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progressoid

(49,825 posts)
Thu Jan 12, 2012, 06:46 PM Jan 2012

Poll: 43% say Tim Tebow is winning via Divine Intervention

Poll: 43% say Tim Tebow is winning via Divine Intervention


In a telephone survey, the Poll Position website found that 43.3% of people who are aware of Tebow's success believe Divine Intervention has been a factor.

The Jan. 8 survey involved 756 people who were up to date on Tebow. The youthful 18-to-29-year-old demographic was the one most apt to believe that it isn't just the football gods who are smiling on Tebow, with 52.3% saying yes to the Divine Intervention theory.

Among ethnic groups, the Hispanic/Latino demographic was the biggest believer, with 81.3% saying yes. Among African-Americans, 59.5% said yes, and for whites it was 38.3%.

Politcally speaking, 54.2% of Republicans said yes, as did 38.2% of Democrats and 35.1% of independent voters.


http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/01/tim-tebow-poll-43-believe-in-divine-intervention/1

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Poll: 43% say Tim Tebow is winning via Divine Intervention (Original Post) progressoid Jan 2012 OP
In a related story Goblinmonger Jan 2012 #1
wow deacon_sephiroth Jan 2012 #2
Link doesn't work for me cbayer Jan 2012 #3
Oops progressoid Jan 2012 #5
Poll: 42% say they give prank answers to dumb polls. Scuba Jan 2012 #4
Yeah the 18 to 29 demographic numbers prove that ButterflyBlood Jan 2012 #6
I'm sure this is another "fake" poll that just happens to reaffirm dmallind Jan 2012 #7
Well it's sure as hell not talent Nevernose Jan 2012 #8
And when he starts losing, it will be because lindysalsagal Jan 2012 #9
Well God didn't seem to be on Tebow's side yesterday. ButterflyBlood Jan 2012 #10
What is the thinking here? That's he's such a crummy qb that any wins at all must be a miracle? ChadwickHenryWard Jan 2012 #11
god smacked him down this weekend Angry Dragon Jan 2012 #12

ButterflyBlood

(12,644 posts)
6. Yeah the 18 to 29 demographic numbers prove that
Fri Jan 13, 2012, 11:26 PM
Jan 2012

We're the most secular age bracket by the far and yet the strongest "yes" to this.

dmallind

(10,437 posts)
7. I'm sure this is another "fake" poll that just happens to reaffirm
Sat Jan 14, 2012, 12:37 AM
Jan 2012

that a goodly plurality if not majority of Americans believe in "a cartoonish version of God" where we all know from constant refrains here that every real believer has a sophisticated PhD level understanding of theology.

lindysalsagal

(20,440 posts)
9. And when he starts losing, it will be because
Sat Jan 14, 2012, 12:49 PM
Jan 2012

a. He had unclean thoughts
b. He was mean to his little brother
c. The other team prayed more than he did
d. His winning streak ran out

The conditional love/fear/hatred of parents will never be transcended by many of us, even in adulthood. We just project it onto our bosses, spouses, co-workers, friends, in-laws.....

ChadwickHenryWard

(862 posts)
11. What is the thinking here? That's he's such a crummy qb that any wins at all must be a miracle?
Sun Jan 15, 2012, 01:28 PM
Jan 2012

I remember the first time he faced the Patriots, and everybody kept saying he would win because he had god on his side. Nobody says Brady has god on his side, but he wins a lot more. I guess if you have all sorts of passing records, years of NFL experience, and both a strong offense and a strong defense, you don't need god to win ballgames. I should think after the second time New England crushed Denver we would see that invisible spirits do not determine the outcome of football games; things like athletic ability, teamwork, and hard work during practice are what really win games.

It's like it happened in the Bible:

And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

Judges 1:19

You can attribute your mediocre victories to God, but once you come up against a better team, cold, hard facts reign.

Further, is he really the most religious man in the NFL? These guys all praise Jesus all the time. He is certainly not alone in his ostentatious piety. In what way, exactly, does Tebow constitute a new phenomenon in the NFL?
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