We Hate To See You Smile

The AFA, a “family-oriented” association, is choosing to boycott McDonald’s for donating money to a Gay and Lesbian organization.   The AFA is boycotting Mickey-D’s because they feel that McDonald’s should not take one side or the other in this “culture war.”

What I find absurd is that the AFA wishes some people to objectively rise above their squabble, while they themselves want to stay in the trenches.  If this “culture war” is about one side being right, and the other wrong, then shouldn’t everyone take sides, even fast food restaurants?

I guarantee you one thing, though: If McDonald’s had donated money to the AFA, the AFA would be applauding McD’s for choosing the right side and endorsing the God-sanctioned institution of marriage.

Once again, it’s not about the cause, it’s about the money, the politics, and the power.  I don’t think the AFA or anybody else concerned wants this “culture war” to end.  They’re all getting a lot of press that they otherwise wouldn’t get. 

But again, I guarantee you that if McD’s offered the money to the AFA, they wouldn’t have turned it down.  So their real objection should just be that the money wasn’t offered to them. 

A lot like the jaded kid in elementary school who didn’t get a tootsie roll like the kid beside him.

Stop your bitchin’, AFA.  Grow up. 

And buy a double-cheeseburger.

You know you want it.

Mmmm…

Christfollower

I am, although somewhat reluctantly, beginning to identify myself as a “christfollower.” It is the best term I’ve found so far as an alternative to “christian.”  The more I find myself at odds with conventional religion, the more I am trying to identify myself in a different way.

At first, I wasn’t fond of the term “christfollower.”  That was mainly because of those apple-like commercials on www.godtube.com, where you would have a short conversation between a christfollower and a christian.  The christian was stuck-up, and the christfollower was laid-back.  I thought those were pretty exclusive commercials that harshly judged the christian.

But now I’m beginning to see the advantage of calling yourself a christfollower.  A lot of us are at the point where we’re looking at the way christians have traditionally acted, and the way they have viewed faith itself.  And we’re not really liking what we see. 

In the past, I’ve been really critical of all things “emergent” and “postmodern.”  But I think I have a lot in common with those folks.  I still may disagree with a lot – but that’s something I’m finding out as well.  It’s not about signing the constitution of a new movement- it’s about following Jesus. 

And, really, that’s between you and Big Papa. 

Get it figured out.

Stupid Church People

I work for a phone company.  I find that the rudest people you’ll have to deal with are the ones from the churches.  Why is that?  I think it’s interesting, though…

Also, I used to manage a BBQ restaurant.  I would have to work on Sundays, and those were the worst days.  Why?  Because that’s when all the church people would come in, and order food, complain, leave lousy tips, and not throw their trash away.  

This was really bad for my co-workers, who already had really low opinions of people who claimed to follow Jesus. 

C’mon, church people.  Get your sh*t together.  Represent.