Originally published at: A Pro-Trump Christian Group Wants to Put a Cross on the Moon
The Christian right has been gaining traction in Washington, D.C. under President Donald Trump. And now, one Trump-aligned religious group has their sights set on the moon. “Cross on the Moon Coalition” says they are “on a spiritual mission to send a cross to the lunar surface to consecrate the heavens and remind humanity that…
“Cross on the Moon Coalition” says they are “on a spiritual mission to send a cross to the lunar surface to consecrate the heavens and remind humanity that God is the King of the universe.”
Surely there’s a congressional majority that’ll authorize that public expenditure easy peasy.
It’s so clearly a more necessary and profound investment than, say, the National Weather Service.
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It seems to me that the population of the Moon is a little low to be installing the infrastructure for capital punishment.
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send a cross to the lunar surface to consecrate the heavens
Idiots. If you believe God is omnipotent, then he knows he owns the heavens and they’re fully ‘consecrated’ already. Basically you are so arrogant that you think your deity needs help? Or is this just more strutting and hubris so you can show the rest of us how ubiquitous you think you are?
Waste money on a cross on the moon. But I’m pretty sure if you read the bible, you’d find your deity would be more pleased if you fed widows and housed orphans with the money.
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“The idea is really to find a big space advocate who hasn’t found the Lord yet. Ideally, we would want to convert someone like Elon Musk. The world would just be a whole lot better if we could, evangelize Musk and then make him into an evangelist,” Park told the Messenger.
I guess insane giggling on my part is poor form.
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A Pro-Trump Christian Group Wants to Put a Cross on the Moon
Who are they planning on crucifying?
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That
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Don’t understand.
No one there to fleece
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A cross on the moon isn’t going to matter anyway. Do you know what’s already up there? Spacecraft debris, messages from world leaders. golf balls, pictures of family, flags, personal mementos, and 96 bags of human waste. Sure, do your part to junk up God’s creation.
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“..because we also don’t want [it] to get knocked over later on..” Oh, that’s good thinking. Don’t want those fierce lunar gales to blow it over.
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It is the journey, not the destination.
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A cross in honor of the man who’s an atheist because he’s too lazy or disinterested to be one. Unlike many of us who have given deep thought to our choices regarding religion, including rejecting it in our personal lives.
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It’s always baffled me that people call that particular icon a cross. A cross looks like this: + or x. A crucifix decidedly does not look like either of those. It’s as if Christians want to de-gruesome-ize the very nature of their sacred symbol while retaining all of its other cherished barbarity; i.e. eating/drinking the body/blood of Jesus Christ, etc.
George Carlin used to do a hilarious routine about the Second Coming and Jesus being greeted by a bunch religious yahoos bedecked in crucifixes.
I could almost hear their Lord and Savior mumbling, “What a life.”
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“Of all bad men, religious bad men are the worst.” – C.S. Lewis
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Who is going to tell Justin Park that the US doesn’t own or have the deed to the Moon?
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It’s not insane giggling. It’s perfectly sane giggling and I am confident that there are a number of us who have joined you.
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Finally. A replacement for happy hour.
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