{"id":3693,"date":"2011-01-24T21:31:23","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T21:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=3693"},"modified":"2011-01-24T21:46:33","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T21:46:33","slug":"of-anwar-al-awlaki-and-bold-christian-clothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=3693","title":{"rendered":"Of Anwar al-Awlaki and Bold Christian Clothing"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> ]<\/p>\n

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I am, admittedly, very interested in religion, and Christianity has been the mother-lode for me of the imagery, gestures and profound words that can move heart, soul, mind and imagination into a greater depth.<\/p>\n

Advertising, on the other hand… well, let’s just say that the best of it plays on imagination, too, but it is generally more of an intrusion upon<\/strong> \u2013 via billboards on landscapes, via commercials in movies, or via irritating jingles and catch phrases that subvert my best attempts at quieting the mind \u2013 than an experience of<\/strong> the kind of depth that religion at its best can offer.<\/p>\n

But if you are interested in religion, and click online in enough of the right places, advertising that has “religious” content<\/strong> will be targeted to you.<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

And so it is that I went online this morning to check out something about al-Awlaki on Islamic Awakening<\/a>, an American jihadist forum, and found myself invited to consider, instead, wearing some “bold Christian clothing”.<\/p>\n

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This was while I was researching al-Awlaki, right? the Muslim jihadist preacher?<\/p>\n

at:<\/p>\n

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a site with its own curious graphics\u2026<\/p>\n

And looking closer at that logo, isn’t that some sort of triumphalist armored vehicle I see?<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

Well, never averse to a pretty girl, and noticing the one in the Bold Christian<\/strong> ad, I thought I’d taker a look at Bold Christian Clothing to find out what sort of fashion sense was popular among the younger Christian set just now, and found I <\/a> could obtain t-shirts with such comforting images as these\u2026<\/p>\n

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— this one’s symbolic of our relatively new century, I guess\u2026<\/p>\n

or this:<\/p>\n

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which I am praeternaturally fond of since my online moniker is hipbone<\/strong>, with its veiled reference to the Valley of the Dry Bones<\/strong> in that very same chapter 37 of Ezekiel…<\/p>\n

and then there’s this masterfully supremacist rendering of a part of the Lord’s Prayer<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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which I must admit isn\u2019t the image of Thy Kingdom Come<\/strong> that springs to mind when I personally hope and pray for heaven on earth.<\/p>\n

What exactly is it, you may ask? According to the manufacturer, it’s<\/p>\n

The Lord’s Prayer — “Thy Kingdom Come” with an Angel holding the cross, Horses, skulls under the horses, and palm trees (with Shield and Pacific Oracle cross logo added)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s also “the softest, smoothest shirt we sell” \u2026 “made from combed cotton for your added comfort” and gives “a flattering and stylish fit to virtually any body type”.<\/p>\n

I on the other hand think it looks more like a photoshopped variant of the Quadringa statue in London that celebrates Wellington’s victory over Napoleon<\/strong> at Waterloo:<\/p>\n

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*<\/p>\n

In light of all this, I do believe I’ll just wear white \u2013 although even that could be misinterpreted, I guess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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