I think it should be amended to say, “Jesus might want to slap the shit out of you, but He wouldn’t.”
Or, maybe, “Jesus would hair-whip the shit out of you.” I could go for that, especially if Joel Osteen’s face was Photoshopped onto the kneeling man’s body!
We’ve started using sending this postcard to anyone who misses 3 Sundays in a row. We write, “Just kidding, but seriously . . . ” on the back of each card.
If someone objects to the image of violence, we apologize and suggest that we should have just said they were in danger of burning for eternity in the pits of hell. Given that alternative, thoughtful Christians might consider the former image a bit less inappropriate.
For example, if we are on a ski lift, and I start freaking out and risking our lives . . . . which is the better thing to do? Slap the shit out of me? or allow me to raise the handlebars and kill us all?
Now, does Jesus love you enough to slap the shit out of you in order to keep your eternal soul from hell? It seems to me that if you accept the notion of the latter, then you’ve you to consider the possibility of the former.
Now, I don’t think that Jesus you slap the shit out of a stranger just in order to get on YouTube. That would be wrong.
A more difficult question might be, “Can Jesus slap the ‘bejeezus’ out of anyone?”
March 13, 2007 at 12:17 pm
I think it should be amended to say, “Jesus might want to slap the shit out of you, but He wouldn’t.”
Or, maybe, “Jesus would hair-whip the shit out of you.” I could go for that, especially if Joel Osteen’s face was Photoshopped onto the kneeling man’s body!
March 13, 2007 at 1:00 pm
I don’t necessarily condone the above image, but I thought it could be good blog fodder. I like you amendment, M.
March 14, 2007 at 8:46 am
Finally saw Jesus Camp last night. Anybody Jesus needs to smack around a little bit it’s those folks.
March 15, 2007 at 3:27 pm
We’ve started using sending this postcard to anyone who misses 3 Sundays in a row. We write, “Just kidding, but seriously . . . ” on the back of each card.
If someone objects to the image of violence, we apologize and suggest that we should have just said they were in danger of burning for eternity in the pits of hell. Given that alternative, thoughtful Christians might consider the former image a bit less inappropriate.
For example, if we are on a ski lift, and I start freaking out and risking our lives . . . . which is the better thing to do? Slap the shit out of me? or allow me to raise the handlebars and kill us all?
Now, does Jesus love you enough to slap the shit out of you in order to keep your eternal soul from hell? It seems to me that if you accept the notion of the latter, then you’ve you to consider the possibility of the former.
Now, I don’t think that Jesus you slap the shit out of a stranger just in order to get on YouTube. That would be wrong.
A more difficult question might be, “Can Jesus slap the ‘bejeezus’ out of anyone?”
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