I Love Jesus

[Peanutcat]

That's what's on the signs that have been popping up around my area. I wouldn't really mind, but the last time religious propaganda were showing up on people's lawns was when the Christians were trying to get the 10 Commandments posted in the schools, so of course I'm a bit suspicious. Can anyone out there blame me?

[Heidi]

1. I have absolutely no problem with people expressing

their religious beliefs on their own private property. I don't how it's any different than the Tibetan prayer flags we fly in our garden.

[Peanutcat]

5. Like I said

The last time something like this happened, they were trying to get the 10 Commandmants posted in the area schools. Isn't that reason for concern?

[Heidi]

17. I just assume that

Christian extremists are _always_ trying to push the 10 Commandments/Prayer-in-public-schools agenda. At least if they're advertising their position in their yards, you know who might be the most likely to show up at the next school board meeting with plans to indoctrinate your kid.

The funny thing is, there's no teacher or administrator on earth who can keep a kid from praying in school, so I don't understand exactly what Christian extremists want, unless it's the right to have a captive Sunday School audience at taxpayer expense. My view is, if folks want their kids to look at the 10 Commandments a brazilian times a day, print out a copy and instruct the kids to look at them; or enroll them in a private school; or home-school them. But don't disrespect non-Christian families by subjecting their kids to your religious ideology.

[Kare]

29. why do they need that in public schools?

there are plenty of christian/religious schools
they should send their kids to one of those.
If they want their kids to learn intelligent
design in school.. send them to religious schools
or well.. sunday school.. isn't that what that is
for?

:shrug:

[Heidi]

31. That's what I said.

I don't pretend to know the spiritual needs of any kid but, in any event, I believe public schools exist to meet educational needs, rather than spiritual needs. I believe spiritual needs are parental responsibilities, not teachers' (or taxpayers') responsibilities.

My view is, if folks want their kids to look at the 10 Commandments a brazilian times a day, print out a copy and instruct the kids to look at them; or enroll them in a private school; or home-school them. But don't disrespect non-Christian families by subjecting their kids to your religious ideology.

[Zookeeper]

37. Unfortunately, those folks don't view non-christian families...

as worthy of respect. If they did, we wouldn't have a problem.

[Teaser]

2. I put up my

Cthulhu is coming again signs every walpurgis night.

If you're not on board with Cthulhu, he'll eat you first!

[beam me up scottie]

8. Cthulu the Mighty!

[Teaser]

10. Cthulhu f'htagn!!

IA! IA!

[Peanutcat]

18. Huh, He looks like the Flying Spagetti Monster

:evilgrin:

[beam me up scottie]

27. To true believers,

they are one and the same.

[beam me up scottie]

3. I'd rather see those than the fetus posters they have here.

Big ones, too.

Like mini-billboards.

[NMMNG]

12. I have a feeling I already know,

but what is a "fetus poster"? :scared:

[Peanutcat]

16. A poster with a dead fetus on it

What did you think it was?

[0007]

23. "Freeper" should the name of all Dead Fetus pictures.

[beam me up scottie]

28. Yep, the really graphic ones from Operation Rescue.

Lovely sight first thing in the morning.

[Kare]

30. I've never seen one of those

But let me get this straight...

You can block the graphic stuff on tv with your
little remote control settings...

but if you go outside your kids can see
a picture of a fetus?

I can just imagine explaining that one to the kids...

[beam me up scottie]

Of course.

Have you seen the truck that travels around the states?

CAUTION!!! VERY GRAPHIC PICTURES !!!

[Zookeeper]

38. It's the anti-choice attitude all right.

They care about fetuses. But, once babies are born, it's ok to traumatize them with giant, gory photos.

Sick, sick, sick. I'm so glad my kids didn't see that truck when they were little, I know it's been around for a while.

[beam me up scottie]

42. THey teach their kids how to hate using pictures like that.

And the photos are fake.

Ketchup and doll parts.

The geniuses used ketchup.

[niyad]

45. not seeing anything except a little box with an "x"--but then, we have

one of those fools parked outside our local PP every friday and saturday--all the neighbors hate it, and complain, but are told that this is "free speech" (although we did get them busted on the open container law for their mass)

the first time I saw the "pictures" I walked over to this nutbar, and said, "nice job--I see you can work photoshop almost as well as I can--because not one of those images is real" he got very upset with me.

so yes, you can use the v-chip and parental controls, and make sure you have no porn in the house, but your kids can see these horrid, hateful images under the guise of "free speech" and, if your community is as in thrall to the reichwingnuts as this one is, there isn't anything the police or courts or city council will do about it.

[beam me up scottie]

52. I posted another picture.

THey only open when I right click on them for some reason.

This administration has really made them bold, they think they've got a ticket to overturn Roe V Wade.

And they just might be right.

[Peanutcat]

57. They don't show up for me at all

No matter what I do.

[beam me up scottie]

60. Trust me, you're better off.

If you want to have a look, google "abortion truck".

Fuckers have a whole fleet of the things now.

[NMMNG]

33. That's what I thought

That's abhorrent, but just the sort of thing the fundies love to do.

