Every year I drive thousands of miles on Missouri highways encountering the most bizarre religious billboards, and every time I pass one up I feel like going back and taking a photo to prove that I didn’t make it up (like the one about Jesus and porn somewhere around Columbia, I think). Some day I will drive to St.Louis and Springfield with the only purpose of documenting religious and anti-abortion billboards, but until then there are few in the Metro to keep me entertained.
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I wouldn’t say I’ve been missing him, Bob.
I notice Jews don’t do billboards. Well, that’s if you don’t consider that Jesus was a Jew.
You haven’t seen anything yet. I wish you could witness some of the commentary that goes on inside the church I grew up in.
On the other hand, you might be proud in at least one respect — they take up an offering for an “Israel Defense” fund, from time to time. I recall when those came up, there was often a picture shown of a Shepard tending his flock of sheep on a hillside, or some such. Presumably, this imagery was to invoke biblical metaphor and/or show Israel as entirely defenseless (without your generous donation).
While I’ on the topic, have you seen or heard of the Jack Chick fliers? It’s a nice intersection, since they’re sort of pocket-sized versions of the billboards you’ve found — and they used to hand them out in my parent’s church.
Example: http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/5003/5003_01.asp
The trouble with you Russian immigrants is that you don’t understand the friggin CONSTITUION of the United States.
Congress is not supposed to “establish” religion, but neither can it prohibit the FREE EXERCISE THEREOF.
So, I know you and that other little Russian Igor who vomits on the Bill Tammeus Blog several times a day would like to do somothing about religion, but you need to remember…
You ain’t IN RUSSIAN ANYMORE!
First of all,I can spell better than you. I never said anything about banning the billboards.I just said that the content of the billboards is ridiculous. It’s not “join our church”,but “who in the hell doesn’t want you baptized”. WTF does it even mean.It does nothing to promote religion,just gives people like me something to ridicule.
I encountered something similar in my Saudi Arabian travels.
All those ‘Got Mohammed?’ and ‘Jihad today or 72 virgins no way!’ adverts. I didn’t see any churches or synagogues, though.
Religious & economic freedom. Gotta luv it!
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Billboard freedom supporters should be proud to have Anti Iggy in their ranks… it’s almost as good as having Rush or Pat Robertson.
You should definitely drive to a specific stretch of highway between Columbia and Wentzville on I-70 JAM-PACKED with some of the most hysterical (read: blatantly false) anti-abortion ads mixed in with adverts for 24-HOUR PORN ARCADES!
Like:”your baby had hiccups befor she was born?”. I wanted to take a photo of that one really bad. But the worst ones are around Springfield on HWY 44
Springfield is where the Assembly of God headquarters is located; I imagine that has something to do with there being so many such billboards in that area.
Based on where that “missing Jesus” sign is located it should be more like..What would Jesus’ cardboard box sign say at the end of the interchange?
As a Jew, I used to love finding those old Jack Chick comic books in bathrooms and pay phone stalls, and ridiculing them. I love the one where the rock record store is actually the gateway to Hell!
I hate all billboards. I wish they were against the law. They are an eyesore. Jesus very profoundly said the church is to be his hands and feet……I notice most of my Christian brothers and sisters using more mouth than hands and feet.
Boy I couldn’t agree more with jocoeveryman what passes for Christianity today is a far cry from the simple and beautiful original message.