Cocaine is a helling of a drug.

Say what you will about us Christians, but if this is what takes to get him to clean up his life, I'm all for it. He isn't hurting anyone and he is helping himself live a better life.

InfamousBLT: Say what you will about us Christians, but if this is what takes to get him to clean up his life, I'm all for it. He isn't hurting anyone and he is helping himself live a better life.

I agree completely, I am a Christian but I ain't no Saint.

I'll celebrate Jesus a better way. In three days I will leave the local bar and show up for work. It'll be a miracle.

I missed the part where the locals were upset.

InfamousBLT: Say what you will about us Christians, but if this is what takes to get him to clean up his life, I'm all for it. He isn't hurting anyone and he is helping himself live a better life.

Helping himself live a better life? Who are you kidding? We all know why he's carrying that cross to Mexico.

i saw this guy in Kennesaw, GA years ago

On Thursday at 12:30 p.m., the Citizen received a call from a Beverly resident who said a man carrying a giant cross that was attached to a suitcase, or something, was wandering around downtown in the area of the Atomic Cafe. She described it as one of the strangest things she'd ever seen.

She really needs to get out more.

I stayed at a hotel in Florida once where the innkeeper had done something similar. He had all the old newspaper clippings up. Heavy Christian types like that are kind of freaky, but if they don't talk to me and stay out of traffic, I have no issue with them.

InfamousBLT: Say what you will about us Christians, but if this is what takes to get him to clean up his life, I'm all for it. He isn't hurting anyone and he is helping himself live a better life.

Right on... as a non-believer I have no problems with this. He isn't shouting at people, or picketing an abortion clinic, or trying to force his views on other people. And unlike so many religious people, he's actually doing something that requires self-sacrifice. Good for him...

That being said, once he gets to Mexico, can we nail him to it? It really doesn't look like a load bearing cross...

InfamousBLT: Say what you will about us Christians, but if this is what takes to get him to clean up his life, I'm all for it. He isn't hurting anyone and he is helping himself live a better life.

I'm OK with any act of faith by people of any religious persuasion that doesn't bother/harm others. If it helps him out in some way, well, isn't that what irrational beliefs ("faith") are all about? I also think it would be a grand adventure, for those into that sort of thing.

/Nordic Heathen
//irrational beliefs, but we leave others alone, so...

If this guy isn't bothering anyone, isn't blocking traffic, isn't causing any problems, except for those who take offense with everything...then let him be...

/Of course, there are some who look for reasons everywhere, to be offended...to them I say "Fark You"

MissDementia: InfamousBLT: Say what you will about us Christians, but if this is what takes to get him to clean up his life, I'm all for it. He isn't hurting anyone and he is helping himself live a better life.

I'm OK with any act of faith by people of any religious persuasion that doesn't bother/harm others. If it helps him out in some way, well, isn't that what irrational beliefs ("faith") are all about? I also think it would be a grand adventure, for those into that sort of thing.

/Nordic Heathen
//irrational beliefs, but we leave others alone, so...

Livin' la vida Loki?

Osvcat: That being said, once he gets to Mexico, can we nail him to it? It really doesn't look like a load bearing cross...

I was thinking the same thing. He should have used something like 4x6 timbers. Now dragging that would be an accomplishment.

a giant, wooden cross, in much the same way it's believed Jesus carried one, except Heller's rolls on wheels attached at the back.

Sacrilegious, historically inaccurate lazy bastid.

sigh, another xian who completely misses the whole point of christianity. You're supposed to help others and be a good person, not drive yourself crazy with guilt because you're a "sinner".

We had this nutball come through Boone, NC while I was going to Appalachian State. After passing through, he called the area the
"most evil town" in the U.S. simply because not a single person stopped to say anything to him.

So apparently we're evil because we do a great job of ignoring complete attention whores...

mutterfark: MissDementia: InfamousBLT: Say what you will about us Christians, but if this is what takes to get him to clean up his life, I'm all for it. He isn't hurting anyone and he is helping himself live a better life.

I'm OK with any act of faith by people of any religious persuasion that doesn't bother/harm others. If it helps him out in some way, well, isn't that what irrational beliefs ("faith") are all about? I also think it would be a grand adventure, for those into that sort of thing.

/Nordic Heathen
//irrational beliefs, but we leave others alone, so...

Livin' la vida Loki?

Well, that is the deity I identify with most closely, being closest to the human condition and all. However, it does make some people nervous, so it can be a lonely place to be.

/I'd sob about it but I'm too busy drinking
//and hitting on my friend's husband

Been done. The Spanish dragged the cross to Mexico hundreds of years ago.

40 years, 315 countries, the world's longest walk.

Great_Milenko: sigh, another xian who completely misses the whole point of christianity. You're supposed to help others and be a good person, not drive yourself crazy with guilt because you're a "sinner".

