Another Christian slogan

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-07-12 07:58pm

This one kind of freaked me out. Saw it on a Church billboard.

It was something alone the lines of "Don't let six strong men be the ones to make you go to Church."

This is either some Christian in-joke or that I'm in the dark about or the scariest fucking thing I've ever read.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-07-12 08:00pm

That's... ominous.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-07-12 08:00pm

Durran Korr wrote:This one kind of freaked me out. Saw it on a Church billboard.

It was something alone the lines of "Don't let six strong men be the ones to make you go to Church."

This is either some Christian in-joke or that I'm in the dark about or the scariest fucking thing I've ever read.

I think it refers to pallbearers, suggesting that you should go to church before you die (and of course, assuming that your funeral will be religious).

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-07-12 08:02pm

Ah, thanks.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-07-12 09:28pm

Oh. I thought for a moment that 'Church' was the nickname for a proctological reconstruction center...

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-07-12 10:31pm

For some reason, reading that made me think of His Divine Shadow's sig picture.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-07-13 12:11am

Me? Wanting my pallbearers to carry me into a church? I think not.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-07-13 01:55am

Darth Wong wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:This one kind of freaked me out. Saw it on a Church billboard.

It was something alone the lines of "Don't let six strong men be the ones to make you go to Church."

This is either some Christian in-joke or that I'm in the dark about or the scariest fucking thing I've ever read.
I think it refers to pallbearers, suggesting that you should go to church before you die (and of course, assuming that your funeral will be religious).

That reminds me of the story of a preReformation bishop who only once entered his own cathedral, for his funeral. Quite telling of the church's power at that time.

Darth Gojira · Post by **Darth Gojira** » 2003-07-13 08:05am

"Go to Church, or else Vito, Nicky, Johann, Bob, Ezra, and Trixie here will plug up your orifices with grandma's homemade chile."

Equinox2003 · Post by **Equinox2003** » 2003-07-14 07:08am

I saw one slogan that said He who dies with the most toys wins....nothing
and it listed a verse that I guess said something to that effect.
I guess we should all just stop working to have nice things huh? But
wait, it also says if you don't work then you can't eat....I guess we
just toss a coin to see what verse we will follow..

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2003-07-14 09:22am

Remarkably, the slogans outside, here in WV, yesterday were non-offensive. Most simply urged the reader to thank/support the soldiers(Nothing said of the government.. Just support the troops. This is WV after all...), though there were two that stuck in my mind.

Depend on the Lord.

Right, well, some of us take care of ourselves..

Jesus is the answer.

And what pops in my head? 'What is the Matrix?'

Metatwaddle · Post by **Metatwaddle** » 2003-07-15 01:41pm

Here's a particularly horrible slogan I saw:

"The devil wants to control you. God wants to lead you."

What bullshit. "Oh no, God doesn't want to control anyone." And there's a flying cow outside my window.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-07-15 01:48pm

Discombobulated wrote:"The devil wants to control you. God wants to lead you."

I've only heard opf the devil offering things to people or tempting them to freemindedness, whereass god threatens people to be lock in step. Stupid fundies.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-07-15 02:29pm

damn, but I want to make a deal. he hasnt shown up yet.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-07-17 04:03am

For a second, I was thinking that the church in question hunted down it's followers and dragged them to church if they didn't show up.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-07-17 04:30am

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:For a second, I was thinking that the church in question hunted down it's followers and dragged them to church if they didn't show up.

Catholc Arch-Bishop: Well you see attendance is up, in my diocese, because there is a large number of Ex-Mafia, and Ex-IRA members who are most persausive in their conversion technique.

victorhadin · Post by **victorhadin** » 2003-07-17 10:11am

Discombobulated wrote:Here's a particularly horrible slogan I saw:

"The devil wants to control you. God wants to lead you."

What bullshit. "Oh no, God doesn't want to control anyone." And there's a flying cow outside my window.

'Control' and 'lead'. -Two sides of the same coin, really. The only difference is that you follow a leader willingly.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2003-07-18 01:10pm

Durran Korr wrote:This one kind of freaked me out. Saw it on a Church billboard.

It was something alone the lines of "Don't let six strong men be the ones to make you go to Church."

This is either some Christian in-joke or that I'm in the dark about or the scariest fucking thing I've ever read.

I've never liked "cutsey" phrases on the signs of churches. I once complained to the paster of the church in which I was a member about the church's sign. I told him that we would be better served placing a Biblical verse up there rather than quips of "human wisdom."

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2003-07-18 02:18pm

SirNitram wrote:
Jesus is the answer.

And what pops in my head? 'What is the Matrix?'

Interestingly enough, "What is the root of all evil?" came to mind...

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