♦ nivek ♦ Posted September 26, 2007 Posted September 26, 2007 What Would Jesus Drive?National Review by Jay W. Richards "Why is the mainstream media suddenly so interested in Evangelical views on the environment? Before 2006, you would have looked hard to find stories on the subject. This started to change in 2002, when an outfit called the 'Evangelical Environmental Network' launched a campaign that asked: 'What would Jesus Drive?' The mainstream media gave the campaign positive coverage. The big publicity started in February 2006, however, when several major media outlets reported the Evangelical Climate Initiative (ECI). The brief document was signed by 86 Evangelical leaders, who announced their support for what The New York Times called 'a major initiative to fight global warming.'" (09/25/07) http://tinyurl.com/36rjvb
R. S. Martin Posted September 26, 2007 Posted September 26, 2007 What would Jesus drive? A horse and buggy. Or--if we go by the Bible--an ass, or maybe the foal of an ass. Or maybe he’d find a way to sit on the backs of two asses at once. But he would NOT drive a gas-guzzling machine of any time—large or small. Any Old Order Mennonite or Amish person knows that. So the auto-mad evangelicals can just go fuck themselves.
Piprus Posted September 26, 2007 Posted September 26, 2007 What would Jesus drive? A horse and buggy. No, I would be more inclined to say, a post-WW2 DeSoto.
Deva Posted September 26, 2007 Posted September 26, 2007 Didn't Jesus have harsh things to say about rich people? Seems to me he wouldn't be driving any SUV or expensive car. Actually, come to think of it, he would think most of us in the U.S. were rich. We all have many more things than he would ever have dreamed of were possible, much less own. Always strikes me as odd and laughable to see a huge SUV or Mercedes with a fish decal stuck on the back, or here in Florida, the "choose life" license plate, also a sure sign of a fundie. Advertising their hypocracy.
Piprus Posted September 26, 2007 Posted September 26, 2007 Didn't Jesus have harsh things to say about rich people? Seems to me he wouldn't be driving any SUV or expensive car. Actually, come to think of it, he would think most of us in the U.S. were rich. We all have many more things than he would ever have dreamed of were possible, much less own. Always strikes me as odd and laughable to see a huge SUV or Mercedes with a fish decal stuck on the back, or here in Florida, the "choose life" license plate, also a sure sign of a fundie. Advertising their hypocracy. Deva, you speak true...It's as if the successful fundie is flaunting their success, waving it in front of everyone's nose, saying, "I've got mine, my Gawd has blessed me, so Fuck You!"
ShackledNoMore Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 It's interesting, isn't it? To an Amish or Mennonite, jesus would drive a horse and buggy. To Benny Hinn, why not the most expensive luxury car? To some sects, he'd drive a humble, modest older car, guzzling gas and spewing pollutants into the air. To others it might be just an average, ordinary car. To the newly forming breed of eco-gelicals, he'd drive a Toyota Prius. Since jesus wants his followers to sell their possessions to give to the poor, I suppose that he'd be driving the $600 Monte Carlo (or at least expect his subjects to). On the other hand, the bible plays quite well into the xian mindset that man has dominion over all the world and that it's our right and our duty to drive extravagant, wasteful cars.
Eccles Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 Jesus would drive a PopeMobile supplied by the Vatican of course paid for from collections from the laity
mwc Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 But jesus did say the poor would always be with us and he allowed that ever so expensive oil to be used on him and him alone. He truly believed his daddy would give him whatever he was supposed to have and it was only his followers that was supposed to give up their possessions (and if you believe the reports it was Judas who kept the money). So I think jesus would go around in whatever he thought would impress the most people he wanted to recruit. No matter if that was an electric, a hybrid, or a monster truck with three spear racks shooting flames into the air and a Galilean flag painted across the top (yeehaw). mwc
Taphophilia Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 Jesus doesn't seem to be the kind of guy to put down roots, being an itinerant preacher and all. He'd drive what his followers would let him use. Then when he was on his way to another town, he'd find a car with keys in it.
R. S. Martin Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Jesus doesn't seem to be the kind of guy to put down roots, being an itinerant preacher and all. He'd drive what his followers would let him use. Then when he was on his way to another town, he'd find a car with keys in it. wwwwhhhhoooooaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!
