I’ve read pieces people wrote compasring the risen Jesus to a zombie, but I’ve never seen a Zombie Baby Jesus before:
1.) This is the second year he’s done this.
2.) His neighbors aren’t happy about it
3.) The town tried to shut him down by saying that his manger didn’t meet code. Seriously. This reminds me of the way that Salt Lake City shut down their dismal strip clubs* by citing violations of asbestos rules. In the case of Zombie Jesus, the guy simply took the roof off his manger. problem solved.
4.) “My family loos forward to this every year,” the guy explained. “We use this for our family craft time.” It’s good to have a hobby, even if the hobby is freaking out the neighbors.
5.) The son attends Catholic school. He must have interesting discussions with his teachers. I try to imagine what the nuns of St. Mary’s would have said if our family had put up a Zombie Jesus, but I can’t. The cognitive dissonance is too great.
People need to just chill out. If God is offended by this display, He’ll take it up with the offender. Pretty sure an omnipotent being doesn’t need a bunch of peoples running around junior modding for him. Didn’t Jesus already deliver that message?
I don’t care because of the God thing. But, if I lived there, I wouldn’t want to have to walk by that creepy thing all the time. I think it’s unneighborly, and it’s actually the first time I thought maybe an HOA might be a good thing. Surely creepy shit brings property values down.
Yeah, I know. Freedom of speech and all that. Still doesn’t mean I have to appreciate it. It’s not FNAF bad, but I still wouldn’t like it.
Make it a cute or funny zombie, and I wouldn’t care at all.
The guy is a troll. If I were one of his neighbors, I would greet him with “hello dickhead!” every time I saw him for as long as he had the zombie Jesus on display.
If it were a Christian using his yard display to make fun of Muslims, then he’d be a dick. If it were a Muslim using his yard display to make fun of Muslims, I’d have about the same reaction. The guy in the story is a practicing Christian. Christians, it seems to me, should have a fair pass to make fun of their own religion.
The guy put this on his front lawn and lit it up with floodlights. I’m pretty sure he wants people to see it.