A reader sent me an example of religious kitsch, but just to be on the safe side, I’m going to have to put it below the fold. There’s nothing obscene about the work in question, but I dare you to look at it and not have wildly inappropriate thoughts skitter through your brain.
I think we need a caption contest for this one.
George says
Okay, just eeewwwww….
Brad says
Jesus is the way, the wang, and the light.
holbach says
How about “Flip my switch and be enlightened” Sorry.
Kerlyssa says
For he is the Gloryhole, and the Light.
David Spector says
How does that old Hymn go…
“Jesus loves the little children….”
Yikes.
Marcus Ranum says
“trust me.”
MartinM says
Suffer the little children to come unto me? Seems rather backwards at present.
Steve Murphy says
(said in the faux-Burns computer voice used by Wayland Smithers – a hat tip to fellow Simpsons nerds):
He-lo Chil-dren. You… are… quite.. good.. at.. turning… me… on..
Cuttlefish, OM says
What an interesting tidbit of kitsch
Iconography sure is a bitch
But I’m sure that the thrust
Of the thought is: You must
Turn on Jesus’s love, like a switch
He said “I am the way and the light”
And his love is a beautiful sight
If you join with his flock, you
Will see–he won’t shock you;
Turn him on, though, and maybe he might
maxi says
“Kneel down before me….”
Anon says
Why are that little boy’s hands in his pockets?
Bruce says
Spare the staff and spoil the child?
Great, the cyber cops are already at the door.
Dan says
Jesus is lust!
dWhisper says
Well… given that the priests take wine as blood literally, we knew that sexual trauma and repression had to be “justified” somewhere too…
maxi says
I’m worried where the girl’s right hand is headed.
Der Bodenschatz says
This…is…so…wrong.
kim says
“Get it out of the darkness!”
Moses says
I’ll see your pedophile Jesus and raise you a Jesus dildo.
Peter Ashby says
‘Aw now the kids can see what I’m like in the dark.’
Mike Huben says
The “What Would Jesus Do” switchplate for Catholic seminaries.
Greg Laden says
When I was about nine years old, my family and I attended a church in some remote village in northern New York while on vacation. The priest walked out before mass and said “Is anyone here an expert on electronics.” As an amateur radio operator, I raised my hand thinking I could get God-Brownie points.
The priest said “Thank you, young man, would you mind flipping off the light switch over there by the door…”
Priests … always trying to be funny.
So here are my entries:
“Let there be light. But always use a condom”
“Turn On Jesus”
“How many priests does it take to turn on a light bulb? … ”
By the way, I love the fact that the children on this wall switch (which I assume is a glow in the dark wall switch), are staring at the naughty bits.
sduford says
Priceless…
Stephen Wells says
Are you the Light of the World or are you just pleased to see me?
H. Humbert says
Jesus light switch sez: “Children turn me on.”
MexiPakiJew says
I had a friend in middle school with one of those! His whole family was evangelical nutcases, of course. He loved it, but didn’t understand why I cracked up laughing the first time I saw the dang thing.
RAM says
“I’m worried where the girl’s right hand is headed.”
To tickle the balls of thy lord!
stu says
New doctrine of The Resurrection.
Peter McGrath says
JC for AC.
Hank Fox says
Dang. H. Humbert got there first.
It’s obvious it should be “Children turn me on.”
Whew! “Kitsch” is the right word. In this photo, at least, it’s even a tasteless dog-puke green.
gg says
“Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.”
-Psalms 23
DiscGrace says
Hey Jesus, I know how the verse goes, but I think this would actually be a good time to hide it under a bushel basket.
David H says
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;” flip and the light shall come upon you…
No? Okay.
“Split a piece of wood and I am there.” -Jesus
http://equotes.wetpaint.com/page/Jesus+Christ+Quotes?t=anon
Hank Fox says
Second choice:
“Gloryholes to God in the highest …”
…
(Heh. Just puzzled out the lettering above the switch. I think it says “Honor Thy Father and Mother.”)
G says
Kinda gives new meaning to ‘coming to Jesus’…
JLem says
how did the manufacturer/designer/consumer not see how horrible this is?
Bygones says
Kids, say hello to St. Peter.
karen says
Notice how JC is gently “herding” the kids toward the, erm, member?
Michael says
The second coming?
LisaJ says
Wow! That is awesome. All 3 of them are just staring at it! Why?!
I vote for the caption put out by #4. Perfect.
Richard Harris says
The penultimate verse of the bible seems appropriate.
Revelation 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
umkomasia says
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Glen Davidson says
On the bright side, it’s of the size one might expect for a god. A bit low, though.
If it weren’t for the children…. Get a grip, Lord Jesus, Aphrodite would say “come in today,” if you gave her half a chance.
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/2kxyc7
toomanytribbles says
‘c’mon babies, light my fire’
HumanisticJones says
Suddenly the phrase “Get behind me Satan” is sounding worse in my head. Also Matthew 7:3 while we’re making wood jokes “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in someone else’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?”
maxi says
Is that a loaf in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?
Jefe says
Caption:
Kids, its time to “Flip Jesus’ Switch” Hallelujah!
Rev. Ayatollah Mulla Fakir says
I must have one. MUST.
