So he diddles little girls instead of boys?

I'll drink to that

Time for an "Iowa" tag?

vlakorados: So he diddles little girls instead of boys?

Your opposite is too selective. I'd say it'd be more like old women than little boys.

Church you can believe in.

Zulgaines: vlakorados: So he diddles little girls instead of boys?

Your opposite is too selective. I'd say it'd be more like old women than little boys.

Nope, dead women FTW

The first babtist Bar and grill. (new window)

Reminds me of this story:
Pastor that parties with prostitutes (new window)

Just another way to market Christianity to the masses. You would think with all the churches around that if one of us decided to become Christian or maybe have some questions, that we might, you know... walk inside one?

The idea of Christian evangelism seems so strange, that their tactics to convert you sometimes even run counter to their own values (e.g. Christian Death Metal bands) which makes potential converts think twice before becoming one. I think Christians should instead stay inside the Churches and pray privately as Jesus said, maybe that will win over people's hearts and minds alot better and alot less annoying than coercing every little inch of popular fads, visual space (e.g. billboards and those huge crosses), and subcultures (Christian Goths/Punks/Emos/Ect) to promote their religion.

On one side is printed the name of the church, Cross Point United Methodist Church in Bondurant.

On the other side is Hanson's cell phone number. "Give us a shot," it reads.

Has he ever heard of 4chan? And has Anon seen this? I can't imagine this will end well.

The only thing that could ever save me was a shot with a Preacher's son.

what, no hero tag?

but seriously, monks always seem to have a wine/whiskey/beer fascination..

//forbidden fruit angle?

My wife once went on a trip to Iowa to visit friends and brought me back an ear of corn from the Hy-Vee, and a shot glass that says "Iowa" on it. So I'm really getting a kick out of these replies.

What was once but an ode to binge-drinking and boredom I now recognize as a Holy Chalice.

/A toast to cow-tippers everywhere!

FTFA: "Like by using glow sticks instead of candles on Christmas Eve"

I weep for the state of journalism these days.

If only my vast questions about the feasibility of Christianity could be assuaged by some really hip pastor...one who thinks outside the box! 'Cos I'm willing to join the church if there were more folks like that.

Methodist shot glass? So you can only drink from it when nobody else is around?

Sir?

Mr. Deity?

It's me, Larry. I'm down here with the Boy, and wondering whether you might want to get the writers going on the revised shots-into-My-Blood transformation thing? You see,

Abroz: Pastor that parties with prostitutes

A pastor behaving like Jesus? Will the wonders ever cease?

Somaticasual: forbidden fruit angle?

Not for Catholic clergy it isn't.

Stay Cool Babylon: If only my vast questions about the feasibility of Christianity could be assuaged by some really hip pastor

There was a priest in California that got tons of younger people to show up for mass, by having what amounted to rave masses. Yes he had DJ's, lights and all that. Some people had a problem with what he was doing. I'm sure you're shocked.

Cool Preacher

Still isn't a god.

Only if I can give ten wheels for Jesus!

Claude Ballse: My wife once went on a trip to Iowa to visit friends and brought me back an ear of corn from the Hy-Vee, and a shot glass that says "Iowa" on it. So I'm really getting a kick out of these replies.

What was once but an ode to binge-drinking and boredom I now recognize as a Holy Chalice.

/A toast to cow-tippers everywhere!

whatever. you don't buy sweet corn from Hy-Vee, you buy it from the farmers selling it out of the back of their pick-up trucks on the side of the road.

/poseurs
//lived in Iowa for 27 years and never once tipped a cow, asshat

DarkSoulNoHope: Just another way to market Christianity to the masses. You would think with all the churches around that if one of us decided to become Christian or maybe have some questions, that we might, you know... walk inside one?

The idea of Christian evangelism seems so strange, that their tactics to convert you sometimes even run counter to their own values (e.g. Christian Death Metal bands) which makes potential converts think twice before becoming one. I think Christians should instead stay inside the Churches and pray privately as Jesus said, maybe that will win over people's hearts and minds alot better and alot less annoying than coercing every little inch of popular fads, visual space (e.g. billboards and those huge crosses), and subcultures (Christian Goths/Punks/Emos/Ect) to promote their religion.

FARK needs a shirt that reads: "All I need to know about religion I learned on FARK."

Jesus said that when YOU pray, don't do it as a show (as the pharisees did). He did tell his followers to go out and spread His message. But, he said if you go somewhere and are rejected, leave and wipe your feet. The "church" building is not for the non-believer per se, it is a place for the followers to gather for worship.

Evangelism is the practice of spreading the gospel, going out and spreading the message.

"Sometimes, a man'll tell his bartender things he'll never tell his doctor pastor."

This makes perfect sense to me.

