For any of you, you have their daily dose of 9gag,
reddit, 4chan, have stumbled upon a various types of Jesus memes. Lol Jesus is a subgenre of memes that are
based on iconic and famous Christian paintings of Jesus that use various
captions that portray Jesus as an obnoxious individual or over simplify famous
biblical accounts that involve Jesus.
Some of the most popular of these memes is Jesus is a jerk, and Story
time Jesus.
Jesus is a Jerk
The original image of Jesus accompanying people in
the everyday was created by Christian artist Larry Van Pelt from Niceville
Florida, in 1987 with the caption “With you Always”. According to his website he writes “The
inclusion of the image of Jesus
in the drawings of ordinary people's lives was begun during the final year of
the ten year task….. naturally fit the scripture: ". . I am with you
always, even to the ends of the earth" (Matthew 28:20). The objective
of the series: to help Christians everywhere visualize the reality of Jesus' presence in their lives at all
times, particularly during those everyday tasks where we spend most of our
time. My hope is you will find that inspiration as you view the enclosed prints”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lS0Esnp0TA - Video Of Larry Pelt explaining why and how he began "With you Always"
http://jesusisajerk.tumblr.com/---- Jesus is Jerk Tumblr site - some may content offensive-
Jesus is Jerk
began to rise in popularity in found on many websites in 2009-2010, and can be
found more recently on 9gag because of Easter. Some of the meme’s take it too
far with their captions. However they are quite comical, in that shaking of
head looking down and saying “oh My” kind of way. This is probably because of
the of the juxtaposing idea of Jesus, being all loving and kind, who is “always with you,” saying the most
ridiculous and discouraging of things. The
Jesus that is depicted is a North
American, long haired, older 30 year old
Jesus that reinforces the western popular notion of a one having a personal relationship
with Jesus, and the relationship can be good or bad. But is it the image that
is important or the message of an ever present Jesus that is important. I think that it was nice artistic message
that was introduced by Larry, but like with anything it will be commodified and
be used for entertainment.
Story Time Jesus.
The original image of Story Time
Jesus is the painting entitled The Parable by American painter
Lars Justinen which according to his website illustrates the
meaning of the painting. “ No man ever spake as this man spake” according to
the Gospel of Matthew. The painting illustrates a group of diverse people
gathered around Christ as He shares with them the truth about God and his love
for his people.” Going on that note, a
Reddit user posted in 2012 “Introducing Story Time Jesus” with the story of Jesus walking on water and Peter who had little
faith . Matthew
14:22-33.
“When the
disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. But Jesus
immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” “Lord, if
it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.” “Come,” he
said. Then Peter walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30 But
when he saw the wind, began sinking and cried, “Lord, save me!”
But as one
can see from the Meme, it is a gross over simplification of scripture accounts.
Since then there has been mass amounts of Story Time Jesus. And some not all of
course, speak true to central teachings in a very comical way.
Classical
do unto others, as you would have done to you , that he been recited not only in popular cultre, movies ect but among Christians as well ( in my experience) . Although some
meme’s I personally feel take it to far in their captions, especially in light of Easter. There have been many new ones uplaod as well, reagrding the death and resurrection of Jesus. I also think some of them hit the spot in the ways that Chrstianity is percieved by the outside looking in within the realms of pop culture which can be offensive but also comical. I think that it
quite humour and healthy to view heavy issues in a comical way
Jesus + Humor =
me lol’ing
 |
| A mix of Easter (religious), Chocolate and the Easter Bunny |
 |
| I'll be back |
No comments:
Post a Comment