Comments on: Supply Side Jesus http://thejustlife.org/home/2008/04/04/supply-side-jesus/ Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly Wed, 09 May 2012 15:02:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: mikey http://thejustlife.org/home/2008/04/04/supply-side-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-13158 mikey Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:10:41 +0000 http://thejustlife.org/home/2008/04/04/supply-side-jesus/#comment-13158 pun not intended pun not intended

]]> By: mikey http://thejustlife.org/home/2008/04/04/supply-side-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-13157 mikey Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:09:59 +0000 http://thejustlife.org/home/2008/04/04/supply-side-jesus/#comment-13157 Sarah Elsele is right on the money. Sarah Elsele is right on the money.

]]> By: Keri http://thejustlife.org/home/2008/04/04/supply-side-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-11248 Keri Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:45:46 +0000 http://thejustlife.org/home/2008/04/04/supply-side-jesus/#comment-11248 Maybe the point of this strip is the Gospel being preached in all too many churches, that wealth is God's way of rewarding the faithful and we shouldn't give handouts to the poor. Al Franken came up with this by watching Christians. Maybe the point of this strip is the Gospel being preached in all too many churches, that wealth is God’s way of rewarding the faithful and we shouldn’t give handouts to the poor. Al Franken came up with this by watching Christians.

]]> By: Sarah Eisele http://thejustlife.org/home/2008/04/04/supply-side-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-2452 Sarah Eisele Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:55:16 +0000 http://thejustlife.org/home/2008/04/04/supply-side-jesus/#comment-2452 I could be wrong, but it seems as though this strip is simply reflecting modern glorification and worship of capitalism, at the expense of the true Gospel of Jesus. It leaves the reader a little unsure of what it's saying, what the point is, until Jesus Christ of Nazareth comes in, demonstrating the vast difference between the gospel of capitalism and the gospel of Jesus. Someone who agrees with the idea that capitalism is the type of economic system God would "endorse" might agree with this strip until it gets to the point of showing the true Jesus. Maybe it demonstrates the popularization and marketing that becomes involved with even justice issues, particularly the aspect of fair trade, which it mentions. Supply Side Jesus reflects the ideas of many Christians in America today, so putting those ideas into the mouth of Jesus makes them very striking and disconcerting. I think this strip is very effective, for me, anyway. I'm not sure how it would be received by people who hold these ideas as central to their Christian faith, though, as some do. I could be wrong, but it seems as though this strip is simply reflecting modern glorification and worship of capitalism, at the expense of the true Gospel of Jesus. It leaves the reader a little unsure of what it’s saying, what the point is, until Jesus Christ of Nazareth comes in, demonstrating the vast difference between the gospel of capitalism and the gospel of Jesus.

Someone who agrees with the idea that capitalism is the type of economic system God would “endorse” might agree with this strip until it gets to the point of showing the true Jesus. Maybe it demonstrates the popularization and marketing that becomes involved with even justice issues, particularly the aspect of fair trade, which it mentions.

Supply Side Jesus reflects the ideas of many Christians in America today, so putting those ideas into the mouth of Jesus makes them very striking and disconcerting. I think this strip is very effective, for me, anyway. I’m not sure how it would be received by people who hold these ideas as central to their Christian faith, though, as some do.

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