Let's Buy Jesus!, Religion & Consumer Products Options

[Comptine]

I was shopping at Urban Outfitters and was browsing their non-clothing section. I look around and see a giant pink thing. Upon closer inspection, it was a giant, pink Jesus. The little place tag in front of the item said Eight Ball Jesus. So I shake it and flip it over. Sure enough, it was an eight ball. When I put it down, I felt as if I disrespected one of the most important religious figures in Christianity (I'm not religious). Also, when I browsed through the tees at Urban Outfitters a little later, I found a tee that proclaimed 'Jesus is My Homeboy!'

I've been noticing lately how much of our consumer products are geared towards religious people (Not just Christianity. There was an Eight Ball Buddha and a Jew Unit shirt). Starbucks even started to print phrases from the Bible on their coffee cups.

If you are religious, are you happy to see your religion on products or do you feel as if it's disrespectful? If you aren't religious, do you feel uncomfortable about the influence of religious views?

[*disco infiltrator*]

Did you guys ever think that by wearing those shirts, these kids are making the religion more appealing to other teenagers, to get them more involved and interested in the religion? They see that these other kids are Christian and that it CAN be fun and not all just dull, boring crap, and they get interested and want to know what goes on in Christian settings. Doesn't this..help..the religion? All these products are just making the religion more appealing to the masses. Isn't that what Christians want? To spread Christianity? You would think that this would be the best thing anyone's ever thought of, not something bad.