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There is a giant (anti-gay, anti-choice, pro-hate) evangelical church in my town that is currently running a giant ad campaign themed around God Loves Shrimp.
No, really.
I... don't even know where to go with that. I ... where are *they* going with that? When I saw the ads I assumed they were a with-it, liberal church, riffing on the protest slogan to point out that not all Christian bank on hate, but according to their website, *not so much*. How to you run a message series with that title (apparently actually *about* the way that Christ's sacrifice frees us from the old laws of the Pentateuch) and still preach in support of Focus on the Family? ...it's. just. And, yes, considering that the filename of the ad is "god_hates_shrimp", they know exactly what they're referencing.
You know that bible quote about the log in your eye? Yeah. That one. (I love that searching the internets for "beam in your eye" gets links to people talking about robots with lasers.)
To keep on the topic of my town and Christians, though, there's one thing that always makes me happy coming into town. If you're not American, you may be unfamiliar with the phenomenon of people who own land near a busy highway putting up three crosses so everyone who drives by has to see them, usually with a sign quoting John 3:16 or some other over-referenced-to-the-point-of-tritenes
Well, someone's done that on the road into Annapolis, but instead of three crosses, they've got a cross, a crescent, and a star. And instead of referencing John 3:16, they reference 1 John. (Alas, I don't remember the exact verse, but I think it was 1 John 2:11. Something along those lines, anyway; most of 1 John is like that.) I'm with that guy.
No, really.
I... don't even know where to go with that. I ... where are *they* going with that? When I saw the ads I assumed they were a with-it, liberal church, riffing on the protest slogan to point out that not all Christian bank on hate, but according to their website, *not so much*. How to you run a message series with that title (apparently actually *about* the way that Christ's sacrifice frees us from the old laws of the Pentateuch) and still preach in support of Focus on the Family? ...it's. just. And, yes, considering that the filename of the ad is "god_hates_shrimp", they know exactly what they're referencing.
You know that bible quote about the log in your eye? Yeah. That one. (I love that searching the internets for "beam in your eye" gets links to people talking about robots with lasers.)
To keep on the topic of my town and Christians, though, there's one thing that always makes me happy coming into town. If you're not American, you may be unfamiliar with the phenomenon of people who own land near a busy highway putting up three crosses so everyone who drives by has to see them, usually with a sign quoting John 3:16 or some other over-referenced-to-the-point-of-tritenes
Well, someone's done that on the road into Annapolis, but instead of three crosses, they've got a cross, a crescent, and a star. And instead of referencing John 3:16, they reference 1 John. (Alas, I don't remember the exact verse, but I think it was 1 John 2:11. Something along those lines, anyway; most of 1 John is like that.) I'm with that guy.
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