A post from this blog's past: https://saintsontheloose.blogspot.com/2015/06/car-tags.html was about licensed "vanity"car tags with unusual readings which the driver may use for an extra fee above the required standard registration fee.
In the parking deck where I work, I recently saw a new tag which intrigued me: UN4GIVN. Using the English language letters and numbers this would transliterate as "unforgiven." What in the world could this mean?
After considering multiple possibilities, including a reference to a movie title or that the driver was a defiantly unrepentant philanderer, I decided that the most likely meaning was as a sarcastic insult to Christians, who often describe themselves as forgiven sinners.
Showing posts with label sarcasm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sarcasm. Show all posts
Friday, June 14, 2019
Thursday, June 23, 2016
What They Think of Us: Plastic Jesus
This is a repost with a link to a version of the song.
Plastic Jesus is an American folk song written by Ed Rush and George Cromarty in 1957, some also attribute Ernie Marrs as a writer. Ed Rush has stated that the inspiration for the song came from a religious radio station from Del Rio, Texas which "sold the most outrageous stuff imaginable, all with magical healing properties." Every city in America probably has such a shop, selling tacky religious trinkets and doodads. In Birmingham, we had Prophet Carlisle who sold scented candles and healing oils. Christians need to assiduously separate themselves from such crap. There is no reason to give the unbelievers ammunition for their sarcasm.
Plastic Jesus has been recorded by multiple artists. Additional verses continue to be added about Mary, Joseph, the Apostles, Moses, Buddha, Krishna, and on and on and on. Here is the original song. Read more about it on Wikipedia.
Another version of the song. And another. There are many.
Plastic Jesus is an American folk song written by Ed Rush and George Cromarty in 1957, some also attribute Ernie Marrs as a writer. Ed Rush has stated that the inspiration for the song came from a religious radio station from Del Rio, Texas which "sold the most outrageous stuff imaginable, all with magical healing properties." Every city in America probably has such a shop, selling tacky religious trinkets and doodads. In Birmingham, we had Prophet Carlisle who sold scented candles and healing oils. Christians need to assiduously separate themselves from such crap. There is no reason to give the unbelievers ammunition for their sarcasm.
Plastic Jesus has been recorded by multiple artists. Additional verses continue to be added about Mary, Joseph, the Apostles, Moses, Buddha, Krishna, and on and on and on. Here is the original song. Read more about it on Wikipedia.
I don't care if it rains or freezes
'Long as I got my plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
Through my trials and tribulations
And my travels through the nations
With my plastic Jesus I'll go far
Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
I'm afraid He'll have to go
His magnets ruin my radio
And if I have a wreck He'll leave a scar
Riding down a thoroughfare
With His nose up in the air
A wreck may be ahead, but He don't mind
Trouble coming He don't see
He just keeps His eye on me
And any other thing that lies behind
Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
Though the sunshine on His back
Make Him peel, chip and crack
A little patching keeps Him up to par
When I'm in a traffic jam
He don't care if I say "damn"
I can let all my curses roll
Plastic Jesus doesn't hear
'Cause he has a plastic ear
The man who invented plastic saved my soul
Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
Once His robe was snowy white
Now it isn't quite so bright
Stained by the smoke of my cigar
If I weave around at night
And policemen think I'm tight
They never find my bottle, though they ask
Plastic Jesus shelters me
For His head comes off, you see
He's hollow, and I use Him for a flask
Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
Ride with me and have a dram
Of the blood of the Lamb
Plastic Jesus is a holy bar
Another version of the song. And another. There are many.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Film Comment: Kike Like Me
The title of this film is a play on the name of John Griffin’s 1964 book, Black Like Me. Griffin darkened his skin so he could convincingly live for a time as a black man and then wrote of his experiences.
“Kike” is an ethnic slur word used to insult Jews. There are several possible explanations for the origin of the word, but one of the most likely is offered by Leo Rosten in his 1968 book, The Joys of Yiddish.
Rosten says that many of the Jews entering the United States at the immigration center at Ellis Island in New York were illiterate. A common practice at the time was for the recording clerk to write the persons name and then for the illiterate person to place “his mark,” an X, between the personal name and the surname.
