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Xmas at the mega church
Xmas at the mega church
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When American Christians get to the afterlife and meet god ....
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That's ridiculous, even Jesus thought so.
And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, "It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers."
Matthew 21:12-13 (Source)
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"Scuse me sir, have you read the Bible"?
"Have you?"
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"Christians": Put Christ back in Christmas!!!!
Also "Christians": More flying elves, and the magical reindeer's nose needs to shine brighter!
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Last time I attended a service all I could think was, "How would you explain that you spent $250,000 on the sound system?"
Took my step-son to that same church to witness me voting, trying to set an example. It was like a mini-mall in there.
Sarcastic child: "Dude! Do they have a Starbucks too?!"
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... I think they usually do have a coffee shop.
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i'm a church musician lately and the one i play at puts a pot of regular and a pot of decaf on. what they have isn't bad for drip coffee, but that's where they are.
and most of us in the band are of the "coffee? COFFEeE!!" persuasion so they really don't even need good drip coffee, but eventually we'd start bringing our own grounds and it'd become a thing.
part of me wants to find one with a coffee shop now, but i really dislike those services.
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Around a decade ago I went to church with my parents. They don't go to a mega church but it is a large church in a Texas suburb. My mom offered to buy me a cup of coffee. I thought she was making that silly joke about "buying" me a cup because, it's a church, coffee is free right? No. She actually paid money for coffee at church. And it was a goddamned k-cup.
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This was last year right? Assuming this year will be even bigger and more batshit
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Like that one church with their Easter service. Put on a whole play. Custom sets. Pyrotechnics. Church of the Rock in Winnipeg. Jenny Nicholson covered it on YouTube. It's so weird.
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Isn't that the one that has that talk about grace and humility, cutting between three UHD camera angles?
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Jenny Nicholson had a good video about this a while back.
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Had to rewatch. All time great
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She's been gone for a while
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Stuff like this is why I don't publicly practice my faith with a specific lineage of Christ believers. Money corrupts if there is not honor or values. Also fuck them for not actually using to help people but themselves. That's why I want to remove Tax exempt status from mega churches. (Not the smaller churches, just the mega ones.)
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Y'know I actually enjoyed when churches would put on (actually) funny skits or silly Christmas plays for outreach or whatever because like, entertainment is a universal communication medium, and what's wrong with having a little fun along the way?
But that was on the order of your local middle school production, maybe. Cardboard, craft paint, and a lot of suspension of disbelief. :p
This "Cirque du Holé" business in gigantic "campuses" is embarrassing. Like that time all those churches loaned out a literal micro roller coaster to each other for. . .some reason. . .?
What a grift.
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The micro rollercoaster radiated "This damned thing has been sitting storage the fuck are we supposed to do with it" energy. Someone had a micro rollercoaster probably for festivals and things bad did not want to store it.
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Wow they really hate the poor
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That assumes they even acknowledge the existence of the poor.
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What in the ragety-anne-fuck is going on there?
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I don't know and I don't give a french fried titty fuck
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It not like this fly over system costs very much. Compared to the huge building and technology they install. I am fully against Church and religion in general, but flying Santa isn't too spectacular. The private jets, buildings the size of Amazon warehouses that actually cost....
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Don't you remember that bible story? Where he got the bread and fish, gave the food to his friends, then flew around to flex on the poors?
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Oh yeah, I remember it. It;s in the Go Fuck Em Poors Bible with Supple Side Jesus.
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Jesus walking on water to shame the sinkcels
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I didn't know a mime getting hanged was in the Bible. Gotta feel bad for the French even their god hates them.
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Is this an actual service or just an event provided by the church? Staging plays is a social task that can be serviced by a church.
Very American and over the top, still.
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A google image search could have answered your question of doubt.
The visual is from the annual "Gift of Christmas" production at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Texas. It IS a church production.
Despite being a 40-year tradition at the church, the $1 million Broadway-style production has faced backlash for its extravagance in recent years. In the past, church leaders have justified the performance by explaining the miracle of Jesus’ birth warrants an over-the-top celebration. They told the Dallas Morning News last year, “Jesus deserves our absolute best. … It’s unfortunate that the perennial American tradition of the church Christmas program now draws criticism.”
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It's an abundance that kinda goes against the word of Jesus? If they're "combining" that level of stage with a place of worship, I imagine that they should also be holding events at almost the same frequency of an opera house, and at the same level (and for the benefit of society). But in my experience, it's usually only used for preaching the word of Jesus... of which extravagance isn't a tenet
But that's just my 2 cents and despite the particulars of the photo, the point of the meme remains (at least to me). Jesus didn't preach about the "good of the Great Gatsby"; they just wanted people to love each other and be "good" to one another... not unwittenly flaunt their position of power
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Elaborate, borderline heretical passion plays are very much a thing. (Ever wanted to see Iron Man crucified?) Churches definitely do rent out their spaces, but this kind of thing is usually put on by the church.
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very evangelical, its either this or some kind of wierd play, or concert they are doing.
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Looks like the set of The Righteous Gemstones.
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Panem & circenses…
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These people are all damned to Hell.
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They are creating it on Earth.
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What if they were already sent to help for their sins, and this is it, but they don't realise it?
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People are gonna watch The Righteous Gemstones and think it's a documentary
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It is.
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It's just rather tame and the people are way nicer than in reality
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Putting up a literal show for the believers. Look at the shiny thing, and give us money!
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Church is just another form of entertainment for Americans.
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What in the actual three-ring-fuck is going on in this picture?
I know that church doesn't have to be as solemn as a funeral, but still... unless these production levels are generating millions for charity, I can't imagine how people are just okay with this.
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If Jesus returned from the dead he would be anti-Christian.
How much further from actual Christian values can modern Christianity get?
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Murka don't needem none of that Woke Communist Fake News Christianity. Jesus was a ripped alpha male who beat up on weaklings for fun, and told the poors to get a job!
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Ok I thought they were hanging Ronald McDonald in effigy
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ronald is finally ascending to heaven. looks more like marcel marceau the mime, a temu version.
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And somehow Palpatine returned.
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What a golden calf.
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But only by suffering enough will the poor be worthy. Then they’ll magically lift themselves up out of poverty.
So heap suffering on them!
Oh look, I guess they were never worthy…
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If you need pyrotechnics to sell compassion, maybe the priorities are backwards.
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hmu if you're looking for tickets to a showing
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Most of them lost the vision eons ago
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Some things would mix well. I'd go to "church" just to see the mix.
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