Guys, Jesus didn't tap.

[Moleculo]

Jesus can blow me.

[IMightBeWrong]

While I am not a pastor I have to ask where in the Bible it talks about sport fighting being OK?Most of what the old testament talks about is fighting wars against other nations and how if God is with you you can't lose. Jesus speaks of turning the other cheek. Further history speaks of Christians not fighting for the Romans in the Coliseum. In my humble recollection it speaks of fighting for your ideas and values and to defend yourself from enemies.

Fighting for sport is a selfish act onto itself. You are pitting yourself and your training against the abilities of another human. In MMA or BJJ or Judo you force your opponent to submit. For all practical matters you are imposing yourself onto him and forcing him to quit. Fighting for the sheer enjoyment of fighting is also a very none religious or righteous act. So my next question is what part of sport fighting follows the Christian faith? Remember now that the old testament is Jewish stories and laws, the Tora, and the new testament is about Christianity.


If faith in Jesus, God, Alla, or Budda was the predominant skill needed to win a fight then why would you train the physical body when the mental one is sufficient to win?

One last question. What would Jesus think if he saw two men fighting in a cage? Regardless of why they was fighting. I am talking about 2 men in a cage entertaining an audience.

I ask these questions in the utmost of sincerity. I am quite frankly not understanding how religion and fighting for sport go hand in hand. The justification for fighting for money is understandable. The justification of fighting to prove your abilities are worthwhile is understandable. The justification to prove something to yourself is understandable. Self defense goes without saying. Training to stay in shape and being able to defend yourself and family I get. The Lord needs warriors as well as followers. Someone has to stand up and defend the weak or protect the flock from wolves.

Problem is that a lot of people don't know how to keep things that totally aren't related separate. You can put up a video online of yourself in a Tae Kwon Do competition while you're 13 years old saying that TKD is your favorite hobby and asking any other practitioners to give you advice and end up with 10 different replies all from Boxers or something saying that Tae Kwon Do sucks. Totally not related to anything, because the person is doing Tae Kwon Do for hobby and sport and just wants tips for practicing that art. Or on a political level, you could want to make abortion legal because you believe in each citizen's right to choose for themselves, but people will take it from that context into a religious context and try to use their own deity as a valid (or so they think) reason to make abortion illegal. Some people have a one-track mind and once they've got their mind on one topic, their mind will stay on that topic while new ones arise and they will try to link everything to that original topic. And it goes for both sides: A christian or other religious person is likely to take ANY topic and turn it into a debate about religion and ethics. An atheist is likely to take just about any topic and turn it into a debate about god not existing or religious people all being violent bastards. On both sides, the debate is totally useless. Maybe believing in god is like believing in santa clause? On the other hand, maybe believing that there is nothing waiting on the other side is like believing in santa clause too. They're both a belief in something impossible to confirm, nobody really knows what the answer is, so it all comes down to semantics and annoys the hell out of everybody because the same people never shut up about the same things.

Ranting aside, I think its a funny idea. The brand comes off as a "we don't care what anybody thinks of this" kind of company comparable to the whole "jesus is my homeboy" trend. Maybe they're christians, maybe they aren't, but its pretty obvious they're just having fun one way or another. If anybody is truly offended by this brand, they're just taking things too seriously. There's nothing wrong with people thinking with a different mindset than you do.

[Moleculo]

Guys, Jesus didn't swallow.

[Kyduh]

Don't know if anyone pointed this out, but the bible specifically condems tatoos. Ergo, I find the "jesus loves me and my tattoos" shirt almost as humorous as I find people who get religious themed tattoos stupid.

Or just religious people.

[IMightBeWrong]

Guys, Jesus didn't swallow.

Quit banging dead bodies! I mean his corpse hasn't held life in 2000 years! What did you expect? Speaking of which, being in posession of his dead (and now orally raped) body, he might serve a better purpose being sold to a museum. Think of the money you could make! You could pay plenty of guys to dress up like jesus who really WOULD be willing to swallow! (as disturbing as it is, not my place to tell you what to do with your junk though)

[3moose1]

I thought the romans won by TKO, due to nails...

Jesus is the reason why we can't do heel hooks in competition, homeboy just doesn't tap!

[DerAuslander]

The Old Testament Hebrew law condemns tattoos. It also condemns cheeseburgers.

Christians are not required to be good little Jews.

[conceited]

Serious ethical dilemma: if I neg rep a reverend do I go to hell? What if I just flame/troll one?

[IMightBeWrong]

Don't know if anyone pointed this out, but the bible specifically condems tatoos. Ergo, I find the "jesus loves me and my tattoos" shirt almost as humorous as I find people who get religious themed tattoos stupid.

Or just religious people.

Way I see it, if you think that you're 100% right for being religious, yes you ARE dumb. But equally dumb, if not more dumb, are those who believe they are 100% right about all religious people being wrong. Until somebody finds a way to prove the existence or non-existance of an abstract idea, nobody is right except for we agnostics, who deserve to be worshipped for actually thinking about it long enough to realize that thinking about it doesn't do a damn thing!

That said, if Christians are right, huzzah! Because I'm I'm apparently permanently saved for having believed while young and being baptized, and an eternity of feasting and such sounds pretty nice to me. If not, oh well. Its not like I'll really be able to care that God doesn't exist if my whole being ceases to exist in the end anyway.

The Old Testament Hebrew law condemns tattoos. It also condemns cheeseburgers.

Christians are not required to be good little Jews.

If by cheeseburgers, you mean barbequed pork sandwiches, then yes. But cows are kosher.

[Chili Pepper]

Christians are not required to be good little Jews.

Do they still follow the 10 Commandments, even though they're Old Testament?

[IMightBeWrong]

Serious ethical dilemma: if I neg rep a reverend do I go to hell? What if I just flame/troll one?

Of course not! A reverend is no person of status, just another person on the same level as the rest of us who happens to like preaching. Flame/Rep away! I bet you God actually hates the pope. Hierarchy in the church should be looked down on. No christian is better than any other if we are all inherently sinners, right? So screw everybody!

[DerAuslander]

Meat & dairy should not be mixed.

[DerAuslander]

And do you fuckers really want me into get into a theological discussion on Law & Gospel?

[Ming Loyalist]

If by cheeseburgers, you mean barbequed pork sandwiches, then yes. But cows are kosher.

cows MAY be kosher (depends on the cow and how it was killed and prepared) but putting cheese on meat is NEVER kosher.

cheeseburger =/= kosher

and, i dunno, but joachim hansen is sponsored by jesus didn't tap, and i think he's a serious christian (that tattoo on his chest is a dead giveaway) so i'm gonna guess that the whole thing isn't a joke.

[IMightBeWrong]

Meat & dairy should not be mixed.

Ahhh, thats right, my bad! The only jews I hang out with are reformed anyway, so they'll eat a pigs gonads on a 4 cheese pizza if they get the inkling.