Offensive Church Messages

[LuciferSam]

Signs in general can be offensive. This appeared on a BBQ joint in PC after the local gay bar burned:

"Now we know what cures AIDS"

That's cold, but consider the county.

I especially hate the ones that say "do this, don't do that". The ones that say "anybody caught trespassing will be shot on site" I'm not too thrilled with either.

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[Lynnie]

Signs in general can be offensive. This appeared on a BBQ joint in PC after the local gay bar burned:

"Now we know what cures AIDS"

That's offensive, mean-spirited and unless they have some crazy medical training and research stipend, wholly untrue, which is different from the original post. One can argue regarding the original post that based upon their faith, while the imagery is difficult, it is true.

 

[futurebeachbum]

I could do without the billboards with the picture of a Preacher in his tailored suit along with his bejeweled wife and the name of their church.

 

[shellak]

I could do without the messages period, but some of them are kind of amusing and funny. Some are witty, some are funny because they're dumb. Some use scare tactics and I wonder whose attention they are trying to grab. The non-believers??? Give me a break. This kind of imagery is why some of us saw the light (at least in our opinion) and rejected Christianity in the first place. Anyway, this is the first time I saw a message and was offended to the core, for my own unique reasons of course, but I figured maybe others have had similar experiences based on their beliefs or lack thereof.

when we drive up I-65 to louisville to visit family, we get to see all kinds of huge billboards with extremist christian messages. based on the billboards, i'll be going to hell because i'm not christian. oh, well...

 

[Em]

Since the most known symbol for Jesus is the cross upon which he was nailed, how is the sign offensive? The cross is around the necks of many Christians. It is also found in most every church, and in many cases, it is found with Jesus nailed to it, I guess to remind everyone of his horrific death. So, a sign with some words doesn't seem offensive at all.

Bobby J, that sign is just plain funny!

I like this one: "God expects spiritual fruit, not religious nuts"

 

[Matt J]

That's offensive, mean-spirited and unless they have some crazy medical training and research stipend, wholly untrue, which is different from the original post. One can argue regarding the original post that based upon their faith, while the imagery is difficult, it is true.

Belief and truth are not married.

 

[LuciferSam]

Since the most known symbol for Jesus is the cross upon which he was nailed, how is the sign offensive? The cross is around the necks of many Christians. It is also found in most every church, and in many cases, it is found with Jesus nailed to it, I guess to remind everyone of his horrific death. So, a sign with some words doesn't seem offensive at all.

Bobby J, that sign is just plain funny!

I like this one: "God expects spiritual fruit, not religious nuts"

I think Christianity is dumb and offensive, period. The sign serves as a reminder to me. Now do you understand?

 

[Em]

so it isn't the sign which offends you, its Christianity? I guess you are probably often offended. By reading your first post, it seemed that the message was offensive, not Christianity.

Anyone else want to share messages they found to be offensive and/or just plain stupid.

If you think about it, their advertising worked. Their message got you talking about the churches, essentially advertising for them -- maybe that is the purpose of bill board messages.

 

[Miss Critter]

Maybe the atheist cannot find God for the same reason a thief cannot find a policeman. ;-)

 

[LuciferSam]

so it isn't the sign which offends you, its Christianity? I guess you are probably often offended. By reading your first post, it seemed that the message was offensive, not Christianity.

Both. I don't know why you're having such a difficult time understanding.