Many Jews thought the X looked like a cross and refused to use it. Instead they wrote an O, a circle, which in Yiddish is “kikel” or “keikl.”
Kike Like Me (2007) is narrated by Jamie Kastner who presents the film as an examination of what it means to be Jewish in the modern world. Kastner travels to Jerusalem, Berlin, Poland, Paris, and the Auschwitz death camp. He becomes increasingly shocked and sarcastic as he sees more. He is disgusted to find that Auschwitz has a tourist souvenir shop.
Christians often forget that all of the first Christians were Jewish and that it is impossible to understand Christianity without understanding its Jewish origins. What does it mean to be perceived as Jewish? Watch this film if you dare.
Saturday, October 11, 2014
What They Think of Us: Creepy Images From An Abandoned Bible Theme Park
As the title of this web page says, this is creepy. A once busy place now sits abandoned and decaying. I would add that it strikes me as very sad. Many of the sarcastic viewer comments are filled with obvious hate for
Christianity. One says that this is "no more creepy than any church."
Parks such as these seem, especially to non-believers, to be gaudy, simplistic, and naïve. Although
well intended, it can be argued that they unnecessarily bring derision upon the
faith.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
What They Think of Us: Emo Philips
Emo Philips is a standup comedian whose comedy persona is
that of an idiot savant. He seems
to be rambling and speaking nonsense and then suddenly he thrusts in his knife
blade. I do not know his religious
affiliation, if any. Here are two
of his acid comments on Christians.
With Italian subtitles:
Friday, January 18, 2013
Ezekiel 4:9 Cereals
This is not a joke.
There is a breakfast cereal named Ezekiel 4:9. It is produced in the State of California (USA) by the
Food for Life Baking Company.
The cereal is multigrain (wheat, barley, millet, lentils,
soybeans, and spelt). I bought a
box of the Ezekiel Almond Cereal to test it. If you eat this cereal, expect that it will have little
inherent taste and will be highly crunchy. The fiber count is 6 grams per a ½ cup (57 grams)
serving. This is 24% of the
recommended daily human fiber intake.
Total fats are 3 grams.
Cholesterol is 0 grams , so this may be an option for those who need to
restrict their lipid intake. The
sodium and potassium levels are 190 and 220 milligrams respectively. The sugars are less than 1 gram but
this is counterbalanced by the 38 grams of total carbohydrates.
I personally found the cereal to be mostly inedible by
itself but, with added bran flakes and cut fresh strawberries, I could eat it. It would not be one of my favorites.
The included grains were used mainly to feed cattle; they
were used to make bread by people who were extremely poor or during a time of
famine. The Israelites considered
it to be a humiliating defilement to be forced to mix these grains together and
eat them.
A sarcastic response. Be warned that it contains vulgarities.
Saturday, June 23, 2012
What They Think of Us: Margaret Cho on Jesus
Margaret Cho (b. 1968, California (USA) is a comedian, singer, and writer who is an outspoken advocate for LGBT issues. Here, she gives her views about Jesus.
LGBT means lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual.
(Some videos will not play properly when you click on the
triangle. Instead, click on the title line in the picture
and the video will begin . When
the video is completed, close the You Tube pop-up window to return to this
blog.)
LGBT means lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
What They Think of Us: Will Your Pet Be Cared For After the Rapture?
I believe that we must love and care for our animals. I believe that the Bible teaches that the Church will one day (though we do not know when and are told not to speculate as to when) be taken up into the air to be with the Lord before the time of the Tribulation begins. I had never before put these two ideas together. It appears that others have. See the very partial list below of websites discussing this very idea.
Several companies have sprung up promising, for a fee, to care for the the animals left behind by Christians after the Rapture. Some of the companies say they have been organized by Christians, others by atheists. All say that the people who will care for the animals are animal lovers and confirmed atheists. We “will still be here on Earth after you've received your reward”
Some Christians are using the services. The Eternal Earth Bound Pets company says that they have 259 subscribers who have paid $135.00 each for the service.
This sounds like a sarcastic swipe at Christians, but the people at the British company Post Rapture Pet Care say that "This is not a joke. We feel very strongly about pet care and want to offer the best possible services to British pet owners. Feel free to get in touch at pets@postrapturepetcare.com for more info."