I'm sure if we started peppering our lawns with posters of dismembered and bloody dead Iraqi children killed by American soldiers they'd have litters of kittens. You're not supporting the soldiers :cry:! You're anti-American :mad:! That's indecent x(!!!

They can always dish it out, but they sure can't take it.

[beam me up scottie]

You got that right.

THey're raising the next generation of fundies.

[radio4progressives]

4. I have a request that people don't make these kinds of titles in GD

As an minority Athiest, i find it extremely hostile to me as a minority and offensive.

[Peanutcat]

7. Read my post first

Instead of just the title, and you'll understand . . . . . O8)

[Teaser]

13. "Athiest"?

Does every atheist on the internet spell it this way? For years, I've thought it was a simple spelling mistake, but it's so widespread I just have to assume it's done to strike at the idea of a "theist" by intentionally mixing up the vowels...

[beam me up scottie]

15. Bingo.

The athIEsts think they're being clever.

:rofl:

[Teaser]

39. really?

Seriously, is that really the case? It's been preying on my mind for a while now...

[beam me up scottie]

46. Well, my theory is...

that certain theists pose as atheists so they can make us look extremist, they're just not bright enough to use spell check.

We've caught a few before.

Matter of fact, a few DU atheists use the incorrect spelling when we're talking about fake athIEsts.

:evilgrin:

[beam me up scottie]

14. Really ? How weird.

As an atheist I think it's important to point out the hypocrisy of many christians regardless of what forum it's in.

[mondo joe]

32. I have a request that you read the post, and spell Atheist with the e

before the i.

As a minority Atheist, that's just how I feel. ;-)

[Renew Deal]

6. I love Jesus.

But I don't trust some of his followers.

[Peanutcat]

9. Ain't that the truth!

Too bad they all can't live by Jesus' example. For instance, I wonder how much all those signs cost, and if that money could have been better spent on poor families, and we have a lot of them, in our area.

[Kare]

34. I do not reject your Christ....

...I love your christ. It's just that so
many of your Christians are so unlike
your Christ. - Ghandi

http://www.atheists-for-jesus.com/

[magellan]

40. I don't mind Jesus

It's his fan club I can't stand.

;)

[Renew Deal]

43. Can we get a rapture going?

Ahhh, the power of the internets.

O8)

[Kerrytravelers]

11. I'm a Pastafarian.

Here is my Spaghetti recipe. All the answers are here.






Actually, I'm Christian, but I don't put signs in my yard. I think it's obnoxious and unnecessary. I don't care what other people choose, so why would they care what I choose? :shrug:

[Peanutcat]

19. Huh, he looks like Cthulu the Mighty

:evilgrin:

[Kerrytravelers]

21. Maybe there is a spiritual connection... hummmmm......

[wookie294]

20. I love the Evil Bible.com website

I have found comfort and glory at EvilBible.com.

Check it out at http://www.EvilBible.com

[Peanutcat]

22. I always use

http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/

[wookie294]

26. Thanks for the link !!

Never saw that one. Looks like a good place to get the facts!

[Kerrytravelers]

41. Love it! Thanks for sharing!

[ismnotwasm]

24. I like the occational car you see

Absolutely PLASTERED with I love Jesus sentiments. They crack me up.

I don't care what people put in their yard.

I myself have a statue of Pan, (he looks great on my little hill paying his flute-- and a few others, I'm a sucker for pagan staturary) and am looking for one of Kali.
One of my neighbors has a nekked David,(I think, that's who it is, I forget which classic scuplture he is) penis and everything. I, of course avert my eyes everytime I pass by, wouldn't do for me to see a penis out in the open like that...

It's my fondest wish and hope that these people are merely expressing their honest feelings of faith, rather than preparing to inflict them forceably on you....
But wish in one hand and shit in the other as they say, and see which one fills first.

[beam me up scottie]

36. hee hee

You said penis

:P

[ismnotwasm]

51. I did!

And I'd do it again....

[mrcheerful]

44. I remember right after Runnie Raygun was elected how this one

rich xain community were having fits because rich Arabs moved into the area and had all the naked statues in the yards painted to life like skin tones. It was a really funny article as the neighbors had no problem with naked statues until they were painted.

[Zookeeper]

47. I see old-fashioned statues of the Virgin Mary...

in some neighborhoods. I could call myself an Atheist, but it would be more accurate to just say, "'Don't know, 'don't care." The statues don't bother me. However, a sign saying "I love Jesus," is really obnoxious and strikes me as quite aggressive (and tackier than a lawn ornament).

[Swamp Rat]

25. Here's a bumper sticker for ya:

[ismnotwasm]

35. Is that real?

Very intense. I've seen the Who Would Jesus Bomb bumper stickers, and I appreciate them, but I've never seem one with such a graphic picture. It certaintly would get the message across.

The cars I was referring too usually have a lot of "repent" stuff on them, and rather intolerant sentiments.

