here’s your sign
I feel like I’ve been losing track. I haven’t been writing much, and what I have written seems shallow and less connected. I keep looking to the world for inspiration in case something jumps out at me. Nothing lately has. But honestly, something has been irking me for a while. It is another church sign, though from a different church this time. It reads:
"WAL-MART ISN’T THE ONLY SAVING PLACE"
You may read this and wonder why it bothers me. I’m rather obviously not Christian, and never even in my discussion of religion have I lauded the sacred necessity of being "saved". But somehow, this sign seems to be in terribly poor taste. It has been up for a long time now, and perhaps no one has complained about it. Maybe it’s because enough Christians shop at Wal-Mart to see the connection and find it funny. It’s a connection I don’t see, and I don’t find it funny - I find it tacky. Saving a few cents on poorly made items in a work environment where its employees are unfairly compensated and the business is drowning out other local family-owned businesses doesn’t seem to fall in line, anywhere, with the Salvation in the Christ. If, in order for people to make the memory connection to their place of worship, it is necessary to call upon an infamously cheap chain retailer, inadvertently (?) advertising for them at the same time, then our nation’s poison commercialism has reached a new level of saturation. Of course, it’s not like this honestly means anything to me; I’m not looking for a church, and I don’t need to confirm my personal beliefs against those people. But it seems to me that a person’s theistic perspective should be something that is not only personal to them, but remains "sacred", if you will. In that way, a sign like this is twisted and insulting.
In a near by town there was this billboard that said “Are you PASSONate about Christ” mimiking the Mel Gibson film. It almost made me puke. It still hurts my brain and that was two years ago.
People SELLING relegion. Sick.
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Comment by Wayneaiden — October 17, 2007 @ 4:15 am
You notice the church signs to then?
I saw one that said and I quote mind you “saying Oh god repeatedly in your bedroom does not count as praying”
I was thoroughly disgusted and it only served to reinforce my opinion that religion does not need to be a public spectacle. I find that going into a place of worship by your self ware the presence of simpletons with the mind set of “look at me I’m at church that makes me a better person then you” are not present is a far better way to go about it.
God for me is a person who listens but doesn’t need to answer because if he did (seriously now) free will would go out the window for most now wouldn’t it?
I mean in the Christian religion God gave us choice. That rite there is the ultimate sign of trust and understanding. In my opinion of course.
I also have the ongoing live argument of why there are reasons I would chose not to be forgiven by God for the sins I commit. Asking for forgiveness by a person who never “says” no is redundant at best for me at least. I instead pray for god to judge me for all actions that I commit weather they be good or bad.
Comment by Nef — April 4, 2008 @ 10:33 pm