The fact that some atheists do take this to be a joke is evidenced by the statement of someone going by the name of Flange Wogskit Bardgeholly at the RawStory.com site. "Dint yo momma tell you not to make fun of the cripples?"
If the atheists involved with these companies really are serious about this, I would have two things to say to them:
1. Be sure to honor your committment.
2. Realize that when this happens, you will know the truth and you will have a momentous decision to make.
Several companies have sprung up promising, for a fee, to care for the the animals left behind by Christians after the Rapture. Some of the companies say they have been organized by Christians, others by atheists. All say that the people who will care for the animals are animal lovers and confirmed atheists. We “will still be here on Earth after you've received your reward”
Some Christians are using the services. The Eternal Earth Bound Pets company says that they have 259 subscribers who have paid $135.00 each for the service.
This sounds like a sarcastic swipe at Christians, but the people at the British company Post Rapture Pet Care say that "This is not a joke. We feel very strongly about pet care and want to offer the best possible services to British pet owners. Feel free to get in touch at pets@postrapturepetcare.com for more info."
The fact that some atheists do take this to be a joke is evidenced by the statement of someone going by the name of Flange Wogskit Bardgeholly at the RawStory.com site. "Dint yo momma tell you not to make fun of the cripples?"
If the atheists involved with these companies really are serious about this, I would have two things to say to them:
1. Be sure to honor your committment.
2. Realize that when this happens, you will know the truth and you will have a momentous decision to make.
Friday, September 16, 2011
I Didn't Recognize the High Priest
"And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law? And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest? Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people." (Acts 23:1-5) (Note: Here Paul paraphrases from Exodus 22:28)
"I didn't recognize him." Of course Paul knew that Ananias was the High Priest! In the next passage, Paul declares to the group that he is a Pharisee and a Pharisee would know the High Priest. Paul was using the words in the same way we might today. He was being sarcastic, telling Ananias that he did not recognize Ananias' authority. He also was asking Ananias how he dared to judge Paul (Acts 23:3). Paul knew exactly who he was, God's apostle, and he was not shy about exerting his own authority.
"I didn't recognize him." Of course Paul knew that Ananias was the High Priest! In the next passage, Paul declares to the group that he is a Pharisee and a Pharisee would know the High Priest. Paul was using the words in the same way we might today. He was being sarcastic, telling Ananias that he did not recognize Ananias' authority. He also was asking Ananias how he dared to judge Paul (Acts 23:3). Paul knew exactly who he was, God's apostle, and he was not shy about exerting his own authority.
Monday, September 5, 2011
What They Think of Us: Woody Allen About God
"If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever." Woody Allen
Saturday, July 2, 2011
What They Think of Us: Brief Bible Blunders #10
This is a video posted on You Tube in which an anti-Christian laughs at our "stupidity." He (she?) thinks this is a "gotcha" in which Jesus contradicts Himself. Well .... no.
In the first Bible quotation (Matthew 5:21-22), Jesus does one of His "but I say ..." clarifications in which He equates belligerent and belittling behavior toward another person with murder. Jesus took the Hebrew Scriptures and traditions and reinterpreted them. He placed His statements on a par with them. This is one of the reasons the Jews of his time thought He was a blasphemer. Only God could do what He did.
In the second quotation (Matthew 23:17), Jesus calls a group of religious leaders "fools." Did he violate his prior statement? If He was, as the world believes, just a man, yes. If he was, as Christians believe, fully Man and fully God, then, no. He was merely speaking the truth as He did in other situations.
In the first Bible quotation (Matthew 5:21-22), Jesus does one of His "but I say ..." clarifications in which He equates belligerent and belittling behavior toward another person with murder. Jesus took the Hebrew Scriptures and traditions and reinterpreted them. He placed His statements on a par with them. This is one of the reasons the Jews of his time thought He was a blasphemer. Only God could do what He did.
In the second quotation (Matthew 23:17), Jesus calls a group of religious leaders "fools." Did he violate his prior statement? If He was, as the world believes, just a man, yes. If he was, as Christians believe, fully Man and fully God, then, no. He was merely speaking the truth as He did in other situations.
