In Search of Sactified Bad Taste

During one of those all-too-frequent digressions in a SWNID classroom this week, a student offered the interesting but still unconfirmed opinion that the Objective Ministries web site is actually a parody. He offers further the testimony of the venerable Museum of Hoaxes, which opines, but cannot definitively confirm, that hoax it is. Wikipedia, which has had its own problems lately, agrees.

Having linked this amazing site before, SWNID confesses his deep desire that this student's opinion prove true. However, with other voices at the Museum of Hoaxes, we must admit that this over-the-top site has too many signs of seriousness and authenticity to assume safely that it is intentionally farcical. We hope that it is, we believe that it might be, but we are unwilling to commit our lives, our treasure and our sacred honor as SWNID to this proposition.

Truth is, the best Christian humor is generally unintentional.

And here's a site that demonstrates it: Jesus of the Week. The fine folks at this web site compile examples of tasteless Jesus products and renderings from around the world.

SWNID is aware that at least one gentle reader is a sort of collector of these oddities, so we urge him and others to follow the link for some cultural enrichment.

And we offer our own "Jesus of the Week." These are photos from a SWNID family vacation at Mammoth Cave in 2003. We report the surprising news that the Golgotha Fun Park, including its biblically themed miniature golf course, was closed, having apparently failed to capture the public's religious and recreational interest.