Steroid Jesus


An odd problem that Christianity faces in the US is that Jesus is seen as basically a wuss. All that turning-the-other-cheek stuff does not sit well with a country that has a Chuck Norris mindset. This may be partly the reason that churches tend to be predominantly elderly and female.

To appeal to men, I have written before about how some Christian groups have developed worship services that involve all manner of manly activities.

But this may not be enough. What Jesus additionally needs is a physical makeover to make him less effeminate and more appealing to the testosterone-heavy crowd and this billboard that purportedly appeared in Myrtle Beach, SC may be one strategy.

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Reports of this billboard date back to the mid-2000 period but I have not been able to confirm that it is real.

Of course, no post on manliness is complete without a video of the Village People singing their hit song Macho Man.

Comments

  1. Willard Brickey says

    Portrayals of a buff Son of God go back at least to Michelangelo’s time. Check out “Palestrina Pieta” in Wikipaedia.

  2. says

    God Bless America that this is allowed here. Can you imagine if this was an image of Allah? Well, I guess it could be here, but you get my drift.

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