and saw me wearing a shirt that said "Jesus loves you, but I'm his favorite" would you think I was poking fun at my own piety, or seriously trying to insult you?"
Any Christians who read this, relax, I don't really have a shirt that says that.
2007-12-09 03:05:35 · 26 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Red Queen, as a mother I understand entirely.
2007-12-09 03:13:28 · update #1
Mok, that's a little too out there for me, dear!
2007-12-09 03:15:06 · update #2
Elliott--excellent point
2007-12-09 03:17:00 · update #3
For the record: I don't have the shirt, and wouldn't wear it, because even though it's just a joke, it wouldn't be worth the risk of offending someone who didn't know it was a joke. Just wanted to see what different kinds of sense of humor this morning's posters had. For those offended, apologies, truly. Thanks for the great answers!
2007-12-09 03:21:47 · update #4
I would laugh and tell you I think it's funny and cute... I would not be offended at all. I think another christian would be more offended than any atheists I know...
2007-12-09 03:09:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 1⤋
Poking fun at Jesus. It can't be an insult to an atheist because we believe Jesus isn't real, and couldn't care less who a fictional character likes best - kinda like you wouldn't care who a whore who gives it out freely loves best, as long as it wasn't you.
2007-12-09 11:17:21 · answer #2 · answered by gelfling 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I certainly wouldn't find it insulting.
I don't find it all that funny though. There aren't many one-liners funny enough to justify being printed on a T-shirt, really the whole idea has just gotten out of control of late.
2007-12-09 11:12:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
That sounds enough like a joke about the Christian faith than a recitation of the whole "your other with me or in Hell" thang...it seems slightly parodic, rather than anything else.
2007-12-09 11:11:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd rock up with a T-Shirt saying: Jesus loves you, and everybody else thinks your'e an ******.
2007-12-09 11:12:37 · answer #5 · answered by Supergirl 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope. That philosophy just happens to be the main core of today's young. Me, myself and I. Nothing is as important as self. Even my religion orbits self.
2007-12-09 11:13:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd think you have a sense of humor. I'm not hypersensitive about other people having different beliefs especially if they are okay with me not sharing them. =)
2007-12-09 11:20:10 · answer #7 · answered by Zen Pirate 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wonder what your reaction would be to my shirt, which reads, "Mother's of teenagers understand why animals eat their young."
I haven't really eaten any of my children. Yet.
I would find your shirt to be amusing. Nothing more, nothing less. It's simply a shirt.
2007-12-09 11:11:00 · answer #8 · answered by iamnoone 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
I would just think you were wearing a t-shirt with a quasi-funny joke on it.
Not being insulting.
2007-12-09 11:08:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
I would think that you were poking fun at your own piety. *LOL* What a sense of humor!!!
2007-12-09 11:15:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, personally I'd think you were a little bit on the self-satisfied, self-important side, and I'd wonder if that arrogance translated to other parts of your life.
2007-12-09 11:12:11 · answer #11 · answered by Nandina (Bunny Slipper Goddess) 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