I was walking across the street last week and a guy was preaching over a guitar amp with a mic plugged into it. This was on a street in the financial district during the lunch rush. He was a balding, chubby, white guy dressed in business casual, and his sermon was very informal. It was as if he were talking directly to someone in particular, even though nobody was stopping to listen.

The bit of it that I caught was that he had renounced sin. He used to be a sinner. He used to be caught up in drugs and other sinful behavior, but he made the choice to stop sinning. And that, he claimed, is what separates Christians from the non-believers: That Christians try to not sin, even if they do sometimes. They may slip up, but they are trying.

Then I thought of all the arguments I've heard about how the problem with atheism is that there's no reason not to sin if you don't believe in eternal reward or damnation.

So I was left ruminating over the fact that throughout my life I have never done anything to hurt anyone. I don't use drugs. I don't abuse alcohol. I don't smoke, listen to angry music or get angry at strangers. I have always tried to live my life in such a way that everyone around me is happy, and I have generally made attempts to mediate disagreements.

And here's this Christian preacher telling me how he is morally superior to me because, even though he was a scumbag junkie once, he's found religion and now he tries not to sin.

Screw that noise. I don't sin because I know it's wrong to hurt other people. I've known this since I was a kid, and I have lead a life that is far less sinful than these religious converts.

The most religious guy I knew in college explained to the entire Comp Lit class that he had once been a Satan worshiper, but found Jesus, and now his life was devoted to good deeds.

That's fantastic, but my life has always been devoted to helping people around me. I didn't have to be a sinner first, and sink to the nadir of the human condition before I grasped at the hand of Jesus to pull me out of the muck.

Advertising your church on a shot glass makes perfect sense to me, because if you can manage to convert a handful of losers to your cause, and give them a reason to feel superior to someone else for a change, they will be willing to go out on a busy street and preach to the passers-by over a jerry-rigged PA system for your cause.

lostcat: Advertising your church on a shot glass makes perfect sense to me, because if you can manage to convert a handful of losers to your cause, and give them a reason to feel superior to someone else for a change, they will be willing to go out on a busy street and preach to the passers-by over a jerry-rigged PA system for your cause.


Christians that think they are superior to others are not really Christians at all, they've missed the whole point. Not everyone that is a Christian has been a "loser" either. The ones that have hit rock bottom and bounced back are usually so fanatical about religion that they let it overshadow their faith.

I'm a Christian and that does not make me better than anyone else, including you. I have run into other Christians that have told me the way I worship is wrong and their way was right. It irritated me but I ignored them. They were still trying to "spread the word of God by the sword," and that doesn't work. Christians are supposed to talk to others about Jesus. What some of them don't realize is this: The ones that want to listen will, the ones that don't will turn away. Chasing them down and forcing them to accept your point of view takes away their choice and denies their right to free will that God gave them. Instead they should put more effort into living a good life and leading by example, then more people might be willing to listen to them.

If you have lead a good life without being saved that's great! Continue doing what you're doing, as a Christian I won't judge you for it. You've made your choice and I can respect that.

hey, I submitted this yesterday, k

DarkSoulNoHope: Just another way to market Christianity to the masses. You would think with all the churches around that if one of us decided to become Christian or maybe have some questions, that we might, you know... walk inside one?

The idea of Christian evangelism seems so strange, that their tactics to convert you sometimes even run counter to their own values (e.g. Christian Death Metal bands) which makes potential converts think twice before becoming one. I think Christians should instead stay inside the Churches and pray privately as Jesus said, maybe that will win over people's hearts and minds alot better and alot less annoying than coercing every little inch of popular fads, visual space (e.g. billboards and those huge crosses), and subcultures (Christian Goths/Punks/Emos/Ect) to promote their religion.

Actually, you're wrong on many different points.

1. Christ NEVER told Christians to "stay inside the Churches (sic) and pray privately." The Great Commission, for one thing, flies in the face of your assertion.

2. Nothing is particularly unbiblical about a Christian death metal band, unless you think that terrible music is somehow not biblical.

3. I can't for the life of me understand why secular people are so threatened by Christians who want to talk openly about their faith. Other than bad tastes, what's so wrong with advertising on billboards? Beer companies and strip clubs do the same thing. And of all the garbage in American pop culture, you want to take Christians to task for fads? My Lord. It must be nice to have such tunnel vision.

4. I wonder if you feel the same way about other public symbols as you do about the cross. A cross doesn't force faith on you, for the love of Pete. A cross is merely a visible sign. If you're perturbed or bothered, then the problem lies with you, not the symbol.

5. As far as your Weeners is concerned, that assertion's just laughable. Of course people come to churches every day searching for meaning; just because this is true, however, doesn't mean that Christians don't have a right to promote their religion.

Your whole post is dismissive, uninformed, and in the end, laughable.

Do some research before you comment.

Deuce McStinkle,

Amen to your entire post.