which allows the clock to run more.

I don't think that's really fair to the article though. The article never mentions his relgion as being why he is "polarizing". And he is polarizing. As a player. Some say he is a horrible QB and it can't work long term. Others say he does enough and is enough of a winner to make it work or in any case, it's fun to watch.

It spends the rest of the piece using good on-the-field evidence why he is not as good as his hype, plain and simple.

Hype? While he was still in college everyone said he would suck in the NFL. When he got to the NFL, everyone said he'd suck. The Broncos were 1-4 before Tebow and 6 and @#$%! 1 after Tebow, and everyone is still saying he sucks - including you.