On a lip piercing:
...I know some adults that still see those kinds of piercings as rebellious and countercultural. And that raises the question, if we are ambassadors of Christ, is that an appropriate way to represent Him? Clearly, He should not be represented as a rebel.
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Remember kids, do what Jesus says and obey the rules. Don't question authority, never rock the boat, and if any governor of ancient Rome demands that you recant your 'blasphemous lies', do exactly what he says because good guys never rebel.
Because Jesus never did anything that one would consider rebellious.
Wait, why and who was he exectued next to again?
jebus was the single most-pierced motherfucker ever! Somehow, the stupid fundies mis-spelled "holey" as holy.
Nipple rings and Prince Alberts for jebus!
Yeah, you're correct. Jesus was a total conformist who did his best to please the Roman empire and the pharisees. I mean, that's what your Bible says, right?!
@IanC
If memory serves, for women, it's okay if it's the most basic of basic studs. Absolutely not for men. I recall a post floating around here on the subject, actually.
No, clearly, I mean anyone would realize....obviously...
What if you pierced your eyebrow and had a little cross there?
Oh, FFS, can't you just say, "I think lip piercings are ugly" and leave it at that, without hiding behind poor Jesus' robe?
Eh- not all that fundie, but "He should not be represented as a rebel" is just priceless.
I really do pity people who think that piercings are rebellious, though- I mean, rebellious against what, exactly? Why not pick something that actually erks you, and rebel against that?
Jesus was allegedly crucified for preaching without a permit from the religious hierarchy. In most circles, that would be rebellion against the status quo.
But, what do I know? I'm not a fundie.
He should not be represented as a rebel.
No. He was a law-abiding little Young Republican. They crucified him because he was a law-abiding conformist who refused to join the Pharaohs Car Club - I mean the Pharisees - and wear the jacket and go through the blood initiation and stuff.
@DevNull
It's T4C. Bro. Randy, or one of his good little Youth Leaguers will come along, give said person a tongue lashing on their WOEFUL lack of comprehension on the bible, puke out a schwack of nonsensical, cherry picked passages, and said person would be banned.
But... he was a rebel. He ran the salesmen out of the temple, held the sermon on the mount that changed key aspects of Judaism, started a new religion, etc. etc. etc. That's why He was executed, for crying out loud!
Read your own fairy tales, idiots.
If Jesus was not a rebel, I don't know what he was. You know, a guy so defiant with the fundies of the time, with the establishment.................
As gross as lip piercings are, I think that Jesus, if he were around today, would be cool with them.
the Christ worshiped at T4C was conservative, rich, conformist, american, white, republican, and an Indepedant Fundamentalist Baptist. as opposed to the Christ in the bible...
"He should not be represented as a rebel."
This has probably been said a million times already, but it must be said again:
What the fuck?! Must be opposite day or something.
Gloria wrote:the Christ worshiped at T4C was conservative, rich...
It must be an aspirational thing then, Bro Randy lives in a trailer (or at least he did when he last posted about his home IIRC)
No, no, a man who completely rebelled against the hierarchy of his time should not be represented as a rebel at all. Not to mention that lip piercing is going to stand in the way of all the nursing home conversions... what the hell?
Strange, he rebelled against a society that cast him out. Also the person doing my backpiece tattoo is a Christian. He is very tattooed. He represents Christ more than one who is worried about how something looks (shit he did lesbian angels on my back. but let me know he does have some limits on what he won't do but he always feels that it is art).
Actually jeebus is a myth for the dismally stupid, but the story is very much that of a rebel.
Disciple should be represented as an imbecile.
Have you READ the Bible? Jesus was percieved to be an illegitimate child (he wasn't, technically, but people didn't know that) and treated as such--he was not the paragon of normal familyhood that you people keep sticking forward. And his life just got less and less socially acceptable from there.
He was friends with PROSTITUTES and TAX COLLECTORS, for the love of God! And he sure as hell didn't get strung up on a cross for being a everyday man in the Roman Empire.
And for that matter, a good number of the saints are known for rebellions and not being socially acceptable.
Please read the Bible, thank you, goodbye.
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