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shoulditurnthisupforyoudenver aka Tom Johnston is a 21.62 year old boy, has been a member since March 28, 2005, has scored 1189 submissions, giving an average score of 1.66.

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Jul 09 '05 by shoulditurnthisupforyoudenver

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Jesus on Threadless

every day i see more and more jesus shirts on threadless, and all the mixed feelings are quite amusing to me. most people are now just saying that they're tired of seeing jesus on shirts, but every once in a while you get lucky and find a comment from a devout christian who takes it all way too seriously and gives you a piece of their mind. "I'm sorry you feel this way. I'll pray that you will meet some sincere Christians who will change your view on this." thats from "the fine print" shirt. i dunno, but that stuff makes me laugh, cus come on, its just a t-shirt. people are finding humor in the unknown possibilities of religion. how can scrybe, who posted taht comment, know that maybe jesus, or st. peter, or whoever, isnt sitting at the gates of heaven with his hand out saying, "bitch, you owe me money." but then again, this is all coming from an atheist. just thought i'd see if jesus freaks make anyone else laugh.

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symmetrical on Jul 09 '05 at 1:27pm

no, not really...

Skipper6745 on Jul 09 '05 at 1:30pm

nope

shoulditurnthisupforyoudenver on Jul 09 '05 at 1:31pm

oh, ok then...

KatieTheMofo on Jul 09 '05 at 1:36pm

jesus is silly.
so are people that love him.

shoulditurnthisupforyoudenver on Jul 09 '05 at 1:48pm

thats what i was goin for. thanks mofo.

oh, and after i posted this, i started thinking again, and to what i've seen here, the only people who react defensively to religion shirts are christians. shirts that depict or poke fun of other religions arent made into such a big deal.

symmetrical on Jul 09 '05 at 1:49pm

well, how many religions have been poked fun at on shirts? jesus seems to have amonopoly here for creative desings on threadless...

sailonsilvergirl on Jul 09 '05 at 6:55pm

yes. Jesus freaks make me laugh. i don't mean Christians. I mean Jesus FREAKS.

blucow on Jul 09 '05 at 7:21pm

My parents are almost Jesus freaks. We never go to church or anything, but I can't buy a few shirts because of hidden demonic spirits. They burned my copy of World of Warcraft because it was evil.

Skipper6745 on Jul 09 '05 at 7:30pm

are...are you serious?

blucow on Jul 09 '05 at 7:33pm

Afraid so.

If my parents knew it was happening, they would've been first in line to partake in the burning of Pokemon cards way back. Those really are the devil though...

swingliner on Jul 09 '05 at 7:40pm

ugh. that's horrible. i remember my friend back in 5th grade got a new step dad and he took away all of his magic the gathering cards because he considered it sorcery. i really want to knock some sense into people like that.

postscript ROT on Jul 09 '05 at 9:04pm

well. i think that they should be able to say that something offends them. i don't think it should have any bearing on whether or not the shirt is printed. but if a submission was extremely sexist or went against any of my values, i'd definitely speak up. if we deny them the right to do so, we'd have to deny ourselves the same right.

lenabean on Jul 09 '05 at 9:39pm

hahaha.

jesus.

hahha

shoulditurnthisupforyoudenver on Jul 09 '05 at 10:02pm

i love jesus freak parent stories. but yeah, postscript ROT has a good point.

Skipper6745 on Jul 09 '05 at 11:22pm

is this place full of atheists? just wondering.

sailonsilvergirl on Jul 09 '05 at 11:34pm

probably turns a lot of people into athiests.

postscript ROT on Jul 09 '05 at 11:35pm

maybe the christians don't know about the forums.

swingliner on Jul 09 '05 at 11:37pm

the intarnet is the devil

Skipper6745 on Jul 09 '05 at 11:38pm

Oh, I know about the forums alright.

