What would Jesus drive? gas-guzzling Americans are asked [MEGA GUARDIAN BARF ALERT]

The Guardian ^ | November 14, 2002 | Oliver Burkeman

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'What would Jesus drive?' gas-guzzling Americans are asked

Oliver Burkeman in New York

Thursday November 14, 2002

The Guardian

The midwestern United States, equally devout in its worship of God as in its worship of gas-guzzling four-wheel-drive vehicles, is about to be asked to choose between the two.

"What Would Jesus Drive?" is the slogan dominating a television advertising campaign about to blanket cities in Iowa, Indiana and Missouri, along with the southern state of North Carolina.

The question presumably did not arise in first-century Galilee, but the Christian group behind the ads believes the answer would not include sports utility vehicles, the fuel-inefficient, environmentally unfriendly monsters that rule America's roads.

"We have confessed Christ to be our saviour and Lord, and for us, that includes our transportation choices," the Rev Jim Ball, of the Washington-based Evangelical Environmental Network, said.

"Most folks don't think of transportation as a moral issue, but we're called to care for kids and for the poor, and filling their lungs with pollution is the opposite of caring for them."

The campaign's slogan is inspired by What Would Jesus Do?, a phrase ubiquitous among young Christians in the US who sport it on bracelets, clothing and customised Bible covers.

"We take seriously the question What Would Jesus Do?", Mr Ball said. "What Would Jesus Drive? is just a more specific version. What would he want me to do as a Christian? Would he want me to use public transportation?"

A coalition of religious groups, led by Christians and Jews, are due to launch a related campaign later this month in Detroit, America's car capital, where they have called for a meeting with representatives from the big three manufacturers, Ford, General Motors and DaimlerChrysler.

Though all three companies have begun to launch hybrid cars powered partly by electricity, SUVs, vans and pickups still account for half the new vehicles sold in the US. TV ads abound declaring them "professional grade" and built "like a rock".

Car companies say they are only responding to demand.

"If people would be demanding tailfins on cars, we'd be making tailfins on cars," said Eron Shosteck, of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.

At least one car maker is fighting on the same territory as Mr Ball: Chevrolet has been touring a series of nationwide evangelical rock concerts entitled Chevrolet Presents: Come Together and Worship, prompting condemnation from non-Christian groups.

"This may be a sign of the times," Rabbi James Rudin, spokesman for the American Jewish Committee, said recently. "But it's not a good sign."

[Let's Roll]

ROFLOL!

[Pookie Me]

Anything he wants to. Maybe a BMW.

Beamer Smeamer.. He'd drive a Porsche....

Pookie & ME

[Slewfoot]

Lovely sound.

[seeker41]

Jesus would drive a gold Hummer, he'd want to be able to go anywhere.

[Andy from Beaverton]

He would travel at the same speed as his voice.

[BearCub]

I've noticed that those who scream loudest about gas consumption and pollution (with pro-earth bumper stickers and the rest) are the ones who drive nasty smoking 70s-era cars that spew unburned hydrocarbons into my air.

I don't give a damn if someone uses 1 or 2 or 10 gallons of gas to get from A to B - what pisses me off is when half of that gas comes out of their tailpipe unburnt.

[logic101.net]

If wanted to drive something, I think it would be a Western Star. Or if he wanted to be discrete, maybe an Excalibur.

He sure wouldn't be in a Toyota!

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[razorbak]

King of Kings and Lord of Lords (REV. 19:11-16)

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[razorbak]

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[mdmathis6]

Christ would have interrupted that question with another question of that enviromental evangelist..."what does what I ride have to do with my command that all my servants preach the gospel to the whole world, making disciples of them in my Name?"

How-ever Christ would have ridden, remember Revelations:"Behold, I come QUICKLY.....!"

[mdmathis6]

BUMP! The pick-up would have been useful for helping lug around all those disciples...just as long as Judas Iscariat(Judas "the red") didn't drive him...lol!

By the way, you might consider Judas the archtypal communist. ("the red"). He criticized Jesus for allowing a lady of questionable repute to annoint his feet with expensive perfume...."should not that perfume had been sold with the money to be given to the poor!" Typical Liberal attitude..."the poor" meaning the money to Judas who"controlled the money box" of the disciples, according to scripture, so that he cold be in charge of dispersing it as he saw fit!

[Dataman]

You must be referring to the late and hypocritical Wellstone and all the other lefties (Gore and Toothy Joe, for example) in DC who preach(ed) and screech(ed) environmentalism while driving SUVs.

[Dataman]

"And God drove Adam and Eve out in a Fury"

And we also know what Joshua drove:

Joshua's Triumph was heard throughout the land."

[mdmathis6]

and tune the exhaust system so that it put out pure air with the correct proportions of gasses as exists in our atmosphere.

The bible points out three conveyances he ever used...a young donkey colt, walking, and boats on the sea of Galilee. Another words he would have used what was made available to him at the time. He could have also called down 10,000 angels who were instantly ready to do his bidding according to scripture, but that might have been overkill, and leading to the destruction of our planet...thank God for his Mercy!

[mdmathis6]

Just don't let Judas(the Red) drive...lol!

[Nam Vet]

Before I even read this article, I'll tell you what Jesus drives. HE drives liberals crazy!

Nam Vet

[Dataman]

Notice how the author of this article makes some sort of connection between Christians and gas-guzzling, based on some out of the ordinary group. Yet, we cannot make any sort of connection between Muslims and terrorism.

Logical consistency is not the strong suit of the finger-pointing Left. That's why it can be said that we possess all the right thinking and they have what's left.

[SamAdams76]

I think I just found it!