[Swamp Rat]

50. Since I made this bumper sticker I can tell you

I used the photo of an Iraqi child who had been burned by white phosphorous after the U.S. military attacked Falluja. It was VERY hard and I cried the entire time, for hours, because I had to look at that poor baby while working on it.

[w8liftinglady]

53. you are SO gifted

I am amazed by your absolutely profound talent and insight.We are SO lucky to have you on our side.I mean it.:hug:

[Swamp Rat]

56. Hey!

:hug:

How is your boy? :patriot:

[w8liftinglady]

58. he's home until 4/10

he's going to be OK...thanks for asking...out 7/06

[ismnotwasm]

71. I bet it was hard

But it tells the truth about war, and the truth is what people need to see. Words sometimes aren't enough.
I thank you for your work.

[w8liftinglady]

48. i love my sig line

[PetraPooh]

49. No, I don't blame you. I hate the bumper stickers,

the signs and billboards posted by churches, and all. I would be going nuts if I had to deal with what you describe. It would be so tempting to remove them one late night and have a bonfire. Doubt I would follow through, but the fantasy would definitely swell.

[catnhatnh]

54. Have all the SANE people in the neighborhood mock them...

...wingnuts HATE that....picture driving through your town and almost every yard sprouts signs.Yeah a lot of them read "I Love Jesus", but what if a lot of others went wildly off tangent...picture "I Love Corned Beef and Cabbage","I Love A Parade","I Love the Smell of Napalm in the Morning" and right on thru the ridiculous and WAY past the sublime...."I Love the Easter Bunny","I Love my Cocker Spaniel" and "I'd Love to Turn You On"..."I Love my Mommy","I Love Confusing X-tians" and even simple ones like "Isn't all this sign stuff Ridiculous" or "How much have We Wasted on Cardboard and Magic Markers?"Go political-"Is it Fascism Yet?" or "Worst President EVER" but in short make THEIR lives a living hell-your signs are amusing and fun to read-their's become a sure sign of rigidity and boring groupthink....you can never know what they are up to,but you can strike back,and that's not bad...Cat

[renate]

62. I love your idea!

Maybe I should make a sign--"I love catnhatnh's idea."

I think the most effective route would be not to be mocking but be just sort of confusing--my favorite is your "I Love a Parade." It's so nonconfrontational yet so WTF????

The irritating thing to me, as a Christian (who mentions it here anonymously but would never ever ever ever, like, BRAG about it in person), is wondering what on earth are we supposed to think about the person with a lawn sign saying "I love Jesus"-- like that makes them SPECIAL? Uniquely wise, insightful, and perspicacious? Do they have some insight that the rest of us who prefer to keep our innermost feelings private simply are not privy to?

Well, okay, Philistines who stand on the corners waving their faith in our faces, here ya go:

:applause:

Good for you.
Happy now?

[ebayfool]

68. Burma-Shave Blvd.

I'm dating myself here! LOL!

[NVMojo]

55. I love the real Jesus, not the one the right wing whacks use for their

own personal agenda of hate.

[Solly Mack]

59. Put up a "I don't love Jesus" sign and see how much they really love

Jesus.

Just saying...

Jesus would turn the other cheek(or so it's taught) - but would the neighbors?

[snowbear]

61. *** DEMOCRATS HAVE SIGNS TOO YA KNOW ***

[Seabiscuit]

63. Aw, for da lub of Jeebus!!!

[Seabiscuit]

64. Thanks to the KKKristians, I don't ever want to hear about "Jesus" again.

Ever.

I used to think Jesus was OK. Now I just don't want to think or HEAR about Jesus at all. Those mofos have friggin' destroyed Jesus for me.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

65. I love grilled Jesus.

Specially grilled Jesus with bacon. They'll never wreck that for me! :P

[Neil Lisst]

69. I truly like and respect Jesus, but in my own way.

I think he had a very wry sense of humor, too, and would think a well turned joke would be funny, especially if about him.

Around fundies I like to say "Jesus died so I could eat bacon sandwiches."

[renate]

67. Jesus was/is OK

I totally get what you mean, but a message of peace and love and forgiveness and caring is ALWAYS good, no matter who usurps it.

There are a lot of us REAL Christians here on DU. You know, who care about other people and stuff (just like non-Christians do, like any good people of any faith or nonfaith do). I really believe that this type of Christian is in the majority--it's just that stinkin' peer pressure that makes them afraid to come out and say so.

[Seabiscuit]

73. The thing is, I don't need Jeebus to send a message of

peace and love and forgiveness and caring. They're my *human* values. It's fine with me that Jesus espoused them as well. I've nothing against Jesus, his followers have fucked it all up to the point I can't listen anymore when people talk about him in some holier-than-thou bullshit way.

[Neil Lisst]

66. I love Jesus, too.

I love his teachings, and he's the person I admire most. He would still be revolutionary, still be shunned by Dems and Pubs alike.

But I don't care for the religions that have claimed his name.

[AtomicKitten]

70. Lord, save us from your followers.

[Kailassa]

72. Xtians have made "I love Jesus" into a threat ... and a lie.

I'm sure Jesus would "love" to see his name used like that.