{"id":14300,"date":"2011-11-30T02:00:11","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T05:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=14300"},"modified":"2015-06-27T19:14:25","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T22:14:25","slug":"us-marines-pray-in-formation-at-nfl-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/30\/us-marines-pray-in-formation-at-nfl-game\/","title":{"rendered":"US Marines Pray in Formation at NFL Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh off accusations the US military forces its young, impressionable troops to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/24\/update-atheist-soldier-refuses-to-bow-head-at-graduation\/\">pray in formation<\/a>, an entire formation of US Marines did so in front of nearly 75,000 football fans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/militarytimes.com\/blogs\/afteraction\/2011\/11\/21\/photo-marines-tebowing-before-broncos-jets-game\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christianfighterpilot.com\/images\/tebowing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Marines perform their version of &#8216;Tebowing&#8217; before the Broncos-Jets game on Nov. 17. (AP Photo\/Barry Gutierrez)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Actually, they&#8217;re Tebowing.\u00a0 Then again, Tebowing <em>is <\/em>praying, by definition.\u00a0 <em>And <\/em>they&#8217;re in uniform.\u00a0 These Marines must be <!--more-->evidence of Michael Weinstein&#8217;s conspiracy theory that a secret Christian cabal is planning to take over the world.\u00a0 Tebow must be attending the meetings in the secret bunker with James Dobson and Dick Cheney.\u00a0 And Colonel Sanders.<\/p>\n<p>Somebody call Richard.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/tebowing.com\/\">Tebowing website<\/a> has an entire section on <a href=\"http:\/\/tebowing.com\/tagged\/patriotic\">&#8220;patriotic&#8221; Tebowing<\/a>, which is almost exclusively men and women in uniform striking the pose around the world, from Texas to Afghanistan and undisclosed locations.<\/p>\n<p>Some favorites:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tebowing.com\/post\/12190619421\/tebowing-with-the-children-of-afghanistan\">Tebowing with the children of Afghanistan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tebowing.com\/post\/13126920599\/tebowing-f-16-style\">F-16 Tebowing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tebowing.com\/post\/12955570773\/tebowing-in-alarm-blue-mopp-4-its-korea-tia\">Tebowing in MOPP 4<\/a><\/li>\n<li>USAFA Tebowing, <a href=\"http:\/\/tebowing.com\/post\/12827830538\/tebowing-at-the-air-force-vs-wyoming-game\">football<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/tebowing.com\/post\/12180360115\/tebowing-for-leadership-at-the-united-states-air\">the terrazzo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tebowing.com\/post\/12239571411\/tebowing-pictures-the-government-doesnt-want-you\">Predator Tebowing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tebowing.com\/post\/12391897376\/usmc-annual-combat-fitness-test-c-f-tebowing\">Tebowing the Marine combat fitness test<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In seeing his TV interviews, Tim Tebow has a humble spirit and a good sense of humor.\u00a0 Say what you will about the Bronco&#8217;s offense, Tim Tebow has an amazing platform for Jesus Christ &#8212; as these pictures show, it&#8217;s one that reaches around the world.<\/p>\n<p>In an interesting twist, it&#8217;s a platform he probably wouldn&#8217;t have <em>but for <\/em>the\u00a0controversy surrounding him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh off accusations the US military forces its young, impressionable troops to\u00a0pray in formation, an entire formation of US Marines did so in front of nearly 75,000 football fans. 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