[dangus]

Listen, I was hoping to get a good sense of what some people thought of this... When you start saying things like "The Jesus I know doesn't seem like a clown or a mime to me" and asking for "cultists" to "spin," in a context of "fir[ing] away" you make it hard for people to wrote openly.

You've made some insightful comments on this thread, and I appreciate them, but frankly, "The Jesus I know doesn't seem like a clown or mime to me" is hardly a unique or deep thought.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

OK. I don't experience any connection between clown/mime imagery and the Christ I was raised to worship as a Roman Catholic. I don't view it as inappropriate for me to admit that. Can we see Christ in all different kinds of people...school teachers, housewives, lonely hearts, drunks, prostitutes, bank clerks, lawyers, poliece men, constuction workers, maids, waitresses, etc. ? YES, indeed. I'm just not fond of the clown imagery brought into the Catholic Christological focus. It doesn't do anything for me.

Granted, that's a personal opinion and a matter of taste. I welcome anyone's input who wants to convince us of the efficacy of the "Jesus-as-a-clown" theology. Apologies if it seemed lacking in "unique or deep thought." If I have offended clown fans or mime enthusiasts, they was not the main point.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

If there has ever been a "Pink Floyd" or "Dark Side of the Moon" Mass, I'd be interested to hear the details...