I'm not so sure I agree with you 100%. There is something to be said about sharing Christ's suffering on the cross. Also, one could make the argument that he believes that he is helping others by sharing his story of redemption through faith. Or, one could make the argument that he is teaching children to read by hauling around a giant lowercase "t".

Ablejack: Been done. The Spanish dragged the cross to Mexico hundreds of years ago.

Well done.

When Jesus was dragging the cross to his crucifixion, he paused in a shop doorway and the shopkeeper kicked his arse and told him to move on. "I will move on, but you will tarry until I return" said Jesus, and cursed him with eternal life until the Second Coming. And so The Eternal Jew wanders the Earth, longing for death.

To me, that seems a tad harsh for a petty act of heartlessness, possibly born of fear of the Romans as much as malice. So if you want eternal life, wait for this guy to stop outside your house then kick his backside and tell him to GTFO.

Great_Milenko: sigh, another xian who completely misses the whole point of christianity. You're supposed to help others and be a good person, not drive yourself crazy with guilt because you're a "sinner".

Meh. He isn't annoying or hurting anyone.

More importantly, the months of focusing on a goal, fresh air, and exercise will probably do the guy a world of good and greatly increase his chances of staying off the junk.

Hopefully he will complete his goal. Hopefully the suffering he has gone through and IS going through in his journey will make him one of the good, empathetic, non-materialistic "Christlike" Christians rather than one of those worthless condemn-teh-homos megachurch Republican Jesus Christians.

I wish him the best in his endeavor.

I used to go to oil refinery, in the Long Beach, CA area for business. There was always a van in the employee parking lot that had a crucified Jesus mock-up, about five-feet tall.

It was attached to to the back of the van in a way that, if you were behind him in traffic, crucified Jesus would be directly in front of you.

Almost as bad as the woman I seen driving around with the yellow VW beetle that is decorated in and outside in Garfield the Cat decor--including yellow cat ears on top.

I think I'd rather be stuck behind Dying Jesus.

Lame.

I saw some guy with much the same setup 2 weeks ago in CO walkin north towards Kremmling on hwy 9. Wheels on it and everything.

I used to go to Pismo Beach, CA, a lot in the 80s. Frequently there was a man walking up and down the beach with the cross. He had a similar message, although I don't know if he was a former addict. Interesting fella. I kinda felt a kinship with him since I was a regular, although not with his brand of Christianity. I agree, harmless. At least he's not knocking on doors and getting in your face.

I guess he misunderstood the rules of cross country running.

MBooda: a giant, wooden cross, in much the same way it's believed Jesus carried one, except Heller's rolls on wheels attached at the back.

Sacrilegious, historically inaccurate lazy bastid.

I see the local Christian groups doing it that way all the time round Easter.
Better yet, it's usually a crowd of a dozen biblethumpers...but instead of eleven guys flogging the one hauling the cross, the other eleven are there to relieve the guy who is rolling the cross when he gets tired.
Today's Christians.
Lazy bastids.

Q: What did Jesus wear on His feet on the way to Golgotha?

A: Cross-trainers.

By weird coincidence, I ran into this guy today, outside a pharmacy in Providence. He reminds me of this guy (new window).

I'm not sure I fully understand what he's doing and why. I mean, I know it's a personal pilgrimage, and I presume it's partly evangelical, also. But given the scope of it, I have to wonder how much he's thought about where he'll travel and how, what all those different paths and stops mean for him.

Whatever I think of this, one can't but admire the effort. Not just the physical demand, but the psychological endurance. Talk about determination.

I do think he's picked a bad time of year to do it, however. It's pretty warm here right now (80s last couple days), and it's going to be hot in the midlands. And it's not going to cool down for him, heading south.

If he makes it, though, he'll have a great story to tell from now on.

FTA--A man named Tom Helling is walking from Maine to Mexico carrying a giant, wooden cross, in much the same way it's believed Jesus carried one, except Heller's rolls on wheels attached at the back.

Jesus--"Oh, GIVE me a farkin' break."

pxlboy,hokkaido_crying:

I doubt it. He just started in Bangor last month. RTFA.

Bottomfeeder

This isn't his first trip, dude. He did a West coast to East coast previous to this.

Or I may be wrong... gotta make sure I throw that out there, too.

Mexico is a town in Maine.

Can someone just go ahead and tack him back up onto that thing?

He looks exhausted.

Visited St. Louis a couple weeks ago. Saw something similar in Westward Expansion Park, or whatever they call the mugger's paradise surrounding the Arch. But my sighting was clearly someone on a day trip, not a cross-country. No suitcase, and just one pneumatic wheel. Guy (and his two friends) were well-dressed, smiling, and greeting everyone they passed in a friendly manner.

In the cartoon bubble over my head, I pictured Jesus saying, "Sure! I coulda worn a suit and been all happy-go-lucky too, if they'd put a wheel on mine and given me a nice, flat, paved path to walk on."