Jesus in my box

[porcupine]

Well, this is certainly going to change my atheist ways. Today, in my mailbox, I got a video cassette of “Jesus” distributed by “Jesus Video Project.” Here’s what it says on the accompanying card (addressed to Resident, not me specifically, which is a good sign because otherwise whoever is selling my name from their mailing list has serious problems with their demographics and market research)

GOT QUESTIONS? Ever wonder who Jesus was? What’s all this about him at Christmas and Easter? What about life after death? Heaven? Hell? What was life like 2,000 years ago when Jesus walked the earth? And what did he do wrong? Got questions? The truth of the matter is many people are curious about Jesus. And looking for answers can be challenging. But you ow it to yourself to get answers. And now, here’a an easy way to discover the truth. Watch as the historic drama unfolds. Here’a a copy of the award-wining production JESUS - just for you. It will answer a lot of your questions. GET ANSWERS! Grab some popcorn and watch this exciting story. It’s the story that has changed the world.

The only Jesus-type movies I’m inclined to watch are “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Monty Python’s Life of Brian” and “The Last Temptation of Christ.”

To bad I didn’t get Gaudere in the Secret Santa cause I’m sure she would enjoy mail box proselytizing as much as I do.

So anybody else get Jesus in their box?

[Opus1]

Funny, when I want to learn about Jesus I read things like E.P. Sander’s “The Historical Figure of Jesus,” or “The Five Gospels” by Funk and the Jesus Seminar, not a propagandist video by a fundamentalist organization. Maybe that’s just me!

Seriously, I haven’t received the video myself, but I saw an article about it in the local paper. People were quite incensed. Pretty much the only outrage was with Jews receiving the video around Hanukkah. No one cares about us atheists receiving tripe that we don’t like in the mail.

[Sasquatch]

Does the popcorn have to be unleavened?

[porcupine]

This is actually the Jesus movie they sent me. Why didn’t they send me this one instead, where Jesus is much more studly looking?

[Gunslinger]

When I read the title I thought of Silver Fire’s M.G.V. (“There’s God in her pants!”).

[Mr.Blue_Sky]

For those of you with DVD players, look for the new edition of Total Movie DVD magazine. Each issue contains a DVD of trailers, previews, and a short film. This month it has a short called “The Second Coming” about the return of Jesus and how he (He?) should be marketed to modern civilization. Especially funny is the scene where marketing guys come up with products for Jesus to endorse. The best? the Cruciflex exerise machine.