Skipper6745 on Jul 09 '05 at 11:39pm

But I'm okay with most Jesus shirts here at threadless. Some are just blatantly trying to piss people off. I really didn't find the latest "donation required" one to be offensive, but whatev.

hi5inferno on Jul 10 '05 at 12:45am

fuck jesus he was a pussy .. make images of lesbians they are the new jesus. jesus was gay and so is anyone who belives in him. study pantheism.

batbanana on Jul 10 '05 at 12:56am

oh, hi5.... i love you for trying. and probably succeding. since i guess your goal is to piss people off. and you probably WILL piss off people. but the more of an ass you are, the more people will learn to ignore you.

but back to talking about jesus....

i found a rad picture of him on google. it's my profile pic.
and personally, i think jesus is alright. (or at least what he stands for, anyways)...i think it's the bible that is a lot of outdated, tight-assed phooey.

i'm probably going to hell for saying that.

sailonsilvergirl on Jul 10 '05 at 1:00am

"and personally, i think jesus is alright"
i agree, jesus is just all right with me, jesus is just all right, oh yeah, jesus is just all right with me, jesus is just all right.

batbanana on Jul 10 '05 at 1:03am

is that a song? sounds catchy. omg!

sailonsilvergirl on Jul 10 '05 at 1:10am

Yeah, it's the Byrds.

icki on Jul 10 '05 at 2:09am

the byrds > jesus.

sailonsilvergirl on Jul 10 '05 at 2:42am

indeed, indeed.

the byrds probably saved more souls.

swingliner on Jul 10 '05 at 3:20am

jesus was a good man. he taught people to live decent lives and to be moral. he may or may not have been the savior but he was still a righteous guy. so, bottlesandcans, find better use of your life. i'd actually recommend church to you although i don't believe in attending myself. you just need something to keep you busy...

Iwouldbejosh on Jul 10 '05 at 4:03am

I personally feel that Jesus has been overused in designs. He isn't really as aesthically interesting as other religious icons, so I don't get it. The Hindu gods have lots of arms and animal heads and stuff. Why not use them?

Shark_biscuit on Jul 10 '05 at 7:39am

"Jesus is a beautiful name"

T_T on Jul 10 '05 at 9:32am

I agree with some of Jesus' teachings of peace and love, but I really disagree with a lot of the bible, and partly because I'm an atheist, believe that zen and bhudism are even better ways to think about life. So, if somone wants to make a funny "Jesus" shirt, why not, and let the devout christians complain, but they should not influence the fact that the shirt gets picked or voted highly (or spma the forums)

T_T on Jul 10 '05 at 9:32am

sorry for doudle post, but I meant to say "spam the forums"

findingchi on Jul 10 '05 at 10:30am

I am a Christian I suppose if I was to need to put a label on it.
I am Saved, and Im Queer, a pro choice Democrat, and have a sick @ss since of humor. I have my own belief system. I meditate and have a respect for Wicca, Buddism, and a large portion of most eastern religions. I belive in God and Jesus. I belive I am a sinner, we all are. I pray when I remember too. I give thanks for everything from my meals to my Dog. When I make it a point to be more in touch with my spiritual side, I feel more at ease in my own skin. I have alotta health issues, so comfort in just about any form is welcomed....
Damn I got my ramble on.........

jesus loves my big faggy ass, and I still don't understand it all, not even 12% of it........

gerpander on Jul 10 '05 at 1:19pm

I had a friend who turned Christian and she burned all these bad ass heavy metal records. Man I could've taken them to the record store and got me some money to - well have a good time.

DaddyDom on Jul 11 '05 at 2:59am

It seems to me that the problem with most religions isn't the doctrine itself, for the most part. It's peoples' interpretation of said doctrine. The core belief's of most religions are very similar, it's the ceremony that's different. What angers me is that people continue to kill each other over it.

Ady bear on Jul 11 '05 at 7:00am

that<<<< is one funny picture

praise the lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ash Sammy on Jul 11 '05 at 7:52am

Can anyone imagine Jesus with the money bags of Carnegie? That'd be really funny.

