Pop Culture Jesus: Part One

I'm pretty interested in all the ways that Jesus comes across in pop culture these days. Weirdly enough, Jesus is used as a 'meme' (if you aren't familiar with the term, just look it up on Wikipedia.) Now, most of these Jesus memes are pretty offensive. They're supposed to provide some sort of comedic relief, but it is really easy to find them offensive. That's because they are, in fact, offensive.

Anyway, here's the first set of Jesus memes: Jerk Jesus. It's actually called a different name, but I think it's probably inappropriate to post the name here. I've also blacked out any inappropriate words just for the sake of keeping the offensiveness to a minimum. Most of the pictures were initially art of Jesus inspiring people in every day life, but someone somewhere on the internet decided they'd be better with super-offensive captions. These are some of the more mild variations of the meme.

As you can see, they aren't exactly the most cultured or sophisticated captions. Some audiences may find them funny, but it's curious how easy it is for people in pop culture to mess with a religion. These Jesus memes are scattered across the web and there are tons of people laughing at them... but at what expense?

That's it for the first installment. Stay tuned.