[+/-] T.O.: 'God is my orthopedist'??

"God has already cleared me," Owens told the assembled hordes that had come to find out if he would be able to play on his surgically repaired ankle. "It doesn’t matter what the doctor said. I have the best doctor in God."

I’ve heard of God is my co-pilot, but God is my orthopedist?...

T.O. would have you believe he’s a terrific Christian. But there he is quoting the Gospel of John with those enormous diamonds glowing like headlights in his ears. Guess he hasn’t gotten to Chapter 19 of Matthew yet, starting with Verse 21: "Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me."

And a bit further along: "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."

You’d think that if Owens were as good a Christian as he wants us to believe, he’d at least have the decency to sell the diamonds and feed Haiti for a couple of weeks.

Unless, while He was clearing Owens to play, He said He was cool with the bling.