He was betrayed, tortured, humiliated, and killed and rose from the grave to save us. He gave us Communion and said: do this in remembrance of me.
Let’s buy movie tie-ins instead! (Reuters story here)
If I could sum up the American religion in one phrase it would be this:
Products are prayer.
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“He was bruised for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.”
Now you can buy the home game!
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I suppose it was inevitable
we’ve spent thousands of years trying desperately to avoid having to have direct contact with God – use a prophet, a priest, a king, a pope, a movie, a book, a study group leader, a pastor, a group of educated leaders … ANYTHING to offer a layer of abstraction to protect us from the awful, crushing nakedness that a direct relationship with Him brings.
“God is in heaven, and you are on earth, so let your words be few.” Guilty as charged.
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I had a guy walk into the store one day and literally fall to his knees.
“I’m in heaven!”
Made me nervous.
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iSight dead people, all the time.
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creepy
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The American Religion
If I could sum up the American religion in one phrase it would be this:
Products are prayer.
A corrolary: lawsuits are curses. That’s from the angry voodoo end of the American religion.
(BTW, there are some linguistic problems with the movie; and I for one am pretty sure there was never a scene in the bible where an explosion chases Jesus down a hallway.)
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I for one am pretty sure there was never a scene in the bible where an explosion chases Jesus down a hallway
Jesus, you blew up a whole city block! The Chief is gonna have your badge!!
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