>> sitting at the gates of heaven...
I thought there was no Heaven, and all that there is, is either on earth, or in the minds of men, who are on earth.

Captain Toasty on Jul 12 '05 at 12:36am

Jesus is an easy target for joke shirts because it's so easy to imagine him doing or saying absurd things. You're right though, most of us are way too uptight about it. Usually I'm very agreeable about humorous Jeasy Creasy shirts, but I bristle a bit when I see designs that seem misrepresentative.

As for people killing each other, it really saddens me that people do stuff like that and cite religion as the reason for it. But people are petty by nature. Religion aside, we'd still find stupid reasons to kill each other. People just use it as an excuse; it's not the religion itself that inspires murderous intent.

I also contend that Christianity's core beliefs are fundamentally different from every other religion, but this isn't the place to preach so I'll just leave my objection at that. Cheers!

lenabean on Jul 12 '05 at 12:37am

jeasy chreasy= eddie izzard bit

do you like him? i love him!

Rock Deputy on Jul 12 '05 at 12:42am

If Jesus were around today he'd totally be spreading the word with tshirts... he'd probably have a Loves Threadless contest.

I wonder if Threadless has been approuched by any religous organizations?

TimTheSloth on Jul 12 '05 at 3:13am

The problem is that most people have an incorrect view of Jesus and Christianity. It's not really their fault because most Christians and Christian Institutions and groups reinforce the views by acting like dicks and being bigots, hating gays etc. Anyway I just want to say to all you non-Christians out there that the true message of the Bible isn't anywhere near how most Christians make it seem to be, you should check it out and read it for yourself sometime. Also don't look to any person for an example of what a good Christian is other than Jesus (even though he was technically Jewish).

Sounds kinda preachy but hopefully my point comes across. Anyway I don't mind the Jesus shirts as long as they are funny and don't falsely represent his teachings without obviously being jokes (I did get upset a while back with a shirt that had Jesus saying the earth was flat).

eskimokiss on Jul 12 '05 at 4:46am

Jesus was dark
Jesus had siblings (it's in the bible)
Jesus was married
Jesus had kids
Get over it people.
It's all true

Iwouldbejosh on Jul 12 '05 at 4:56am

lol. Everyone should read the Da Vinci Code because Dan Brown is really a genius and knows what he's talking about. He is better than any other author ever!!!! The part about the Mickey Mouse watch was my favorite.

Meanwhile.... I don't think there is any way that you could know if Jesus was actually dark or not. He probably was because he was in the sun a lot, but with a virgin birth he technically would have only had dna from Mary, if that. The idea is that he had a pure strain of genes, like the original man, so no one can really know what he looked like except for people at the time, and no one really said much about how his melanin levels. Melanin is what causes the differences between skin, eye, and hair colors, or what we call "race".

Iwouldbejosh on Jul 12 '05 at 4:57am

I don't know if that makes sense. I'm tired and all I see is a blur...

Iwouldbejosh on Jul 12 '05 at 4:57am

A blur of owl poop...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/OneHotBiscuit/owl.gif

eskimokiss on Jul 12 '05 at 5:06am

He was from the middle east. He had the complexion of an arab.
There can be no denying that. The image of Christ which is in our collective conscience is that which was created by the renaissance painters, and obviously modelled on themselves (European/Italian)

Dan Brown isn't saying anything new. There have been numerous books written about this topic. 'Holy Blood Holy Grail' by Michael Baigent being the most famous (infamous) one. But I suggest you also read a book called 'The Hiram Key' by Christopher Knight & Robert Lomas. There are numerous others, too many to mention here. Just look it up on amazon.

eskimokiss on Jul 12 '05 at 5:20am

I just read what you wrote about 'Jesus being like the original man'. It's been well documented, and most researchers, archeologists, paleontologists, historians et al. agree that homosapiens (the species we are now) evolved and migrated out of Africa. i.e. the 'original man' was black. I don't see how that supports your view about him being white

eskimokiss on Jul 12 '05 at 5:23am

And his name wasn't Jesus Christ