Deep Thoughts: You need Jesus

Saturday, April 24, 2010

You need Jesus

It’s the little encounters with the overtly faithful that amuse me the most. Take this morning. I was driving along the route to my parents house while listening to Sublime’s acoustic version of Pool Shark. The song starts slow but at 1:22 amps up to pure ska punk madness. I love it. My windows were down. The bass was pumping, and the volume was pegged as high as I could stand it. I was alone, happy, and in my own world. It was Saturday morning bliss.

now i got the needle
and i can shake but i can't breath
i take it away
but i want more, and more
one day i'm gonna lose the war.

Lyrics from Pool Shark - Sublime

I was waiting at a traffic light when Pool Shark hit the 1:22 mark. The car next to me honked its horn several times. I heard a lady shout, “You need Jesus!” from the car to my left. She was waving a bible in my direction while giving me the stink eye. My response… “I know, I love Sublime.” She was not amused.

Watch it yourself…

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Iva 81p · 784 weeks ago

What the...?! Is this a normal everyday thing over there? O_O People telling you religious stuff JUST LIKE THAT, FOR NO REASON?

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Mojoey 107p · 784 weeks ago

It happens all the time with me, almost weekly.

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ThatAtheistChick · 784 weeks ago

Yeah. If you live in America, it's very common, especially if you live in the South a.k.a. the "Bible Belt."

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Iva 81p · 784 weeks ago

I live in Serbia. Never been outside of continental Europe, but I did see some minor exaggerration in Greece.

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Believer · 784 weeks ago

Not the best way to spread the word - sounds a bit judgmental on her part, but the way you guys carry on about Christians - the next thing you know you'll be throwing them to the lions! By the way - I love Sublime...

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Mojoey 107p · 784 weeks ago

Do you happen to know where the lions are kept?

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Iva 81p · 784 weeks ago

My mother is Christian (but it has NOTHING to do with the way you do it in USA...she doesn't prance around with the Bible...she only prays before bedtime, observes holidays and lights candles to honour the dead) and I don't think I'd throw her to lions. I think she'd throw me Lions. Lions is a really, really cool waffer with nougat, btw. :)

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Mojoey 107p · 784 weeks ago

We have a type of Christian here who loves to tell you all about her love of Jebus.

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Iva 81p · 784 weeks ago

That would be totally OK if they were willing to accept that someone else might be pretty strong about their belief in nothing...and I assume that is not the case?

I solve this problem creatively: tell them to look up tomorrow (Monday, the 26th) in recent history. Then get them to read about eschatology theories based on that event. Then ask them how close the second coming is. They're usually lost for words. And yeah, I know this is the darkest humour possible, but hey. :)

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Jack 119p · 784 weeks ago

I love Sublime! I don't know if hearing about things like this happening in California makes me feel better or worse. One of these days, I'm going to snap and drive around extolling the virtues of the Flying Spaghetti Monster or something else as equally implausible as Jebus.

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