Last week I shared a video clip of a (faux) Christian acoustic duo called God's Pottery, who made it through the first round of "Last Comic Standing" with their song about abstinence.
Today, I found their full audition, featuring their song "A Brand New Start With Christ."
Funny? Not funny? Over the top?
Do they cross the line with this, going from poking fun at the Christian community (which I think they did with the abstinence song; I found that hilarious, especially if you've sat through any abstinence speakers at summer festivals) to mocking Jesus (something I personally don't find funny)?
What do you think?
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Joanne,
Thanks for your clarification. You and I completely disagree when it comes to gods pottery and there sense of "humor". I think that the way we talk about Christ to a world who hates Him is absolutely crucial, and far too often done flippantly. However, I respect the fact that you've thought this through as much as you have.
Blessings
Chris
christians seriously need to take the stick out of their butts and have a sense of humor. these guys are being relevant in the most unique way you could ever be: by being completely irrelevant. to a non beleive we are loony, stuck up fanatics with no sense of humor. the reason for that is that there are people like you out there chris. weather these guys are beleivers or not they will reach more people in the world than any trac or street corner witnessing could ever do. and honestly i dont beleive they mock christ in anyway. i saw something on l.a. ink a few months back that really hit it home for me. the lead singer of the christian metal band, as i lay dying (they play ozzfest and cornerstone)got a tatoo of jesus playing a crazy riff on a flying v, and the way he explained it was, " this is what jesus would be doing if he were here, thats what he did when he was here 2,000 years ago. he hung out with the scum of the earth. the prostitutes, tax collectors, and the theives, and in todays culture thats what metal is." all this relegious crap just pisses me off. too many christians are sitting in their churches teaching that the world is terrible and evil yet they do nothing about it. they go home say their prayers and turn on point of grace. doesnt the bible say to be in the world and not of it? that is the number one problem with christians today everyone is too scared to do anything about the problems around them. us conservatives are against welfare and helthcare but yet we sit in our pews and watch widows starve. its our responsibility to do something as the church. not some washed up rockstar, movie star, or our government. so get out of your pew and go and do something about this sick world we live in, and leave guys alone like gods pottery who are simply showing the world how christians are not stuck up bible thumpers that care only about forcing the beleifs on the world.
Hey Landen,
You and I agree on a whole lot of things. For example, I'm also tired of all the religious crap.
You say: "To non-believers we are loony, stuck up fanatics with no sense of humor," I couldn't agree more.
2 Corinthians 11:23-27 says that during his ministry Paul was imprisoned, flogged, beaten
with rods, stoned and shipwrecked. And then in 2 Timothy Paul tells us to join him in suffering for the gospel, because there's no other way. I know that you don't hear this very often, especially in today's culture, but the world is not supposed to like us, or our message. That can be a really tough thing to wrap your mind around ( I still don't fully understand it). You see, this is what makes us like Christ. This is why Christ suffered, so that we wouldn't have to endure anything that He had not already endured. Does this mean that we're supposed to walk around like a bunch of involutes with our heads between our legs? Absolutely not. We should be the most joy filled and loving people on the face of the earth, literally. I know this seems like a weird balance, but it's what our Christian faith is based on.
Now what does all this have to do with gods pottery? I'm not real sure! But please understand one thing, I am not condemning the two individuals who make up this act, that's not my place. I'm sure that those guys are great human beings and they certainly seem to have some great personalities. I just don't think that they are doing a very good job of representing Christ, infact I'm certain of it. And I tend to get a bit flustered when the "Christian" community starts to embrace acts like this. It's a very dangerous thing.
Anyway, I hope things are going well for you and that you are continuing to grow in your walk with Christ.
Blessings,
Chris
I feel bad. I'm a christian, and I first episode with God's Pottery that I saw was the elimination one. I saw their "positive interaciton" in the house and their "positive" "your mama jokes" and I was like yay these guys are turning things around. I got sorta worried when they showed the clips of their performance, which seemed like mockery to me. So I then got mad. But i'm kinda angry with myself that I didnt realize it from the beginning. I dunno. Like even when they said they dont gamble except on Jesus I was like, "yeah! Although I wouldn't say I ever gambled on him, but we've won!" Which now i think is bad cus they were mocking him, but the fact is we christians are correct. They may try and mock and satirize our belief but we know what we have is gold and is precious. I dunno, im stil bummed though that i didnt realize it til the song and some googling but im gonna be more careful about people taking the Lord's name in vain.
chris i genuinly apologize. my rant really had nothing to do with them. but weather they are christians or not i know there on the right track, and even though that wont get them into heaven i think its doing the world a little good. the reason i think this is i recently saw an interview with the two comedians who play them. there real life story mimcks there gods pottery story (met in college, became best friends, played music, etc.) , but here is something that makes me think that they do have atleast a respect for our lord and his people.
i wish i could find it again, but in that same interview they told of how a big comedy agent approached them and propossed the idea of touring through churches and christian festivals and brodcasting the entire tour through a television series. the thing was after the tour was done the agent wanted them to flip it over on the churches and literally mock there unintelligence. he wanted to simply exploit christians. gods pottery then told of how they would have nothing to do with the man, because that isnt what they are here for. the begain to say that they are not here to make fun of or mock anyone they simply are looking to make people laugh. they also continued on how they try not to be too rediculous because lets face it there are people out there that are like that.
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