Well, why should I be surprised that any topic on religion would draw some outrage, some controversy? I have read all your comments from my blog post very carefully and take a lot of your salient points with intellectual response, rather than emotional bias.

I have admitted to feeling offended by Tebow’s on-field prayers and I guess a number of you have felt the same way. But the arguments for freedom of expression, for applauding this young man’s positive life and world-view, make me sit back and think. The conversation is rich. It’s at the heart of the national zeitgeist at the moment. I have absolutely no disregard for anybody’s religious beliefs. NONE. The discussion isn’t about religious beliefs. It’s about whether a football player, the leader of the team, should carry his religious mantle above the rest of the team’s beliefs.