UPDATE: Jesus Hot Tops
As a follow-up to my previous post, I offer this item from the October/November issue of Free Inquiry:
Graphic images and religious sentiments are being combined to produce a new line of T-shirts that will offend some, satisfy others, and will perhaps be a money-maker for marketers of Christian-themed items. Some samples: The "Lord's Gym T-shirt" shows Jesus Christ straining under the cross, then the words, "The weight of the world's sins. Bench press this!" Also from the Christian apparel company Living Epistles is the "spiritual warfare" shirt: under the slogan "Razing Hell" a demon is shown getting beaten up. Marketers are hoping the shirts will boost clothing sales, which now account for 2 percent of the $4 billion in Christian retail sales, although this figure does not include online sales of T-shirts or sales at festivals and concerts. Also to watch is reaction from school administrators, who may be in a quandary over whether to allow the shirts, with their overtly religious messages, in schools.
The Christian Science Monitor has also posted an interesting story on Christian fashion (as sported by corrupt Hollywood celebrities like Lara Flynn Boyle!).
Someone should do a survey to figure out whose face has appeared on more t-shirts: Jesus or Kurt Cobain. Images of crosses, shotguns, Dave Grohl, or syringes don't count!
Graphic images and religious sentiments are being combined to produce a new line of T-shirts that will offend some, satisfy others, and will perhaps be a money-maker for marketers of Christian-themed items. Some samples: The "Lord's Gym T-shirt" shows Jesus Christ straining under the cross, then the words, "The weight of the world's sins. Bench press this!" Also from the Christian apparel company Living Epistles is the "spiritual warfare" shirt: under the slogan "Razing Hell" a demon is shown getting beaten up. Marketers are hoping the shirts will boost clothing sales, which now account for 2 percent of the $4 billion in Christian retail sales, although this figure does not include online sales of T-shirts or sales at festivals and concerts. Also to watch is reaction from school administrators, who may be in a quandary over whether to allow the shirts, with their overtly religious messages, in schools.
The Christian Science Monitor has also posted an interesting story on Christian fashion (as sported by corrupt Hollywood celebrities like Lara Flynn Boyle!).
Someone should do a survey to figure out whose face has appeared on more t-shirts: Jesus or Kurt Cobain. Images of crosses, shotguns, Dave Grohl, or syringes don't count!
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