Oh My Sweet...LORD!

Oh, Jesus H. Christ, how I wish this was only a joke, but it's apparently not:


The sort of guilt-by-association that comes by this must do more to motivate a believer to single-handedly dismiss Christianity, sheerly out of a desire to dissociate from such a travesty, than all the horrors of the Dark and Middle Ages combined.

HT: Pandagon
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14 comments:

paul said...

wow.

I'm particularly fond of the pillow of faith.

beyond that, i'm speechless.

Layman said...

Well, I admit it does not have the cache of the invisible unicorn game, but I liked dressing up in pretend armor as a kid. That usually took the form of a trash can lid and a pot on the head.

For people who like to talk about what active Christians you were, you seem surprised by a lot. Toy faith armor has been around for quite a while. You can't go into a Christian bookstore without seeing a set.

Joe E. Holman said...

"For people who like to talk about what active Christians you were, you seem surprised by a lot. Toy faith armor has been around for quite a while. You can't go into a Christian bookstore without seeing a set."


Yes, but it's just so bizarre and over-the-top, not to mention reminiscent of the dark ages when innocent masses of dissenting believers had swords run through them for speaking their minds. It's, it's just unreal. goofy, and sadly funny! LOL!!

(JH)

Bruce said...

You can't go into a Christian bookstore without seeing a set.

Well, I guess that explains why I have never seen anything like this before in my life.

Layman said...

reminiscent of the dark ages when innocent masses of dissenting believers had swords run through them for speaking their minds

Not for most people familiar with the passage.

Steven Carr said...

I;m just curious why they chose the English flag.

One Observationist said...

I think someone saw an opportunity to make a little money selling silly outfits and what not to people dumb enough to buy it. Purely a business decision.

Curiosis said...

Let's just hope these poor kids don't test god's armor by shooting each with dad's 9mm semi-auto. They might find out the hard way that jesus doesn't always have your back.

Also note that the mother used "god's armor" to help aleviate her daughter's fear of the dark. She replaced an irrational fear with an imaginary solution.

Why not just tell her that monsters, boogey-men, and ghosts aren't real. But then I guess her daughter might ask (as children will often do) why god is real since we can't see him either.

Martin said...

I can see these being hilarious Halloween costumes.

nsfl said...

S&BL,

Thanks for your $0.02.

Basically, we try to be civil and polite in general, but I am not under the same obligation that you are (1 Cor 10:29). We aren't overly offensive, or at least we certainly don't try to be. However, we cannot and should not begin to accomodate those we don't agree with just to meet their criteria for "unoffensiveness".

It would be akin to me telling you that when you say I'm hellbound, it offends me, so stop saying it. I wouldn't ask that of you, and if I did, you certainly wouldn't comply.

If what we say offends you, don't come back. Sorry.

nsfl said...

S&BL,

Thank you.

You may have misunderstood why I quoted the relevant passage. I did so to point out that you are under an obligation to have your freedom judged by my own conscience, because you are a believer, while it is not a reciprocal function, because I do not believe and do not care whether you do or not.

Hope that clarifies why I said you were under an obligation that I wasn't, and then cited the verse.

paul said...

S&BL,

A point; with which you will probably agree.

The above site that Daniel has shared, i.e., merchandizing the things "of God" would probably serve as the greater example of "taking the Lords name in vain." A Christian assumes the name of the Lord and by so doing can subject that name to ridicule simply by their actions and attitudes. When it comes to taking the Lords name in vain, the church is the biggest offender because they actually believe in the Name. They do some pretty wacky things and attribute them to God as His "disciples." I don't think most here are really addressing God (they don't claim to know of a God that they could address Him), but rather, they address those who hold evangelical notions of God.

David Veitch said...

This is stupid

Edwardtbabinski said...

The idea of walking around in armor doesn't seem like a very friendly way to view one's life and interactions with others. It sounds kind of defensive.

Reminds me a little bit of the street preacher Barry Weaver who told his daughter all about the fires of hell till she cried herself to sleep for a week, and then offered her "Jesus" the "antidote" only after he'd drilled into her head the fear of eternal hell.

Though of course, jammies aside, Christian kitsche is so omnipresent it's like Christianity has been kitsched by Satan.