"Jesus Take The Wheel Day"

[Slithy_Tove]

A friend involved with the atheist activism community told me about this, but all Google searches lead to its Facebook origin. But I’m not on Facebook. A search on Snopes yeilds nothing (yet). So this thread-starter (perhaps finisher), with apologies, has no links.

Is this sincere, or a hoax? Is it a census-taking of the gullible?

[gnoitall]

@Slithy_Tove

A friend involved with the atheist activism community told me about this, but all Google searches lead to its Facebook origin. But I’m not on Facebook. A search on Snopes yeilds nothing (yet). So this thread-starter (perhaps finisher), with apologies, has no links.

Is this sincere, or a hoax? Is it a census-taking of the gullible?

This is the first I’ve heard of it. It smells like a joke/hoax, though.

[cher3]

It wouldn’t be a very Christian thing to do anyway. In fact, Jesus himself preached against that sort of thing:

Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’” (Matthew 4:5-7, virtually the same text in Luke 4:9-12)

[CalMeacham]

Bill Maher has accused someTexas legislators of having insufficient faith in humans to solve their own pproblems, and said that Governor Rick Perry’s appeal to Heaven amounted to saying “Jesuius, take the Wheel”, but AFAIK he never sugested a “Jesus Take the Wheel Day”. Sounds like someone local building on his statement.

[CalMeacham]

Bill Maher on “Jesus take the Wheel”:

Bill Maher: If Our Policy Is 'Yeehaw, Jesus Takes The Wheel!' We're Dead Already

Bill Maher " Yee Haw Jesus Take The Wheel..."

"Yee Haw! Jesus Take the Wheel!" Bill Maher delivers must see New Rule about...

[CalMeacham]

Transcript:

Bill Maher on Rick Perry's extremism

[Svejk_1]

Seems dangerous. Did Jesus even have a learner’s permit?

[Rain_Soaked]

@Svejk_1

Seems dangerous. Did Jesus even have a learner’s permit?

What side of the road did they drive back then?

[Disheavel]

@Rain_Soaked

What side of the road did they drive back then?

Seeing as Jesus freely walked on water, I can’t really imagine he’d restrict his driving to a single “side of the road”.

[RandMcnally]

@Svejk_1

Seems dangerous. Did Jesus even have a learner’s permit?

No he did not.

[CookingWithGas]

Joke, or something.

@Some guy on Facebook

Regarding my last post, I don’t think ‘joke’ is the right word to use. It was more of an experiment, with a little satire, Poe’s Law, and some general smartassery tossed in.

Basically, I thought it would be a funny little page that no one would pay any attention to.

Then, suddenly, there were a few hundred “likes”. Then a thousand. Then several thousand. I think, for the most part, that people understood what the page was about. I was an exaggerated parody of the unwaivering, blind faith held by many. Faith, without doubt.

What was interesting was both atheists and theists (mainly Christians) were using logic, reason, and common sense to argue against nonsense. But then I saw Christians defending their own faith from the atheists on the page, ignoring the logic, reason and commen sense they had so readily available beforehand.

So now that I actually have an audience (which I wasn’t expecting at all), I’d like to end this post with this:

Use your logic, reason, and common sense in ALL areas of your life. Use them in your finances, dieting, and relationships. Use them on your religion. Take the wheel back for yourself, and go forward. You only get one chance to live your life, don’t waste it being ignorant. Thanks and good luck.

[CalMeacham]

Unl4ess this is a well-known phrase, though, it looks to me as if Maher is the source for it.
It looks as if someone was tickled by the phrase, took it, and turned it into (you should pardon the expression) an icon, and posted it on Facebook.

[robardin]

@CalMeacham

Unl4ess this is a well-known phrase, though, it looks to me as if Maher is the source for it.

It was the title of a Grammy-winning song a few years back:

Jesus, Take The Wheel (Carrie Underwood)

That’s the first I remember hearing it.

[CalMeacham]

Ah. The Youtube page lists a copyright date of 2005 for that, which significantly predates Maher.
According to it’s Wiki page, Underwood was the first to perform iot, in 2005, so that checks. But, as the song seems to be abouta woman initially literally asking Jesus to take the wheel of her skidding car, then asking Him to take control of her life, I suspect that if there’s any political intent to this page, it would owe it to Maher.

The song tells the story of a young mother who lives a hectic life. On a late-night Christmas Eve drive on a snow-covered road on her way to Cincinnati, Ohio, the woman begins sorting out her emotions and bemoans not having enough time to do the things that really matter. Then, her car hits a patch of black ice, causing the woman to lose control of her car. She panics, takes her hands off the steering wheel and cries out to Jesus; shortly thereafter, the car stops spinning and safely stops on the shoulder. After taking stock of the situation (and seeing that her baby has remained fast asleep in the rear seat), the woman decides to let “Jesus take the wheel” of her life.

Jesus, Take the Wheel

[leahcim]

@robardin

That’s the first I remember hearing it.

I remember it as internet gospel glurge prior to the song, I think from stupid mass emails. I remember when the song came out that they were really scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas – kind of like when the “Kangaroo Jack” movie came out.

[Enright3]

[Dogma]
Bethany: Wait a minute. Christ. You know Christ?
Rufus: Knew him? Shit, nigga owes me 12 bucks!
[/Dogma]

[JFLuvly]

It was the title of a Grammy-winning song a few years back:

Jesus, Take The Wheel (Carrie Underwood)

That’s the first I remember hearing it.

A friend of mine wrote this song! Nothing else to add.

[Satellite_Guy]

@JFLuvly

A friend of mine wrote this song! Nothing else to add.

You’re friends with Gordie Sampson? Cool!

I’m a fan of his, and my favorite song of his is Davy Jones.

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