“I know who Tebow is but I don’t know what “Tebowing” looks like. Anything like the Macarana?”
I had to look it up. The “Internet” seems to define it as:
(vb) to get down on a knee and start praying, even if everyone else around you is doing something completely different.
That’s what thanking/praising God in public (assuming the public isn’t thanking/praising God at the time) is called these days.
Pretty much rules out any public display of affection for God and makes fun of a popular Christian at the same time.
Left wing freaks who don’t follow football seem to be especially annoyed with him, hopeful of his injury, etc.
Read carefully what the story says, not for what you want to put into it. He did this, not to honor God, but to make the ceremony “fun” and “memorable” - by calling attention to himself. His audience laughed at his antics.
This WAS NOT a moment of honoring God and giving Him thanks, it was a case of mocking the act of prayer - for laughs and accolades. Which explains why a Catholic school and the boy’s mother took action.
Let me repeat - this was NOT akin to Tim Tebow taking a knee in honest praise to his Lord and Savior; it is more similar to Steven Tullock mocking Tebow’s display of devotion after sacking him (Tebow).
He was mocking piety, not displaying it.
Ooops! Sorry, your post was entirely about the term “Tebowing”, not the young man.
I should follow my own advice by reading what was written.
I am disappointed at the level of support for this kid’s mockery - as if he were reprimanded for praying. It is the complete opposite, he was punished for mocking prayer. BUT - there is nothing in your post to indicate whether or not you are siding with the defenders of mockery, so my response was misdirected.