"But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?" Luke 12:20
Monday, August 16, 2010
Book Comment: Stuff Christians Like
Stuff Christians Like, by advertising copywriter Jonathan Acuff, is an inside job. It really should be titled Stuff That Makes Christians Laugh. You will chuckle, and occasionally guffaw, at every page.
The book, presented as a collection of short one or two page essays is genuinely hilarious. Each essay starts out silly, then you realize a touch of sarcasm has shown up, and then you feel the knife blade slip between your ribs when you realize that he's talking about you.
The book, presented as a collection of short one or two page essays is genuinely hilarious. Each essay starts out silly, then you realize a touch of sarcasm has shown up, and then you feel the knife blade slip between your ribs when you realize that he's talking about you.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
What They Think of Us: Plastic Jesus
This is a repost with a link to a version of the song.
Plastic Jesus is an American folk song written by Ed Rush and George Cromarty in 1957, some also attribute Ernie Marrs as a writer. Ed Rush has stated that the inspiration for the song came from a religious radio station from Del Rio, Texas which "sold the most outrageous stuff imaginable, all with magical healing properties." Every city in America probably has such a shop, selling tacky religious trinkets and doodads. In Birmingham, we had Prophet Carlisle who sold scented candles and healing oils. Christians need to assiduously separate themselves from such crap. There is no reason to give the unbelievers ammunition for their sarcasm.
Plastic Jesus has been recorded by multiple artists. Additional verses continue to be added about Mary, Joseph, the Apostles, Moses, Buddha, Krishna, and on and on and on. Here is the original song. Read more about it on Wikipedia.
Plastic Jesus is an American folk song written by Ed Rush and George Cromarty in 1957, some also attribute Ernie Marrs as a writer. Ed Rush has stated that the inspiration for the song came from a religious radio station from Del Rio, Texas which "sold the most outrageous stuff imaginable, all with magical healing properties." Every city in America probably has such a shop, selling tacky religious trinkets and doodads. In Birmingham, we had Prophet Carlisle who sold scented candles and healing oils. Christians need to assiduously separate themselves from such crap. There is no reason to give the unbelievers ammunition for their sarcasm.
Plastic Jesus has been recorded by multiple artists. Additional verses continue to be added about Mary, Joseph, the Apostles, Moses, Buddha, Krishna, and on and on and on. Here is the original song. Read more about it on Wikipedia.
I don't care if it rains or freezes
'Long as I got my plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
Through my trials and tribulations
And my travels through the nations
With my plastic Jesus I'll go far
Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
I'm afraid He'll have to go
His magnets ruin my radio
And if I have a wreck He'll leave a scar
Riding down a thoroughfare
With His nose up in the air
A wreck may be ahead, but He don't mind
Trouble coming He don't see
He just keeps His eye on me
And any other thing that lies behind
Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
Though the sunshine on His back
Make Him peel, chip and crack
A little patching keeps Him up to par
When I'm in a traffic jam
He don't care if I say "damn"
I can let all my curses roll
Plastic Jesus doesn't hear
'Cause he has a plastic ear
The man who invented plastic saved my soul
Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
Once His robe was snowy white
Now it isn't quite so bright
Stained by the smoke of my cigar
If I weave around at night
And policemen think I'm tight
They never find my bottle, though they ask
Plastic Jesus shelters me
For His head comes off, you see
He's hollow, and I use Him for a flask
Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
Ride with me and have a dram
Of the blood of the Lamb
Plastic Jesus is a holy bar
Monday, August 10, 2009
Jesus of the Week
http://www.jesusoftheweek.com is a sarcastic humor website which posts just what it says in its name, weekly pictures of Jesus, some photoshopped, some naturally occurring, some drawn, some painted, fictional characters as Jesus, celebrities as Jesus, etc. The pictures are of Jesus as seen in a piece of toast, Jesus as seen in a candy bar, Hulk Jesus, boat captain Jesus, Mr. Potato Christ, Jesus on the phone, and even Obama Jesus. The entire thing smacks of overkill. We get your point, you think we're silly. We will see.
"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." 1 Corinthians 2:14.
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap everlasting life." Galatians 6:7-8.
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