"And this is Mr. Christ, our Loan Department Manager..."

[Tyler Durden]

"He will be handling your account's FINAL APPROVAL, of course."

This is a real painting hanging on the wall of some Fundamentalist Bank in the Midwestern Hinterlands, titled (get this) "Unending Riches." I got it from a New Your Times Sunday magazine feature all about the Fundie Business Movement, or How Jesus wants to make your Bottom Line soar through the Pearly Gates.

Ew.

[underpants]

1. Achy breaky Jesus ?

[meegbear]

2. So if I accept Jesus as my personal savior ...

do I get free checking?

[Tyler Durden]

4. CERTAINLY! And a HEAVENLY rate on all CD's and MONEY MARKET accounts!

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. Oh my - I wish the fundy fucks would realize that's way more heretical than Golden Compass.

:puke:

:mad:

:grr:

:rant:

:nuke:

[chemenger]

5. That is really scary.

I thought JC's message was basically "Ask not want I or your neighbors can dor for you ... ask what you can do for your neighbors."

This picture shows to what lengths these fundie asswipes have gone to subvert JC's message. What was it Tammy Faye (Baker) said ... "if you want a recreational vehicle, tell God want color you want." Yea, just send your money in to us and we'll see to it that God delivers you your RV right up to your driveway.

[Kucinich4America]

6. So Jesus trashed the temple because of the moneychangers

and now He's working in a bank?

Yeah, right?

I can guess their next ad campaign already....

JESUS SAVES!!! At Fundieland Mutual Bank.

[Tyler Durden]

10. He was weeding out the competition.

[radfringe]

13. thank-you...now I have to wipe orange soda off of my screen...

keyboard, desk, sweater, pants, shoes.....

[Wapsie B]

14. My thoughts exactly.

They're worshipping the Golden Calf. This fundie business consortium is a very real thing. It'd be nice to have a listing of all those wonderful enterprises so we could try our hardest to give our hard-earned $$$ to someone else.

[madeline_con]

18. That is awesome eom

[MonkeyFunk]

7. Of course he went into banking

he's (whispers) jewish

[NewWaveChick1981]

8. That's even worse than this one...

:puke: "Divine Counselor" by Harry Anderson. I laughed my ASS off when I saw a print of this in an antique store a few months ago because I thought it was a joke.

[TrogL]

9. It's part of the "word faith" thing

Rich people are holy, otherwise they wouldn't be rich.

Name that logical fallacy.

[northzax]

11. seems we had a faith like that already

called Calvinism. sheesh, talk about a little plagiarizing.

[TrogL]

15. I don't get "word faith" out of Calvanism

...at least how it's explained on Wikipedia.

Can you expand on that?

[northzax]

24. not "word faith" per se

but a belief (as Calvinism was often practiced, and is still practiced) that determinism enables wealth. The wealthy are that way because God chose them to be, and therefore there is nothing wrong with anything you do (you are either chosen or not, and you can tell if you are chosen if you are successful, natch) Modern Calvinism is, among other things, incredibly popular among Swiss bankers, for instance.

[DarkTirade]

12. I've always been tempted to name a child 'Andy Christ' :P

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. I'll be damned if Jesus gets his hands on my receipt!

He'd probably get blood all over it. x(

[datasuspect]

17. that new fellow in derivatives and currency, uh, jesus

yeah, he's really sharp, went to harvard. did his MBA and JD there too. i think he was at Altschuler, Mendel, and Steinmetz before he came here. he's really going places. has a fucking corner office too, and he's only in his early 30s.

[Tafiti]

19. Early 30's?

Just a hunch, but he's about to meet a real tragic ending pretty soon...too bad, great guy.

[Tyler Durden]

21. Yeah, but if he doesn't divest his dollar accounts, he could really get CRUCIFIED!

I couldn't resist.

[Kutjara]

22. Yeah, but he's really full of himself.

SOB thinks he can walk on water.

[Tafiti]

20. That's fantastic.

I actually saw this in person a few months back in some heating & cooling place. I laughed and laughed.

[Kutjara]

23. I assume Mr. Satan works in the foreclosure department? n/t

[Joey Liberal]

25. Good one! n/t