Remember when Chris Crocker defended Britney Spears in this tearful, screaming, epic video? Well he’s back with more emo in this tearful, screaming rant against Christians who insult Chris’ purpose or meaning.
I admit I laughed when I first watched it (wide-eyed, drama-shocked, nervous laughter). The crown of thorns? Wow. God instructs people to brush their teeth? Okeedoke.
I played it again and realized that beneath the hysterics, there is a worthy, relevant message. How could any Christian (or non-christian, but the video is about believers) point a finger at someone who’s different and off the beaten path of social acceptability and claim to know anything about how god feels about them or what god would want them to do? It is intensely arrogant that anyone could claim to speak for an infinite, unexplainable, unimaginable deity. If this god is so large and so all-powerful and all-knowing and all-loving, then how could one man, book, tradition, or creed even grasp one minute speck of an idea about what god is or wants?
Jesus loves you so much that he killed himself so that you would receive a mass-produced and over-simplified printed flyer.
When trying to “reach the lost” for Jesus, there are no holds barred and no pop culture topics left untouched. Anything and everything can become a preaching tool. I remember my church giving us evangelism tracts to use during summer vacation as a challenge. They looked like money (see the back of the bill above) and were designed to lure the greedy sinner into picking them up. My youth pastor gave us tips for how to give them out:
- Leave them on the ground; someone will pick it up and maybe read!
- Leave it with your tip in a restaurant (I know someone who left these tracts on the table without any real money as a tip. Yeah, so Christ-like!)
- Put it in an envelope with a bill payment.
- Tuck it into the g-string of a stripper (just kidding! Though I wouldn’t put it past someone to do this.)
So late last night as I was avoiding sleep, I decided to have a little talk with Jeeeeezus!
Hey Jesus, I hope you enjoyed your short stay in hell. I'm sure those who burn eternally will appreciate the gracious, leisurely visit.
-@godlessgirl (GG), 31-1-2010 10:51:25
Hey Jesus, think you could have been someone else besides a rabbi who teaches in riddles? What do u want to do, weed out the dumb ones?
-@godlessgirl (GG), 31-1-2010 10:52:46
Hey Jesus, If you are bodily up in heaven right now, then heaven has to be within the physical universe, right? So how far is it from here?
-@godlessgirl (GG), 31-1-2010 10:55:09
Hey Jesus, if we're not 'sposed to put God to the test, he could at least return the favor.
-@godlessgirl (GG), 31-1-2010 10:57:19
Hey Jesus, you can tell me the truth--you think the apostle Paul is a douche too, right? right? *nudge*
-@godlessgirl (GG), 31-1-2010 10:59:04
I’ll let you know if I get a reply. What would you ask Jesus?
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