Worst Christian Evar. Yet again.

[mrissa]

So. Many of us are familiar with the Christian Inspirational poem about "Footprints," right? The recap is: a person is reviewing his/her life as a set of footprints on a beach, with Jesus walking beside him/her. And Person notices that there was only one pair of footprints in the toughest times, and Jesus says, "My beloved child, that is when I carried you." So far, so Christian Inspirational, right?

So at the end of the Narnia movie, Lucy and Tumnus are watching Aslan walking on the beach, and my brain went: "Aslan, in my toughest times there was only one pair of footprints." "My beloved child, that is when I was hopping on my front paws."

Well, I also thought Alanis Morisette's God attempting handstands in "Dogma" was a wonderful religious moment, so you can't rely on me for these things. Or maybe you should; I'd certainly rather have a deity that hopped on its front paws from time to time, in some metaphorical sense.

Comments

[copperwise.livejournal.com]

*snort*

Oh, that's too good.

[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

*giggle* love it :)

[roadnotes.livejournal.com]

That's beautiful, in a warped and twisted way.

[apis-mellifera.livejournal.com]

I had pretty much the same thought when I saw that scene. :)

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

Me, too. *g*

[tanaise.livejournal.com]

me three!

further more, I had that running through my head today for no good reason (okay, techincally I was wondering if Jesus ever gets piggyback rides, and also, how the speaker can tell it was the worst parts of his life when he's just looking at the sand, for heaven's sake), and I couldn't figure out where I'd recently encountered that image. so thank you for clearing that up.

[ellarien]

The 'Footprints' thing did cross my mind when I saw Aslan on the beach; I wonder if it was intentional. I didn't think of that twist, though.

[sensational.livejournal.com]

HA! I thought of that poem at that moment in the film, too, and snickered and then had to explain. :)

[one-undone.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who liked Alanis Morisette's handstands as God in Dogma. I also loved when she beeped a nose. If God is too serious to beep a nose, I mean really, what's the point?

[gaaneden.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes. That is a lovely thought.

[thesaucernews.livejournal.com]

Yes. I'm sure you'll be laughing about it.... in Hell! ;)

Is it wrong that I was disappointed that Alanis/God was sporting granny panties when she did the handstand, though?

[spaceoperadiva.livejournal.com]

Heh.

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

Y'know what I think?

I think that's freakin' hilarious.

Of course, I am a Jewishy Jew, so what do I know? :-)

[zellandyne.livejournal.com]

Wonderful. Read that aloud to cosyne, who also loved it.