Christians pray to Golden Calf.... really

[Coexist]

(well, okay, its bronze)



from Wonkett:

Jesus People Pray That False Idol Will Save God’s Economy

Did you know that some Christian dingbat has dubbed today the “Day of Prayer for the World’s Economies?” Well here they are, at the Wall Street bull statue thing, praying to Jesus for money. The dingbat has explained, “We are going to intercede at the site of the statue of the bull on Wall Street to ask God to begin a shift from the bull and bear markets to what we feel will be the ‘Lion’s Market,’ or God’s control over the economic systems.” Don’t they know that God taking over the economic systems would be SOCIALISM from SPACE? Also: God will be very mad that they are worshiping a bronze idol here, since his second commandment PROHIBITS THAT, duh? Thank you Wonkette operative “Dan the Man” for the sexy photo.

[BlooInBloo]

1. Christians' push to put The Onion out of business taken to a whole new level.

[codjh9]

5. Bwahahahahahah! Thanks! Yeah, a friend and I are often sending each other 'Onion-like'

headlines - truth is often stranger - or just as crazy as - fiction.

[life_long_dem]

2. Has anyone ever seen God's birth certificate? What state

was he born in?

[Joe Bacon]

40. God is an illegal alien!

Hey he lives up in the clouds, doesn't he? What the heck is he doing sneaking around here as an undocumented Holy Ghost????????

[Kelvin Mace]

3. Cristianity™ has officially jumped the shark

though some would argue that happened when evangelicals installed ATMs in their churches.

[ogneopasno]

4. Who's standing behind the bull with their hands on its balls?

Is there anyone back there? That's what I'd like to know.

[BrklynLiberal]

6. I passed that every day coming home from work. There were always people

standing at the rear end ... taking pictures and other things. The horns and the balls were the only part that were always shiny.

[Joe Bacon]

7. I see these Christians have finally jumped the cross.

I really want no part of a religion that considers the holiest books of the Bible to be The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged and Objectivism.

[Kelvin Mace]

18. Oh that is clever

I am going to borrow that. Much better than "jump the shark".

[nc4bo]

8. Worshipping the golden calf. Oh man, not very Christian of them. nt

[eshfemme]

9. LOL, do they even realize WTF they are doing?

:rofl:

How can they not even see the ridiculousness of their actions?

They are literally laying on the hands on a GOLDEN IDOL!

[Lucy Goosey]

No. The answer is no, they don't realize a thing.

They've only read the parts of the bible in which Jesus explains how much he hates "spreading the wealth." And the gays. Jesus was all about hating persecuted minorities and making sure that the rich got richer.

[Lucy Goosey]

10. Dupe. Sorry

[demwing]

34. Not Just A Golden Idol, A Golden Calf! (well..full grown, lol)

Hello? Dodn't ya'll remember what happened LAST time you built one of these?




Oh my crap! Moses is gonna get PISSED!

[Chovexani]

35. Does Moses have to choke a bitch?

:P

[Blondiegrrl]

11. That be some scary shit right there. n/t

[Chovexani]

12. ...

[AspenRose]

13. BWAH!

:spray: :rofl:

[Lucy Goosey]

16. Hee!!

:rofl:

[elshiva]

24. Thank you.

:hug: :toast: :rofl:

[Starry Messenger]

27. I want to hug your post.

That picture just sums up the whole last 10 years. In lolcat-eze. Brilliant.

[Coexist]

30. now that is funny.

[Sophree]

14. prosperity gospel

I'm at a loss for words. That picture captures prosperity "gospel" in a nutshell. Worshipping the golden paycheck.

:wow:

[Chovexani]

17. Yep more name it and claim it prosperity pimping

None of which Jesus taught.

[Sophree]

19. It's a perversion of gospel

Exactly- "Ask and ye shall receive" does NOT refer a new BMW.

Our gifts are spiritual, not temporal.

[AspenRose]

21. That reminds me....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-GFqhCq2HA&feature=related

[carnie_sf]

25. Love that song

but my favorite on the subject has always been this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhDG67COW6w

[Sophree]

39. Would Jesus Wear a Rolex?

I've never heard that song before- thank you for posting that. Great song, funny video, too.

:applause:

[carnie_sf]

43. You're welcome

I first heard that song in the 80s, just about when the religious right was really picking up steam. It knocked me out then, and it still rings true today.

[Sophree]

37. Great video- thanks for posting!

I love that song- and it hits the nail on the head, for sure.

[Monk06]

15. The Jehovah's Witnesses are saying, "See. We told you those Baptists are heathens."

[Joe Bacon]

20. How many kissed the Bull's ass?

I'm sure ol Rev Joel would approve of that!

[KayLaw]

33. Anything for money, baby.

That's in the bible, right? Sounds like something Jesus said.

[cliffordu]

22. NOW I believe we are in the end times. Wasn''t the worship of a golden calf

one of the reasons the world got spanked once before??

[krkaufman]

23. No worries.... it's bronze and a bull. Close call, but we're good, for now. n/t

[donheld]

26. Refering to Sarah Palin as a "Golden Calf"

Is a bit much? :D

[Starry Messenger]

28. Maybe they're just going back to that real old time religion.

The cult of Mithras.

[workinclasszero]

29. And yet....Jesus told the rich man

to sell all his possessions and give the money to the poor. He drove the money changers, good capitalists all, out of the temple with a whip.

He said its easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to go to Heaven.

He said you can't serve God and mammon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammon

Webster's dictionary defines 'Mammon' as: 1) the false god of riches and avarice. 2) riches regarded as an object of worship and greedy pursuit; wealth as an evil, more or less personified

Acts 2:44-45 (New International Version)

44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.

Gee, what would all the Republican Christians call the disciples of Christ? Socialists? Communists???

[Joe Bacon]

41. But a rich man can buy a bigger needle!

I remember the story my grandfather told me about John D Rockefeller's response to the needle verse. He allegedly said that God gave him the ability to buy a bigger needle that a camel could easily walk through!

[Ian_rd]

31. Irony will not recover from this. It is dead forever.

That is the most awesome photo I've seen in years. No words. No words.

[Lucy Goosey]

32. I know. I love it.

Haven't these people read the bible? Or at least seen The Ten Commandments?

[Joe Bacon]

42. The Republican Ten Commandments

1) The ends justify the means
2) Look out for #1
3) The universe revolves around you
4) You must be the first on your block with the newest gadget
5) When you got it, flaunt it!
6) You aren't your brother's keeper
7) Nothing gives you more pleasure than screwing your fellow man
8) Those who lie, cheat and steal get the furthest ahead
9) St Ayn Rand says nothing is more fulfilling than selfishness
10) Republicans are above the law

[TommyO]

36. Mooby, is that really you?

[AlCzervik]

38. Was this Greenlit by Jesus?

[LeftishBrit]

44. Well, we always knew that Republicans worshipped Wall Street bullshit