Saturday, April 23, 2011

Easter and the Age-Old System of Bribing People to Come to Church

I stumbled across this on Kotaku, and frankly, it really cracked me up.


For those of you who are too lazy to watch the whole video, here's my synopsis:
  1. Not everyone wants to go to church
  2. Pastors want people to come to church
  3. Modern wisdom says, more people at a church is a clear indicator of their success
  4. Therefore, offer whatever you need to so you can get butts in the seats
    1. 3D Televisions
    2. Nintendo 3DS
    3. 3D movie packages
  5. Finally, the media will love you because you're doing something odd and they can generate a mild stir with such "out-of-the-box thinking"
    Frankly, I don't know what to be more offended at.  As a Christian, I find such crass and unflinching bribery to be offensive (at best) and deceitful (at worst).  As a consumer who is wholly devoted to seeing the death of 3D, the gadgets appear to be nothing more than a Hollywood-inspired ploy to market a product which has no true value other than generating hype and increasing ticket sales.

    Thankfully, when Christ rose again, the definition in which He did was sharper than 1080p, the sound of His voice had greater clarity than THX, and His appearance was far more realistic than the purist 3D effects:
    For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.
                                                                 -1 Corinthians 15:3-8
    Praise God, Christ has risen indeed!!

    Happy Easter!

    1 comment:

    Jon said...

    Amen to that, He has risen indeed!