Jesus Manifesto - Latest Comments in Welcome to the Church of Consumer Jesus

Re: Welcome to the Church of Consumer Jesus

hewhocutsdown — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:05:50 -0000

Sorry! Shows how well I concentrate there. :(

Re: Welcome to the Church of Consumer Jesus

jurisnaturalist — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:22:38 -0000

That's juris "naturalist" not "nationalist". Yuck! Nationalism is bad, pagan at its root. Natural Law attempts to uncover human nature as it is, and to allow the best rules for coexisting to emerge spontaneously.

This poem is great.

Anyone know a good church in the DC Fairfax area?

Re: Welcome to the Church of Consumer Jesus

hewhocutsdown — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:05:09 -0000

Pragmatism and utilitarianism OCCASIONALLY intersects with Christian faith, but as jurisnationalist mentions, not nearly enough to marry them together.

This poem is a frightening stark look at the baseline foundation of a consumerism-based utilitarian gospel. No thank you.

Re: Welcome to the Church of Consumer Jesus

jurisnaturalist — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:32:02 -0000

I have been trying to convince street=corner preachers and youth-group leaders that consequentialist arguments in favor of the Christian life are entirely out of place. We don't believe in Jesus because He promises a perfect healthy life. We don't abstain from fornication because we might get pregnant or get an STD. We don't abstain from drugs because we could get addicted or hurt our bodies. We don't give to the poor in order to be blessed by God.
We practice the Christian ethic in response to the One who called us. We live the peculiar life because He gave His life for us. Brethren, we are not utilitarians!

Nathanael Snow

ndsnow@gmail.com

Re: Welcome to the Church of Consumer Jesus

oharaville — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:51:50 -0000

The image is a perfect embellishment, and appropriately inappropriate. Thanks, Mark.

Re: Welcome to the Church of Consumer Jesus

joet — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:51:49 -0000

nice work. strong images. i like it.

Re: Welcome to the Church of Consumer Jesus

markvans — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:16:16 -0000

I love it. I hope you are ok with me adding this image to go along with your poem. It is a digital redoctoring of a banksy stencil I found.

Re: Welcome to the Church of Consumer Jesus

Mike Cline — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:22:43 -0000

The imagery of the first three lines makes me nauseous, but that doesn't make it untrue.

Re: Welcome to the Church of Consumer Jesus

jason — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:05:16 -0000

deep stuff

Re: Welcome to the Church of Consumer Jesus

coldfire136 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:49:14 -0000

Excellent poem. I especially like the ending.