Collect all 14 Stations of the Cross and win redemptive suffering

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He was betrayed, tortured, humiliated, and killed and rose from the grave to save us. He gave us Communion and said: do this in remembrance of me.

Let’s buy movie tie-ins instead! (Reuters story here)

If I could sum up the American religion in one phrase it would be this:

Products are prayer.

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[chaptal.livejournal.com]

"He was bruised for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed."

Now you can buy the home game!

I suppose it was inevitable

[darkuncle.livejournal.com]

we've spent thousands of years trying desperately to avoid having to have direct contact with God - use a prophet, a priest, a king, a pope, a movie, a book, a study group leader, a pastor, a group of educated leaders ... ANYTHING to offer a layer of abstraction to protect us from the awful, crushing nakedness that a direct relationship with Him brings.

"God is in heaven, and you are on earth, so let your words be few." Guilty as charged.

[mr-flippant.livejournal.com]

I had a guy walk into the store one day and literally fall to his knees.

"I'm in heaven!"

Made me nervous.

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iSight dead people, all the time.

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[hensatc.livejournal.com]

creepy

The American Religion

[torgo-x.livejournal.com]

If I could sum up the American religion in one phrase it would be this:
Products are prayer.

A corrolary: lawsuits are curses. That's from the angry voodoo end of the American religion.

(BTW, there are some linguistic problems with the movie; and I for one am pretty sure there was never a scene in the bible where an explosion chases Jesus down a hallway.)

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[tuliphead.livejournal.com]

I for one am pretty sure there was never a scene in the bible where an explosion chases Jesus down a hallway

Jesus, you blew up a whole city block! The Chief is gonna have your badge!!