Nov 25

DDOJ-8: I am worthless without Christ

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In the spirit of Thanksgiving and the fact that you are all probably half brain-dead from eating too much turkey, I thought I’d make this DDOJ a total softball.

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Tired of all the Jesus posts on facebook? This is a new series called DDOJ (Daily Doses of Jesus).

Each video will be a status I see on facebook, and a request for how you would respond in the comments.

Note: I will not be posting a new video every day. The word “Daily” refers to the fact that my friends post this stuff on their facebook statuses every day.

Opening Music is Bitter Sweet Symphony by The Verve

Transcript:
In the spirit of Thanksgiving and the fact that you are all probably half brain-dead from eating too much turkey, I thought I’d make this DDOJ a total softball. It is very rare that someone sets themselves up as such an easy target for ridicule. The actual DDOJ that I want to solicit your responses for is in the comments.

It started with a status update where someone posted this quote from one of their favorite authors.

When you believe nothing significant can happen through you, you have said more about your belief in God than you have declared about yourself.
- Blackaby

The first comment was a typical Christian running on about what a bunch of morons the unbelievers are.

It was followed by a comment that was absolutely filled with bloody nonsense – feel free to pause if you want to read it. It was really hard for me to actually decide to take part in this thread given the nonsensical nature of the comments.

But I did anyway. Here is what I said: On the flip-side, believing you can do something significant (and actually making it happen) says nothing either way about your belief in god.

And here is the softball posted by one of the Christians: Nothing significant can happen through me but all things significant can happen through Christ — that is how I feel about myself.

Oh, boy. How do you respond to someone who has just proudly admitted that their religion makes them feel worthless?

How about this? I am sorry that your religion makes you feel that way about yourself. Perhaps it’s time to pick a different world view that is more uplifting.

Or perhaps this?

This looks like a typical mind control tactic by an abusive husband. I.e: “You aint shit without me, so you could never leave me and you’ll never do better” Trust me. You’ll get on just fine without Jesus.