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Can there be too much ‘Tebowing’?

Thanks to Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, sports and religion
have become the topic du jour. Arguments over Tebow's path to the Hall
of Fame can be waged, but it's clear that his name is a rarity: the
proper noun (Tebow) can be used as a verb (Tebowing—or getting down on
one knee to pray).

"Tim is who he is," said Brent High, the
associate athletic director for spiritual formation at Lipscomb
University, who saw an event sell out when Tebow was a guest speaker
there. "If you are a Christian, he is your absolute flag-bearer in the
sports world. You cheer for him and you hurt for him when he takes the
beating that he takes."

But High added: "If I am putting myself in
the shoes of someone who is offended . . . and Tebow is getting down on
one knee with all cameras trained on him, that's in my face. . . . So I
can see why it's like the fingernails on the chalkboard to those
people."