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Old Dec 4, 2002 | 02:30 PM
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Would Jesus drive a MINI?

Or maybe a Prius? But never an Escalade...
What Would Jesus Drive? SF Chronicle, 12/4/02
 
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Old Dec 4, 2002 | 05:01 PM
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I think Jesus would drive sandals. Or maybe a skateboard...
 
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Old Dec 4, 2002 | 05:02 PM
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I love it!
 
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Old Dec 4, 2002 | 06:57 PM
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That article is a little silly, but if you click on the link to the actual WWJDrive website there is a video download of their TV commercial that is very amusing.

Not really a church-going type myself, but I'm certainly impressed with whoever put this together. I certainly agree with all 5 of the bulleted points in their pledge.

What Would Jesus Drive?

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Old Dec 4, 2002 | 07:07 PM
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A TRIUMPH
 
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Old Dec 4, 2002 | 07:14 PM
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The Man would drive a Mini MOKE! ( ... Moke is another name for Donkey)
... you see those pictures all the time: the Lord on His Moke ...
 
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Old Dec 4, 2002 | 07:30 PM
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I think His Holiness the Dalai Lama would! He is such a happy being- he exudes joy! He would have such a great time in a MINI! FREE TIBET!
 
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Old Dec 4, 2002 | 09:42 PM
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Well, Jesus is my constant companion and one awesome Co-pilot!.


Is He yours, too?

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Old Dec 5, 2002 | 02:15 AM
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My opinion is certainly arguable, but the MINI is really the first car that I have seen that gives me the ability to have a high-performance car without too much guilt over what I am doing to the environment.

I'll get a fuel-cell powered MINI if they will make one for me (as long as I get to also have my MCS too!)

Uh, oh, now I'm being greedy and starting to covet things that are not mine. . . P

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Old Dec 5, 2002 | 04:56 AM
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This appeared recently on http://www.andrewsullivan.com:

What Would Jesus Drive? One theory is that Jesus would tool around in an old Plymouth because "the Bible says God drove Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden in a Fury." But in Psalm 83, the Almighty clearly owns a Pontiac and a Geo. The passage urges the Lord to "pursue your enemies with your Tempest and terrify them with your Storm." Perhaps God favors Dodge pickup trucks, because Moses' followers are warned not to go up a mountain "until the Ram's horn sounds a long blast." Some scholars insist that Jesus drove a Honda but didn't like to talk about it. As proof, they cite a verse in St. John's gospel where Christ tells the crowd, "For I did not speak of my own Accord..." Meanwhile, Moses rode an old British motorcycle, as evidenced by a Bible passage declaring that "the roar of Moses' Triumph is heard in the hills." Joshua drove a Triumph sports car with a hole in its muffler: "Joshua's Triumph was heard throughout the land." And, following the Master's lead, the Apostles car pooled in a Honda... "The Apostles were in one Accord."


 
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Old Dec 5, 2002 | 05:00 AM
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I thought Jesus Chrysler drove a Dodge...

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Old Dec 5, 2002 | 05:11 AM
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I knew it would be a matter of time before religon got into this site.
 
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Old Dec 5, 2002 | 05:14 AM
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Jesus would drive a Mini. However, it would need to be a JCW Mini or a Mini S with some mod work.

Need proof? http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/cl...008344-7642323

(Note: you need a Real Audio player. It is Track 5.)

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Old Dec 5, 2002 | 10:29 AM
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The Andrew Sullivan quote is a riff (if not an unattributed swipe) from a page several years old. Some posted the link here a while ago, and it includes all the appropriate pictures.

In any event, everyone knows Jesus Built My Hotrod. For those lovers of trivia, that's Brad Dourif as Hazel Motes in Wise Blood in the sampled dialog.
 
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Old Dec 5, 2002 | 10:38 AM
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I don't know but when I was a kid they were still talking Latin
in church. I remember something.....youtakthebus,theytakethebus,
itakethebus....that is it....He takes the bus.

 
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Old Dec 5, 2002 | 12:00 PM
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youtakthebus,theytakethebus,
itakethebus....that is it....He takes the bus.
hehe :smile:
 
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Old Dec 5, 2002 | 12:34 PM
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>>The Andrew Sullivan quote is a riff (if not an unattributed swipe) from a page several years old. Some posted the link here a while ago, and it includes all the appropriate pictures.
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>>In any event, everyone knows Jesus Built My Hotrod. For those lovers of trivia, that's Brad Dourif as Hazel Motes in Wise Blood in the sampled dialog.
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I knew it was Brad Dourif but never which movie. Cool! Thanks for the 411. You wouldn't happen to know where the "Dingadangdongmylangalonglinglong" comes from?

BTW, I bumped into Ministry at dinner last year in Chicago (Their old home turf.). Wait a minute! Ministry......Jesus.......coincidence? I THINK NOT!!!!!!


 
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Old Dec 5, 2002 | 01:02 PM
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Jesus cruises around Mexico in his Lowrider, along with his friends Juan, Pedro, and girlfriend Juanita.


 
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Old Dec 5, 2002 | 01:07 PM
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>>Jesus cruises around Mexico in his Lowrider, along with his friends Juan, Pedro, and girlfriend Juanita.
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Ay, Caramba! Dios mio!
 
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Old Dec 5, 2002 | 03:06 PM
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>>I knew it was Brad Dourif but never which movie. Cool! Thanks for the 411. You wouldn't happen to know where the "Dingadangdongmylangalonglinglong" comes from?
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>>BTW, I bumped into Ministry at dinner last year in Chicago (Their old home turf.). Wait a minute! Ministry......Jesus.......coincidence? I THINK NOT!!!!!!
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I was reading Wise Blood this summer, and the movie apparently uses the dialog verbatim. I have the CD, it hasn't seen the inside of a CD player in, oh, eight years. So I walked around my apartment for about an hour reading the passage aloud hoping it would trigger the memory. It did, I'm pleased to say; score one for humans over Google. I always assumed the "dingadang..." is Gibby (who is a guest on the CD, right?).

And if you haven't read Wise Blood, do.
 
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Old Dec 5, 2002 | 04:15 PM
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jesus walks on water...why would he need a SUV ?
 
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Old Dec 6, 2002 | 07:40 PM
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What carpenter doesn't drive a truck?
 
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Old Dec 6, 2002 | 08:53 PM
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>>What carpenter doesn't drive a truck?


Pulling a bass boat...He was a fisherman too
 
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Old Dec 6, 2002 | 08:56 PM
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A truck as in SVT Lightining :smile:
 
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Old Dec 6, 2002 | 10:03 PM
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"... would Jesus wear a Rolex on his television show....?"
 
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