"700 Club" host and televangelist Pat Robertson isn't laughing at the four-minute skit mocking Tebow's devotion to Christianity and called it "anti-Christian bigotry that's just disgusting."
Is it Tebow or Tea Party?
In the skit, Jason Sudeikis appears as Jesus visiting the devout Christian, Tebow, played by Taram Killan, in a Denver Broncos locker room where he tells the quarterback that he should take his praise "down a notch" and get his play cranked up a little earlier in the game.
Sudeikis' Jesus also tells the Tebow character that he mostly answers prayers now wherever he gets them the most—mostly beauty pageants and football games.
"If this had been a Muslim country and they had done that, and had Muhammad doing that stuff, you would have found bombs being thrown off!" railed Robertson on the Christian Broadcasting Network.
Robertson is the same man who once called the Haitian earthquake "a blessing in disguise."
The segment was a big hit with viewers but it infuriated Robertson who praised Tebow for his devoutness to Christianity.
"Tebow is an example, and I think he is a wonderful human being," the conservative, one time presidential-hopeful Robertson said. "We need more religious faith in our society. We're losing our moral compass in our nation and this man has been placed in a unique position and I applaud him."
In one exchange during Saturday's skit, Jesus tells Tebow, "I could throw better than you and I'm 2,010 years old."
He also tells him to read his playbook.
"The Holy Bible is my playbook," says the Tebow character.
"That's great," replies Jesus. "But you need to read the regular playbook. Seriously, okay? I'm doing all the work here."
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