Jesus on the hood of a NASCAR!? End times indeed

[maxrandb]

Is it just me, or are there any other Christians that are deeply offended by the commercial for Gibson's Passion movie on the hood of a racing car?

Saw this on the news the other day and my chin almost hit the floor. Wonder what Jesus would say about racing around a track at 200 MPH right next to the Viagra racer? Just when you think it can't get any lower, someone in this country starts digging.

"make everthing from toy guns that spark, to flesh colored Christ's that glow in the dark, It's easy to see without looking to hard that not much is realy sacred" - Dylan

[Mistress Quickly]

1. Depends if he wins

I'm a Christian and I could care less.

The whole log-eye-splinter thingie.

[maxrandb]

2. Me Neither

My "offended" question was "kinda" tongue-in-cheek. Can't understand the fundies though, who prostrate so publicly and annoint themselves with crisco, not simply being outraged. I guess my point is, that IMHO, anyone who would put an add for a movie about the terrible death of Jesus on a racing car, does not meet the definition of a Christian.

Of course, Jesus also never said it was a good idea to give tax breaks to the wealthy, but that doesn't stop the fundies from advocating tax cuts because it would "be what Jesus wanted"

[Jesus H. Christ]

3. I wonder what will happen

if Jesus slams into the wall at 200 mph, god wiling.

[zbdent]

5. Never happen. He'd part the wall.

(or was that Moses?)

Anyway, could you imagine if he ran the Beer concession?

[AZCat]

4. I wonder- if Jesus was a NASCAR driver...

would God be HIS copilot?

[Heyo]

6. It's a non-issue...

They do Movie Premier promotions and all kinds of stuff like that on NASCAR paint schemes all the time.. this movie happens to be about Jesus.... they did it for the Matrix, etc.. different big blockbuster-type movies...

I personally think the fact that this is a movie about Jesus makes no difference whatsoever.

-Heyo

[BrotherBuzz]

7. Put him back on the dashboard, where he belongs...

Plastic Jesus

Ernie Marrs

I don't care if it rains of freezes
'Long as I got my Plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car.

Through my trials and tribulations
And my travels through the nations
With my Plastic Jesus I'll go far.
Plastic Jesus! Plastic Jesus,
Riding on the dashboard of my car

I'm afraid He'll have to go.
His magnets ruin my radio
And if I have a wreck He'll leave a scar.
Riding down a thoroughfare
With His nose up in the air,
A wreck may be ahead, but He don't mind.

[DemBones DemBones]

8. It's offensive because it's an advertisement

for a product (movie about Jesus.) People who have a dashboard Jesus, Madonna, St. Christoper, or actual Bible on the dashboard, do so either to keep God in their mind when they drive or because they are amused by it, think it's kitschy camp. The latter motive isn't noble but at least it's not advertising.

I realize Mel has to advertise the movie but I'd have suggested he stay away from portrayals of Our Lord of NASCAR. It's tacky. But Jesus has been portrayed in a tacky manner before and survived so He'll survive this, too.

[mouse7]

9. Jesus flips end-over-end, explodes into flames down backstretch

Now THAT would really add some agony to The Passion Of The Christ.

[Vickers]

10. C'mon, everybody knows J.C. is a Group B rally car man...

...watch: it'll rain.

ALL

DAY

LONG.

[knight_of_the_star]

11. I wonder

Would it be a bad thing if Jesus were to spin out in the middle of the track after clipping another car and spontaneously explode?

[jmowreader]

12. Jesus is riding on a Gibbs Racing car...

the most fundamentalist outfit in NASCAR, and on the car sponsored by the most fundamentalist company in America. (How many companies do you know who have a corporate chaplain? Interstate Batteries does.)

I think that if I was Jesus, I'd want to be on a Gibbs car in another race--remember the 2001 Daytona 500, when the 18 finished the race with the 20 on top of it?

[mouse7]

13. Yeah, But Tony Stewart drives for Gibbs

Anyone that T-bones Jeff Gordon's car intentionally in the pits after a race can't be all bad.