{"id":4910,"date":"2011-03-05T20:16:26","date_gmt":"2011-03-06T03:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=4910"},"modified":"2011-03-06T05:52:53","modified_gmt":"2011-03-06T12:52:53","slug":"self-deprecation-a-christian-specialty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/self-deprecation-a-christian-specialty\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-deprecation: A Christian Specialty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leslie Bibb, the actress from Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby<\/em>, and Iron Man<\/em> and Iron Man 2<\/em>, is set to star in a proposed pilot called Good Christian W<\/span>itches<\/em><\/strong> (okay, no, you have to switch the “w” with a “b”.) Lots of scuttlebutt is starting over the name, of course. And the theme is greatly disturbing some folks…and well even, you guessed it, Christians. \u00a0(Full\u00a0article here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Here’s<\/strong> the article excerpt that stands out the most to me: \u201cABC\u2019s core viewership is Christian, so the goal of the show won\u2019t be to attack Christianity. Just like the book [of the same name], this is a show by Christians, for (mostly) Christians, to enjoy a little prime-time self-deprecation,\u201d<\/span> Los Angeles-based entertainment expert, Jenn Hoffman said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

UM. What? Really? Isn’t this played out yet? What other religious group gets picked on more? What group creates and absorbs more deprecation than Christianity? Matthew Paul Turner, of Jesus Needs New PR<\/a>, the Christian Nightmares<\/a> guy, Jon Acuff<\/a>\u2013God bless him\u2013have all made their fame and\/or fortune from this sort of thing\u2013for years<\/strong> now. Plus there are plenty more.<\/p>\n

Help me think of others… OH! Stuff Fundies Like<\/a><\/strong> <\/a><\/strong>is another..hum… what else? I visit all these sites regularly, and really enjoy them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is this Hilarious Self-deprecation Tack [HSDT] something we need more of<\/strong> from Hollywood, prime time television, or anybody else? Will people never tire of HSDT? It could just be me, but I’m having some self-deprecation fatigue.<\/strong> We’ve self-deprecated the hell out of ourselves already. <\/strong>It’s a rather cheap commodity now. Maybe it’s time to let off the throttle a little, and find a greater calling, a bit? You know like old fashion devoted hearts and lives? … helping the Kingdom of God break into our world through the outpouring of goodness and love? I’m not saying stamp it out; just mix it up some.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Non Christians will always make fun of Christianity. We need not ever worry we will lack in this department. I think, we can<\/strong> point out issues using humor and loving kindness to improve ourselves. It seem, though, that nothing can be cherished thoroughly, culturally speaking. Anything and everything is up for a tar and feathering…ad nausea<\/em> , and unchecked, it creates a terminal dysfunction of cynicism.<\/p>\n

So-Yes! We truly are imperfect people. YES. Message received.<\/p>\n

AND hey, please remember! I don’t mind ironic, or pseudo-ironic tales of Christianity run amuck for entertainment or thoughtful repose. I rather enjoy it. I laugh at sacred cows. Hahaha!<\/strong><\/p>\n

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I even laugh at the people laughing at sacred cows,<\/strong> who subtly become sacrosanct and\u00a0bovine in nature themselves. There, I said it. Now, prove my point and call me a “Jesus Juker”<\/a><\/strong>. Do. it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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His Lambs?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/a>I transcend the Jesus Juke, dude. I don’t think Christians, or any group should take themselves all that seriously. And I can’t understand getting sidetracked for silly things. Literally silly things, (like you see above).<\/em> I love that stuff.<\/p>\n

But, now could be time we get frank…<\/strong>
\nDoesn’t this seem like this sort of HSDT speciality is hoisted onto Christians and spared from other groups? Would there ever be a show called “Good Muslim W<\/span><\/em>itches”? or “Bad Ass Buddha Good Girls”? \u00a0No way. <\/strong>That would be nasty, and in very poor taste, and no one would stand for it…unless it was the Jewish people…<\/p>\n

Right. But, this probably supports my point, rather than takes away from it.<\/p>\n

Have we self-deprecated the devil out of ourselves? Do we need to get our equilibrium back some?<\/p>\n

Tell me what you think:
\nJesus, would want you to…Maybe one of the two Jesus’ you see below.<\/strong>
\n(thanks for reading)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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"I feel you bro. Right in my sacred heart."<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jesus has my hose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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…I’m having some self-deprecation fatigue. We’ve self-deprecated the hell out of ourselves already.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4420,4414,6535,6,6536,513,4418,13,15,753,4430,4421,3994,4428,4429,4426,4431,4423,1663,37,4422,6538,4424,40,4434,4417,1851,1875,1932,4427,2077,2104,4416,2290,4433,3005,4419,4415,3275,4425,85,3498,3522,3868,4432],"class_list":["post-4910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","tag-abc","tag-art4god","tag-authors","tag-bible","tag-books","tag-buddhist","tag-christian-nightmares","tag-christianity","tag-church","tag-comedy","tag-cool-jesus","tag-dino","tag-dinosaur","tag-fatigue","tag-good-christian-bitches","tag-good-christians","tag-hindus","tag-hollywood","tag-holy","tag-hope","tag-hsdt","tag-humor","tag-iron-man","tag-irony","tag-jesus-juke","tag-jesus-needs-new-pr","tag-jewish","tag-jon-acuff","tag-kingdom-of-god","tag-leslie-bibb","tag-love","tag-macho-jesus","tag-matthew-paul-turner","tag-muslims","tag-sacred","tag-secular","tag-self-deprecation","tag-stephen-sawyer","tag-stuff-christians-like","tag-talladega-nights","tag-theology","tag-trendy","tag-tv","tag-will-farrell","tag-worlviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4910"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4930,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4910\/revisions\/4930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}