Young, middle-class, introspective Christians and blogs.
What is it with young, middle-class, introspective Christians and blogs? You’ll be reading a blog at random and it will start out the usual way, you know:
So, nothing much happened today, I’m heading back to uni next week so I ought to start packing. Dad’s got a new roofrack for the Mondeo so hopefully I can take my full set of Friends DVDs this time
and so on, and just as you’re about to sack it in and try something else it’ll be:
and thinking of roofracks, I wonder if they can teach me something about my relationship with Jesus - what I really want is not just to carry Jesus with me, like my complete set of Friends DVDs, but to have Him inside me, guiding me from within. I’ll raise it with my church group when we meet on Tuesday - we’re meeting on the Monday too but that’s our Virginity Pledge Barbecue, which reminds me, I have to pick up the frankfurters and buns.
Not that I’ve anything against young, middle-class, introspective Christians writing young, middle-class, introspective, Christian blogs. But just for once it would be nice to read something like:
and thinking of roofracks, I wonder if I really believe in God after all. Perhaps I’ll give the Christianity a break for a while and try to persuade my girlfriend to go all the way, safely of course, in the back of my dad’s Mondeo. Perhaps I’ll just stop worrying about my relationship with Jesus, go AWOL from my Alpha course, and blog about normal young, middle-class, instrospective stuff like how frightened I am of chavs, and having friends round for a 15-series Friends DVD marathon, and how unfair it is that I can’t get funding for my PhD, even though my tutor says I’m going to get at least a 2:2 like everyone else.
On second thoughts, I’ll stick with the Christians.
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i’d like to see that too. i did the alpha course. the vicar didn’t like me by the time we’d finished the course.
Posted on 01-Jun-06 at 4:29 pm | PermalinkA friend tried to persuade me to do the alpha course - and seemed a little surprised at the vehemence with which I refused. To this day, I can’t imagine why she thought I might …
Posted on 02-Jun-06 at 2:11 am | PermalinkThey have barbecues? Maybe I’m not a christian after all, we never had Virginity Pledge Barbecues. Or the Alpha course. Hmmmm, what does this tell me about my relationship with Jesus? Nothing.
Does make me feel like burgers for lunch tho.
Posted on 02-Jun-06 at 2:16 am | Permalinkroach: was that because you’re just not very nice?
pog: to be fair to your friend, as a non-believer you are exactly the target market of the Alpha course
Pete: sounds like you missed out!
Posted on 02-Jun-06 at 6:41 am | PermalinkYeah, Damn it, perfect opportunity to try to pull speak about chastity.
Posted on 02-Jun-06 at 6:44 am | Permalinkoh, strikethrough doesn’t work here, that makes no sense with out it!
Posted on 02-Jun-06 at 6:44 am | PermalinkI’d like to pull some speak about chastity.
Posted on 02-Jun-06 at 7:56 am | PermalinkYou underestimate how interesting life in the Christian Union can be. Take breaking up with your girlfriend for instance:
(1) Non-Christian Breakup:
“I’m sorry Esther, I think we should split up. It’s me. I’m not good enough for you. I’m just not ready for a commitment”
Esther; “Fuck off”.
(2) Christian Breakup
“Sarah, I’ve prayed long and hard about this and I’m pretty sure God wants me to split up with you”.
Sarah: “So you are saying both you and God are rejecting me?”
“Would you like to pray about it?”
Sarah: “I’d like to tell you to go fuck yourself”
“I’m afraid you’re not allowed to do that”.
It’s all there if you read between the lines.
Posted on 02-Jun-06 at 11:03 am | PermalinkHa ha. Dumped by the Lord.
Posted on 05-Jun-06 at 1:54 pm | PermalinkI wonder how often they succeed with such a target market, ace. Not often, I betcha.
Posted on 07-Jun-06 at 3:20 am | Permalink