Evil Homosexuals and Pop Stars Masquerading as Messiahs

A friend forwarded an email to me this week. (No, he doesn't believe what's in it either. I think he was just trying to provoke me.) Here's what it says.

NBC, fresh from giving us the anti-Christian The Book of Daniel, has decided to hit back at the Christian community by presenting an episode of Will and Grace which mocks the crucifixion of Christ. On the April 13 edition of NBC's Will and Grace, Britney Spears will appear as a Christian conservative sidekick to Sean Hayes' homosexual character, Jack, who hosts his own talk show. Jack's fictional network, Out TV, is bought by a Christian TV network, leading to Spears contributing a cooking segment called "Cruci-fixin's." To further denigrate Christianity, NBC chose to air it the night before Good Friday.

NBC does not treat Jews, Muslims or other religions with such disrespect. Yet the network demonstrates a deep of hostility toward followers of Christ. These are things we can do by taking action:

1. Call your local NBC affiliate and ask them not to air the April 13 episode of Will and Grace. Ask others to call. Click here to find your local NBC station.
2. Click here to send a letter to NBC Chairman Bob Wright. Ask your pastor to run a notice in your church bulletins and newsletters and request members to go to www.afa.net and send the email to NBC Chairman Wright.
3. Click here to print out a petition(pdf) asking your local NBC affiliate not to air the April 13 episode and distribute it to your Sunday School class and fellow church members.

*ALSO- singer/rapper Kanye West decided to do his own little display of (what I see as) Christian mockery. Check it out for yourself at www.rollingstone.com

Here we go, in no particular order:

• Is it possible that NBC is not mocking Christ or the crucifixion? Is it possible they are mocking the uncanny ability of Christians to kitsch-ify anything sacred having to do with their own faith?
• If you put something on a tee shirt or bumper sticker, shouldn't it be fair game for parody?
• Especially if that tee shirt reads "This blood's for you!"?
• Does it matter that Jack's character is a homosexual? How does that increase the severity of NBC's alleged blasphemy? Is it less serious if a heterosexual hosts a show called Cruci-fixins? If so, what is the exact multiplier we should use to quantify the gravity of a gay versus non-gay sin?
• Why didn't they mention the real sin here: having a fake star like Britney Spears appear on anything?
• If Will and Grace usually appears on Thursday nights, is it a deliberate slap in the face of Christians that Thursday happens to fall before Friday? I don't think NBC has anything to do with the way the days of the week are arranged. Should they move the show to Wednesday or Monday that week?
• Jews and Muslims are such a small percentage of the U.S. population that making fun of them would not necessarily be understood by a majority of Americans. However, Christians, by acting like knuckleheads on a regular basis, have made their peccadillos easy for the uninitiated to understand. Also, Jews and Muslims aren't the ones making the tee shirts.
• Write, call, blah, blah, blah. Once again, let's make sure America realizes that conservative Christians take themselves way too seriously and should have the world the way they want it. That will surely advance the kingdom of God. (This can be read as a note to certain Muslim extremists who are currently misbehaving around the world as well.)
• Kanye's mockery was to appear in a crown of thorns on RollingStone.com. Jesus was not the first or last person to be crucified. He probably wasn't the first to wear a crown of thorns either. The method and severity of his execution are not nearly as important as fundangelicals pretend they are. Yes, Kanye was making a statement about persecution, and he might even have a bit of a Messiah complex, but until someone does better trip-hop, leave the man alone. Besides, the best way to deal with exhibitionism is to ignore it not draw attention to it. Do you really believe that drawing attention to an attention hound is going to solve the problem?

Comments

[Trav the Okie Vegan]

I'll bet Britney's crucifixin' some meat--damn her to hell!

Those NBC bastards get their kicks ridiculing the real oppressed minority in this country: vegans.

Damn you NBC!!!! You haters of Christ and peace-loving vegetarians!!!!

[Joe]

I don't exactly understand what is wrong with the Book of Daniel. I find the show kind of funny. I guess that's because I work in a church full of knuckleheads (I still love them...sometimes:)).

[ambrose]

I was kind of disappointed that the Cruci-fixin was going to be a food segmetn on Jack's show, and not Gay-reversal therapy. Now that would have been excellent use of Britney's, uh, talents.

[Kon TIki]

Hey, I sent that to you because this is a serious issue. I can no longer stand around and watch "those" people mocking us any longer. Those people are currently fulfilling the prophecies as we speak. Don't you see? They are making great things like Mardel and TBN look like a farce. Why can't REAL people like Christians actually take over God's media? Isn't that what the Bible says? The wicked's scripts will be stored up for the righteous?

I was rather looking forward to someone actually doing a Christian cooking show, but I guess the idea has been tainted because of THOSE peoples quick wit.

Following I have listed some recipes I was rather looking forward to:

1. Nana's Mannah

2. Sinfully delicious but now redeemed fudge-packed donut holes

3. Lepre-tea

4. Jonah's fish sticks

5. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego's holy smores

*the following number has been skipped, since it's an evil digit

7. God's complete energy bars (for when you have an eternity of work and only seven days to do it)

8. Noah's delicious canning recipes

9. Quail to die for

10. of course...Jars of Clay new wine*

*must be consumed within 40 days or becomes unclean

Anyone with any of these recipes please e-mail them to me!

[whiskyprajer]

"Cruci-fixin's", eh? Sounds like Will & Grace are easing back into the laugh-track (though I doubt anything on this episode will get me laughing harder than the time they put Ellen Degeneres in a nun's habit, working for an outfit called "What A Friend We Have In Cheesecake").

[Robyn]

It is amazing to me that some people are willing to go to such trouble, instead of just turning off the television if it is such a bearer of offensiveness. I guess I am just lazy.

[Robyn]

p.s. it's only REALLY bad if K-Fed appears WITH Britney, otherwise it's ok

[Tom Hinkle]

...and if the networks and TV stations decide to go ahead and mock Christianity and Our Saviour by running this episode, every Bible-believing Christian should take to the streets (as if they don't have jobs), carry signs that say "Down with NBC" and throw rocks and bricks or even set fire to NBC affiliates. But wait a few months first, and make sure innocent people get hurt or killed in the process.

OOOOOPS!!!!!! Wrong religion! Excuse me!

[Brea]

Will and Grace would never allow the newly fat britney to appear as anything!

[Brooke]

but don't you still just love brit-brit. even though she did marry the white-trashest man in the world. i can't help it. i still like her. she should have her own show. oh wait, she already did.

[QatMan]

I agree the show's aim is to ridicule the Christian culture's tendency to "kitsch-ify" everything. With that goal, I think Britney Spears as the host is an absolute brilliant choice. In a cruel twist of irony, she has come to symbolize white trash America. You just know the host of a Christian cooking show would be the type to drive their kids around on their lap sans car seat as well.

[Scott Jones]

Actually, NBC denied almost all the details in that report and kept assuring folk that the episode was nothing like described.

[greg]

Scott,

NBC is saying that, but it all smells a little suspicious. Blaming it on a press release that "wasn't properly vetted" is a little unbelievable. How many times do you remember NBC or any major network sending out a press release and then saying, "Oops, we forgot to check that one"? And then are we really supposed to believe the synopsis for the entire show was wrong. Maybe you misspell Britney Spears (Brittany), but you certainly don't get the whole show wrong. I'm afraid the forces of evil known as the American Family Association have won again.