It’s a best seller! “As seen on the Conan O’Brien Show” I’m sure that was a ringing endorsement…
Methadone for Methodists.
A friend of mine who lived in the US for three years bought one as he felt it perfectly summed up his experience with American-style religion - tacky, slightly disturbing (and made in China).
My favorite part is that Jesus is standing in a waist-deep hole for some reason.
As it appears he’s just proposed a three-way it’s probably to hide his boner.
For self-righteous obnoxiousness there’s “One Nation Under God”, portraying Jesus as America’s patron, personally delivering the Constitution. I’ve always preferred the parody One Nation Under Cthulhu (link spoilered under the two-click rule due to some gruesome imagery):
Hell, yeah… business up front, party in the rear. What do you think all that wine was for?
I like the first one.
“This is Jesus Christ. He’s our VP of East Coast Marketing.”
“He’s worked miracles with sales!”
Leave us not forget Creationist Jesus.
Heh, some of the comments below the article are pretty funny.
What’s the name of the meme for those Jesus picture-captions? If I could remember anything I’d link, but they’re many of the above pictures (especially the one with the surgeon and the like) saying things like “No, Jesus, you can’t poke your finger in there” or something actually funny. Anyone?
ETA: kind of like Coffee with Jesus, but single-panel.
Ah, found it: Jesus is a Jerk
I always thought this was fairly funny, as well as pointed commentary.
Our Heavenly MasterCuts.
In the one in the hospital room and the baby, its Receding Hairline Jesus. Or would Ever-growing Forehead Jesus be better?
Big fan of the genre here. Some more of the classics…
Over The Top Jesus
Jumpin’ Jesus
Jesus 'n Gentle Ben
Pair of Kings
Touchdown Jesus
Club Med Jesus
The first one, Business Jesus, reminds me of this:
“The Man Nobody Knows (1925) is the second book by the American author and advertising executive Bruce Fairchild Barton. In it, Barton presents Jesus as “[t]he Founder of Modern Business,” in an effort to make the Christian story accessible to businessmen of the time.”
Quote taken from The Man Nobody Knows - Wikipedia
Jesus looks like my cousin Andrew did in the 80’s.
He’s done dying for your sins. Now it’s your turn.