Oh boy, I have a ton of journals about religion and such things that would fit in this blog. This one is from almost a year ago. It was why I decided to create my "Grace is a Bit Queer" poster series…
The other day I saw a bunch of posters on social issues that a Graphic Design class created. It was interesting how many of them talked about religion. One poster was of a church and above it said “straights only.” Another poster addressed how religious people are “blinded by faith” and avoid scientific facts. A third stated that the religious "prey on the week" and had a gun. The overwhelming consensus was clearly that Christians are bullies as well as a hypocritical and ignorant community. It made me think about Christianity and Christ.
Jesus seems like he would have rather had breakfast with a gay man than go to church. He laid his hands on the week an healed them. It is sad that our churches are seen as the opposite of the New Testament Jesus. We are seen as the problem. I guess the point of this is that I want people to see the Jesus that I see; the young rabbi with infinite amounts of wisdom, grace, and love.
…My respose to this experience was a series of about ten, maybe more, posters. I have had around five of them up in public spaces so far. Woot!
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