R. S. Martin Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 It's interesting, isn't it? To an Amish or Mennonite, jesus would drive a horse and buggy. To Benny Hinn, why not the most expensive luxury car? To some sects, he'd drive a humble, modest older car, guzzling gas and spewing pollutants into the air. To others it might be just an average, ordinary car. To the newly forming breed of eco-gelicals, he'd drive a Toyota Prius. Since jesus wants his followers to sell their possessions to give to the poor, I suppose that he'd be driving the $600 Monte Carlo (or at least expect his subjects to). On the other hand, the bible plays quite well into the xian mindset that man has dominion over all the world and that it's our right and our duty to drive extravagant, wasteful cars. You got my point exactly! Some years ago I introduced a sociology professor to a modern Mennonite friend. Later he tried to discuss his impression and he was somewhat confused. He settled for the word "normal" to describe her clothing. That sent me scrambling for some sort of persona. How in the world was I supposed to respond to someone who suggested that the jeans and shirt and cut hair worn by the modern Mennonite lady was "normal people"??? I had not yet learned to see the horse and buggy people as the deviants. It may be that I never will. Hard telling. The point here is that we all see our "own kind" as "normal." Naturally, Jesus would be a normal human. As such, we (if we were Christians) naturally see him driving what we think good citizens/Christians would drive. When I was quite young, my mother told me that Jesus came but people didn't know who he was so they were nasty to him. I assumed he came with a few of his buddies and tied up his horse and buggy at the hitching post in front of our house like Dad's young friends sometimes did. I guess this was back when my parents would have been in their mid-to-late twenties. So I KNOW what Jesus would drive. What puzzled me no end about that story was why he didn't just tell them who he was. That was what I did. Mom taught me Dad's name so that I could tell people at church who I was in case I got lost in the crowd. That way people could help me find Mom again. You gotta realize that Bible stories were not as prominent in our home when I was little as they seem to have been for a lot of you. Dressing and acting right was far more important. The stories could be learned later. Conversion was considered to be a life-long process. OSAS theology was outright rejected and denigrated.
R. S. Martin Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 A bicycle. No because it's not appropriate for women in skirts to ride a bicycle. And we all know that it's immodest for a woman to wear anything other than a skirt, right??? *looks around to see if anyone else is old enough to remember that kind of reasoning*
R. S. Martin Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Didn't Jesus have harsh things to say about rich people? Is that a jab at the high-gloss paint on the shiny carriages of the horse and buggy people with their highly-bred horses driven by men in expensive black felt hats and woolen topcoats like wealthy Victorians? Their wives are dressed in perfectly embroidered shawls with hand-made bonnets, and the children are like-wise perfectly dressed in high-quality fabrics and rich colors. Not to be dressed this way on a Sunday would be seen as an affront to God. Sometimes when I hear so much praise for the "simple" life of the Amish I wonder about these things. And if you're curious as to the sermons these people hear on a Sunday morning, well, there's lots of stuff about how "we don't even know what it means to be poor." But do they ever change to live like real poor people? Of coure not! It would mean arriving in church in Salvation Army clothing that has NOT been altered. Since it is very difficult to make "suitable" clothing from Salvation Army clothing, buying such clothing is discouraged. They will rather go into life-long debt in order to buy a dairy farm and quota plus equipment than break church rules and live a truly simple life. So what would Jesus drive? He tended to walk most of the time. When he had the luxury of being on a vehicle, such as a ship, he fell asleep. You might not want him driving anything on American highways these days.
sonyaj68 Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 Everyone knows He would drive a Honda, because the Bible says the disciples were in one Accord. Dumb joke. Sorry.
Japedo Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 Everyone knows He would drive a Honda, because the Bible says the disciples were in one Accord. Dumb joke. Sorry. Cute!!
Jubilant Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 I'm picturing an old 70's style Volkswagen Van decorated with happy faces, swirls of color, and peace symbols. Sonya THAT WAS HYSTERICAL!!!!
garrisonjj Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 What Would Jesus Drive?National Review by Jay W. Richards "Why is the mainstream media suddenly so interested in He wouldn't drive! He'd hitchhike and try to convert dirty, heathen fuckers like us along the way!
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