Saturday, November 24, 2007

Delving Into Christian Pop Culture Via Godtube.com

Old bible-thumping Christians have the daunting task of reaching out to today’s youth. If they can’t reach them through divine intervention then I guess YouTube is the next best alternative. Unfortunately, YouTube viewers won’t take kindly to videos preaching Christianity. So they took out the ‘You’ and replaced it with ‘God’ to make GodTube.com. After all, it isn’t ‘you’ making these videos; it is directly from God himself. Let us delve in today’s Christian Pop Culture via the omniscient GodTube.

1. Here is a Mac/PC video comparing the cool ‘Christ-follower’ with the outdated ‘Christian’. Your first reaction might have been “what the hell is a Christ-follower?” Apparently it’s a laid-back Christian who doesn’t want to look like a closet homosexual conservative.


The message I get from this video:

There is no doubt that religious zealots have an image crisis in today’s generation, but I need not worry. I can share my faith with Jesus and still look like a college frat guy who just won a pizza eating competition.

2. This next video is titled “What will you do the next time porn strikes?” News flash, Christians still hate porn. Another news flash, the Internet is for porn. This is a good example of how Christians like to side step the issue of porn by demonizing instead of educating.


The message I get from this video:

Porn is a demon that has possessed the internal wiring of my computer. The only way to rid the demon is to either hire an exorcist or beat the crap out of it.

3. For this next video, please make sure there are no impressionable kids watching. This video is scarier than having the girl from “The Ring” and “The Grudge” hiding in your closet plotting your death. And if you believe in Hell, well, prepare for a month of sleepless nights.


The message I get from this video:

Must. Tell. Everyone. About. Jesus.

Fear and manipulation are still the tools of choice for spreading Christianity. How else can a religion convince the masses when they have to compete with the logic and reason that science offers?







6 comments:

Jan-Willem Bats said...

Goddamn they're sick fucks those xians.

Joel said...

The first one was actually kind of clever...pointing out how the scriptures say no one should see you give, and that Jesus was Jewish.

Also, this isn't the first piece of culture to compare the Mac/PC conflict to a dispute among flavors of Christianity:

http://www.themodernword.com/eco/eco_mac_vs_pc.html

William Bunker said...

NASA scientists found that some electromagnetic fields are alive. This shows precedence for God, satan, angels and demons.

Rohan said...

Or this could prove there there are *just* spirits. Why is it either good or bad? Spirits are neutral just like humans can be.

Asmo said...

Or you could just be misinterpreting what they said, but then again, since you cite no sources and are basically appealing to authority, who knows really?

Unknown said...

That made me laugh. Especially the last one where he manages to write a letter whilst being burned alive. Awesome, just awesome.