Jesus in Jeans

• Rick Jones

  • Location: Dover
  14 May 2009     18:5621265
  #1      
  Hahahahaaa!!! I had to laugh when I saw this one.
  
  Jesus in Jeans is the church's latest attempt to contemporize the Christ character. By depicting the ancient geezer as a modern, trendy chav with baggy jeans and a wind-blown T-shirt, short hair and goatie beard, and posing like a Saturday morning kid's gameshow host announcing the winner, they believe people will "connect" better with the image of Jesus and accept him more readily.
  
  

  

  
  
  Obviously, traditionalists and purists find it highly controversial, modernists love it, but the rest of the public seem to think it's all a bit silly. Frankly I find it hilarious, not only as a ludicrously duff piece of sculpture which should win a big CHEESY award, but that the Catholic church who own it believe that people are stupid enough to fall for it like some sort of bait in a mousetrap. Yeah, it's really going to increase church attendance (chuckle chuckle).
  
  I'm reminded of the comical Jesus Buddy which has made millions of people laugh over the last few years. Is this new statue not just an extended vision of that cheesy, comedic icon?
  
  

  

  
  
  Now, if they gave Jesus a mobile phone, PlayStation controller, and tin of special brew, then maybe I might be interested. Hahaha!!!!!!
  
• Guest 655

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 10,247
  14 May 2009     21:3921277
  #2      
  Sad isnt it?
  
  This type of postuering just makes the church even more irrelivant and absurd. Probably dream't up by some 60 odd years old 'right-on' refugee from the 1960's wearing sandals and a flower with his dog collar.
• Guest 645

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 4,463
  15 May 2009     00:0121286
  #3      
  Funnily enough attendance in UK Catholic Churches is higher than its been for years and certainly higher than the CofE due mainly to the large influx of East European Catholics.
  
  Thought I would just mention it.
  Marek
  I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
• Bern

  • Location: Dover
  15 May 2009     06:2321288
  #4      
  Well, I like it. It may be 2000 years ago, but events in the Middle East are as relevant to us today as they were then. It doesn't hurt to remind ourselves that the people about whom we read from 2000 years ago were men and women like us, bled like us and felt like us. And the people there today are just the same.