{"id":1830,"date":"2007-01-04T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-04T09:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/01\/christian-graffiti.html"},"modified":"2007-01-04T09:14:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-04T09:14:00","slug":"christian-graffiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/01\/christian-graffiti.html","title":{"rendered":"Christian Graffiti??"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sounds like an oxymoron. When I first read this<\/a> I thought that maybe it was a youth group stunt but even youth pastors have more sense then this (just kidding, well sort of).<\/p>\n

A Jesus-loving graffiti vandal struck sometime late Tuesday or early Wednesday at a Murrieta business complex, spray-painting messages of salvation on vehicles parked outside.
\n[…]
\nDeclarations such as “Jesus died for sinners,” “Jesus loves you!” and “Jesus saves! Are you saved?” were sprayed in red and gold all over a pair of panel trucks behind the building at Jefferson Avenue and Fig Street, which is occupied by furniture and home decor stores. A white van out front also was hit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My question is: what would possess a person to believe that people would be receptive to the message when it’s been spray painted on their property? Do they think the unbeliever might think it’s a message from God? “I didn’t believe that God existed until I read on my car that Jesus loved me. Now I know there is a God.” Or that people would be so relieved that someone loved them enough to vandalize their car?
\nThen there’s this at the end of the article:<\/p>\n

“They’re going to go to hell,” Barriga said under her breath, her eyes widening. “But I’m not judging<\/span>.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Umm, yes you are.<\/p>\n

Tags: Christianity<\/a>, Christian<\/a>, religion<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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