A little history here. Before I became a Christian, I was a listener of some hard rocking bands and I still am. One of those bands is KISS. I saw them go through a high point in the late 70's. The band had recorded six studio albums and two live albums before going on to do a made for TV movie called KISS Meets The Phantom of the Park. Yes it was cheesy, Gene didn't have any lines really it was mostly Paul who had them. KISS though is known for their theatrics on stage during live performances among recording some of their biggest hits like Rock and Roll All Night, Beth, Hard Luck Woman, Detroit Rock City, Shout It Out Loud among others including Forever and Hide Your Heart.
Gene is also considered to be a Jew. Now I don't know if he is a practicing Jew, but a Jew none the less. While Gene is still a member of KISS, Gene has also been known to get involved in some different projects with or without his band mates to include a KISS line of funeral caskets to comic book, as the characters that their face make up are suppose to represent, to Gene having a marketing firm. And now, part owner of the Arena Football League's L.A. KISS. One year ago, the L.A. KISS extended a contract to none other but Tim Tebow to come and be the quarterback of the team. For those of you that are fans of Tebow, you are probably saying great. At least he is playing football, even if it is not in the NFL.
Well I was on my way to work yesterday, listening to K-Love on the radio. Those of you that don't know, K-Love is a Christian Radio network that has stations all over the country and including a sister network in France called K-Love France. DJ's Scott and Kelly were broadcasting at the time when they mention that Gene Simmons has defended Tim Tebow and Tebow's belief in Christianity. Now, even I was taken aback by this, despite that there are things that I agree with Gene on politically. But this was a shocker to me at least. Gene in an interview on Fox and Friends, was doing a little promoting of the AFL team, and talking about Tim Tebow, defending Tebow's decision to believe in Jesus Christ. But what more, is how the media attacks Tim Tebow for believing in Christ. Gene basically came out to say, that if Tim wants to continue to believe in his God, then why should he continue to be attack. If Tebow was a Jew or a Muslim, this would be nothing, and life would go on for Tebow. But Tebow is a practicing Christian, who believes in having a relationship with Jesus Christ, his Lord and Saviour of his life. So in other words, leave Tebow alone because of his beliefs.
But we know that as Christians, in today's society, we are going to be attack. For some reason God is offensive to those that don't want to believe or don't want God shove down their throats. Well I can say this, if I was God, I know I wouldn't want to be shove down anyone's throat. I wouldn't want to be the cause of them choking to death. God just wants to love everyone. He has shown that through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ upon the cross. Even before the cross, Jesus was causing an uproar among the government and the religious leaders by just demonstrating acts of love. But there will be those out there that will defend us, and that defense may come from unexpected people, just like Gene Simmons.
Gene Simmons On: Anti-Christian Bias, Tim Tebow, & The Arena Football League
