Wayne Allyn Root can’t seem to decide whether he’s a Christian or a Jew. But he knows he likes Tim Tebow.
In his Dec. 19 Newsmax column, Root rushes to the defense of of Tebow against all the haters, including a Jewish rabbi, declaring that “Tim Tebow is a symbol of the role faith plays in our country.” He recounts his and his family’s religious history:
I am a Jew turned born-again Christian. I married into a family of devout Christian ministers and missionaries. My wife Debra and I have been happily married for over 20 years. We have four beautiful children ranging in age from three to 19. All four have been raised as both Jewish and Christian. All four have been raised to celebrate both Christmas and Hanukah. My oldest child Dakota, now a scholar/athlete at Harvard, attended church throughout her youth, and was also Bat Mitzvah. She leaves the day after Christmas for her birthright trip to Israel. It is the honor of her lifetime.
We might be wrong here, but if you’re a born-again Christian, doesn’t it mean you stop being a Jew? You can’t be both Christian and a Jew at the same time, can you?
Yet this self-proclaimed “born-again Christian” concludes his column by writing, “I am a Jew for Tebow.”
We’re confused.