More T-Shirts

I've done the whole "I don't like Christian T-Shirts" thing before, but these one left a particularly bad taste in my mouth.



I don't like this one on a superficial level. I hate Papyrus as a font. It seems trivial, but the point is that nobody who has studied design or typography would use this font. Why is it that Christians in art settle for mediocre? Why don't we strive towards excellence in all things?




This one is the class 'put a pretty image there, and people will respond' Just throwing in puppies, kittens, little babies in strawberry suits, etc, doesn't make for a good grpahic, or even an impactful one. Again, we can do better in terms of art.



This one harkens to the idea that the USA is like the new promised land. It closely associates Jesus, with concepts like nationalism and that's a dangerous thing to do.





I'm not a fan of ripping off famous logos and putting Jesus in their either. Though arguably this is debateable. It's good design, and doesn't offend. I just don't think it's the best way to go about it.





This one ties Jesus to the concept of military and war. It doesn't offer the latitude in terms of personal belief that Jesus offers his followers in the Bible. Jesus presents a balance. He came to bring both peace and the sword, not just the sword.



This one is ridiculous in how it presents it's point of view. Rather than encouraging one to rethink their notions on being pro-choice or pro-life, it simply cuts off everyone who doesn't think like the t-shirt wearer. Why? It only causes hatered, not love.






This one is the same as above, but even worse. This perpetuates huge division in Christianity. Why are brothers attacking brothers?





Again, over the top, in your face, and completely insensitive to the culture around us. All it does is let people know that the person wearing it believes in hell, and also holds God's knowledge on who gets to go or not. I know many new Christians need this kind of thing, where they must take other people down to build themselves up, but my hope is that people around them would help them though this stage. I know I needed to be helped through it.



Again, taking a very political stance on a very debateable subject. The Bible is clear how those who strive after God should live. It doesn't say whether Christians have to right to impose this law on others, leaving this wide open to discussion. This t-shirt fails to respect that. (For the sake of this post, I'm not going to comment on my own stance on the issue)



"We" win. "You" loose. You are other. We are the privilidged whom God loves more, and you are the loosers in this game of life. This is Christians not respecting the culture God has placed them in at all. This is overtly anti-biblical. We are called to love one another, and encourage people to choose in to Jesus. This simply draws an us vs. them line.



So with all that negativity, here's one I think is actually admerable. For one, it respects the culture around us. It addresses a need that both Christian and non-Christian can work together on (giving blood), it doesn't deminish Christ in any way, but instead lauds his actions on the cross. It's ambiguous enough to spur discussion, not argument, and it points the reader to Scripture. I think it's actually pretty good!