{"id":610,"date":"2010-02-02T02:41:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T06:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=610"},"modified":"2013-06-19T12:13:26","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T16:13:26","slug":"the-holiest-day-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=610","title":{"rendered":"The Holiest Day of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

The flap over the Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad has been interesting and particularly revealing. About a week ago I heard a guy on ESPN complaining about it (his name has escaped me) and I remember thinking, “He is making a religious argument.”\u009d He was essentially arguing that the Super Bowl was sacred space that was sullied by such discussions.<\/p>\n

Then, today, I read the latest Shepherd Press newsletter<\/a> which quoted sports writer Greg Doyle as saying this:<\/p>\n

“And I’m not complaining about the ad because it’s anti-abortion and I’m not. I’m complaining about the ad because it’s pro-politics. And I’m not. Not on Super Sunday. If you’re a sports fan, and I am, that’s the holiest day of the year. That’s a day for five hours of football pregame shows and four hours of football game and three hours of postgame football analysis. That’s a day for football addicts to gorge themselves to the gills on football.<\/p>\n

It’s not a day to discuss abortion. For it, against it, I don’t care what you are. On Super Sunday, I don’t care what I<\/em> am. Feb. 7 is simply not the day to have that discussion.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow! Someone will say he is intentionally exaggerating.\u00a0 However, notice that this event is supposed to nullify for the moment any other weighty matters.\u00a0 In other words it is sacred.\u00a0 Revealing.
\nWe are always a religious people.\u00a0 The only question is, “Who are the gods?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The flap over the Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad has been interesting and particularly revealing. About a week ago I heard a guy on ESPN complaining about it (his name has escaped me) and I remember thinking, “He is making a religious argument.”\u009d He was essentially arguing that the Super Bowl was sacred space that …<\/p>\n

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