Tuesday, 31 January 2012
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Thank You Jesus: Is This Poster Anti-Christianity?
By Phoebe
This poster has been making the rounds on Facebook lately, drawing both praise and criticism. Some people say that this poster is anti-Christian.
It's easy to see that assumption, especially since the poster comes from a website called "S*** Evangelicals Say" and appears to portray American Christians as vapid idiots.
On other hand you could argue that the poster is not so much biased as making a severe and cogent remark about how people purposefully ignore those horrific situations that would otherwise cause faith to be questioned.
What's your opinion? Is this poster biased or not? What do you think the poster is trying to say?
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Christians don't ignore the poor. Christians are champions of the poor. The poster is an attempt to degrade and redefine Christians and Christianity into something they clearly are not.
Maybe it says that Christians shouldn't praise God for the trivial things and concentrate more on the world stage issues like hunger and disease. Pray local, Praise global instead of think global, act local. This is the first I've seen this picture though so my perception may be a tad off.
It's not necessarily anti-Christian. This could very well be the message of an evangelical Christian who wants to point out how vapid American Christianity often is and how trivial our concerns are. Or it could be from a bigoted hate-monger who is trying to paint all Christians as vapid and uncaring. It's hard to determine which it is without more context.
That child makes me want to cry.
It's only ok to do the first two if you are doing something about the third.
Pray local, Praise global instead of think global, act local.Or it could be from a bigoted hate-monger who is trying to paint all Christians as vapid and uncaring.
Jewelry cardsMetal labelsFabric labelsZip PullersBarcode labelsShoes hangersMetal buttonsJewelry tagsSize hangersshoes hooksthat some people act like god intervened in a football game at their request is a fact, so if people are insulted by the facts that should probably indicate that they need to take a serious look at their life.
This picture is not a meaningless attempt to insult Christians as a whole, imo it's a commentary on what the creator of the picture, and many others including myself, believes to be a hypocritical belief common to some Evangelical Christians, namely to think that god helps you with menial tasks but fails to help feed starving children.
We should give thanks in all things, and I think this poster effectively highlights the fact that giving thanks is easier in some circumstances than in others.
Also, that some folks are myopic in their practice of Christianity. Unfortunately, I don't think it will reach many in its intended audience and is more likely to create a stir among those who see it as an attack on Christianity.
@jenessa1889@xanga - Tim Tebow was the perfect example. Even evangelical presidential contender Rick Perry referred to himself as the Tim Tebow of the republican primary. Actually he turned out to be just that as in both cases their luck ran out. Tebow was to evangelicals what Gerry Cooney, "the great white hope" was to white boxing fans who thought their prayers were answered.
I don't know what the intent of whoever actually created this image was. Regardless it serves as an apt critique of a certain sort of believer, a sort seems to be disturbingly common (if polls like this one are any indication).
@TheSutraDude@xanga - Tim Tebow isn't anything to evangelicals. Tebow is simply a football player who plays his guts out just like every other player. His prayer habits are nobody's business. It is the Press who have made a big deal out of it.
@sometimestheycomebackanyway@xanga - you're putting the cart before the horse. many people became Tebow fans because he makes it a point to pray openly on the field and because of his pro life advertisement. hell i've met some in the grocery store. the press realized this and made a bigger deal out of him than his skills warranted because of those fans.
this brings up a point. corporations in general do not allow discussion of religion, sex or politics in the workplace. human resources departments take this very seriously because favoritism or even the appearance of favoritism harm company morale and often lead to lawsuits employees who believe they were passed over for raises and promotions due to religious, sexual and political preferences. in the NFL the football field is the workplace.
@TheSutraDude@xanga - How do you know that? I think Tebow became popular because he is a good football player.
@sometimestheycomebackanyway@xanga - i know because i watch football. he's a good football player but his lack of good technique has always been under question. he's a good scrambler. he's not nearly in the league of a Rodgers, Manning, Brady or even the league of a Sanchez yet he was given that kind of press of his predecessor Elway whose league he is also not in.
First world problems.
I don't think you can miss what this picture is trying to say, and to that fact, Jesus will judge those who profane His holy name, so I'll let Him handle that. But, as to something related to this picture, I hope Christians continue (as they are) working to serve and help people in such devastated parts of the world!
I had a coworker try to tell me that Jesus was responsible for getting him a great deal on a car. I told him that I wished such deeds would go to starving children rather than doing favors for first-world middle-class white people, but he didn't have much of a response.
It's a joke when people who (by others' standards) have everything think God is doing them some privileged favor like that. Most people like to attach the attribute of justness to their deities and a God that grants such injustices would be anything but.
I don't think its so much anti-christian as it is intended to be a wake-up call for us. We have our priorities kind of....screwed up
@Semper_medusa@xanga - I agree with you. Granted, not all Christians fall into this category, but I know a lot that do.
@PoeticSoul - well, of course, but if thats how people view Christians (which, it is) then thats telling those who ARE like that to get their priorities straight and those who arent to call it out.
The poster is very effective in telling me that my priorities are despicable sometimes.