Wom says
Have you NOT seen loltheist?
http://loltheist.com/2008/01/25/i-see-the-light
Doug says
@35
Perhaps it’s just niche marketing for Catholic Priests. Notice it says Honor thy Father and Something.
negentropyeater says
Adaptation from John 8:12
“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he who turns me on shall not walk in darkness”
(replaced “followeth me” with “turn me on”, which has a tickly feeling to it)
Ali says
Awesome… Is this real or Photoshoped? what were they thinking?!
Moggie says
Jesus was hung so that we may see the light.
Richard Harris says
Joseph to Mary, “Jesus will come between us”.
Castaa says
“Jesus really turns me on.”
J says
On the third day he rose again.
Had to go to a bible quotes site for the rest:
“What goes into a man’s mouth does not make him ‘unclean,’ but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him ‘unclean.'”
-Matthew 15:11
“‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will make you fishers of men.'”
-Matthew 4:19
[Jesus said] “But if anyone causes one of these little ones to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.”
-Matthew 18:6
Abby Normal says
“I want to get down on my knees and start pleasing Jesus.
I want to feel his salvation all over my face.”
-Eric Cartman, South Park
hilllady says
OMG–I once rented a room in a house with a light fixture exactly like that! The former owner was an elderly Catholic lady who had raised six children in the faith. When my friend bought the house from her, we couldn’t bear to mess with the kitsch, so I flipped that switch every evening.
Jeb, FCD says
“Suck on it, Trebek. Suck it long, suck it hard.”
Peter McGrath says
‘…the guy who did the circumcision never worked again.’
Ahcuah says
Whatever happened to “Clap on; clap off”?
Kevin says
With props to Robert Palmer:
“When I took you out
I knew what you were all about
But when I did
I didn’t mean to turn you on
No, I didn’t mean to turn you on
I didn’t mean to turn you on….”
Theodore says
“And this is how my Dad created light”
Jsn says
“Come a little bit closer children. My rod -my staff will comfort you…”
or for the lol crowd –
“Erekshun. I has it.”
It also makes me rethink the “suffer the children to come unto me” line.
And thus was how Jesus earned the nickname “Woody”. Amen
Jason Seba says
res-erection!
DaveX says
“Two of every sort shall come unto thee.”
Larry says
Feel the Power!
DaveX says
“Swallow it all, kids. Otherwise the priest has to finish me off.”
emmanuel says
I walk on water, glow in the dark! weeee!
Luis says
Here is my entry for the caption contest, in the style of Biblic intergalactical fanfiction (I mean, the Bible is a work of fiction, so you might as well embellish it a bit).
“In 33 AD, the ancestors of lieutenant Ripley watch in horror how a chestbuster chews its way out of Jesus of Nazareth through a slightly unusual route.”
‘Cause the switch represents an Alien, right?
Alan says
“For he is the Gloryhole, and the Light.”
Winner.
qedpro says
ok kids turn it on.
ok now turn it off.
ok now on … now off … on … off .on.off…
Disgusted in St. Louis says
I’m surprised Gen. JC Christian, patriot, hasn’t posted this. I’m sure he would appreciate this salute to Jesus’ little soldier and enjoy being able to turn it on at the flip of a switch.
Cuttlefish’s poem has my vote for best caption.
Kseniya says
Hank, my guess is that the whole thing glows in the dark.
I’m not clever enough to top anything already posted, so instead I’ll just pretend I have the right to vote on ’em:
First choice: #23
Second choice: #36
Monado in Coral Springs says
Hank, by the color I suspect it also glows in the dark.
Sean Craven says
Have you ever seen those Jack Chick comics where God is pretty much a light bulb? This explains everything.
And with apologies to Peter McGrath — I’d go with JC/DC.
Steve says
“The beginning of a glorious tradition.”
ZacharySmith says
Proof that Jesus is Catholic!
Chemist says
Shines more light on “The Second Coming of Jesus”.
Tulse says
“Hallelujah, He is risen!”
Chemist says
Well, the masthead of this site *is*…
“Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal.”
Go figure… ;-)
Can never get too much of this genre…
dannyness says
“This little light of mine? Who are you calling little?”
denise says
how about just playing Neil Diamond’s ” turn on your love light”
Tom Morris says
“You can’t touch this – it’s the Sabbath!”
A professor once explained to me that he, as a child in a Catholic family, would make often make money on Saturdays when Orthodox Jews in his neighbourhood would ask him to turn light switches and other electrical devices on and off and pay him a few pennies for doing so. These religious types are barmy and, as capitalists, we should be finding new and unique ways to exploit their weird phobias for profit.
slim says
Where’s the little girl’s other hand?
Christophe Thill says
I know Jesus loves me, but I just want to be friends.
(sorry, didn’t invent it, just stole it frome some sig, maybe even here)
Or :
Come to my church, I’ll introduce you to all the members.
simian says
Oh my gawd, I just spewed milk through my nose (figuratively). That’s effin’ hilarious!
Steve_C says
So wait…… getting Jesus turned on provides the energy to power the light?
Neat. Take that solar panels!
Kseniya says
Nit-pick; The Neil Diamond song is “(Turn On Your) Heartlight”. The other one is an old rock and roll standard, originally done by… I have no idea! I know of it as a Grateful Dead tune.
Matt M says
But, see, does the square peg go in the round hole?
Stwriley says
“Kids! Remember to put Baby Jesus to bed for the night!”
Quintana says
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
hyperdeath says
“Now children… witness the coming of the lord!”
peter garayt says
There is all kinds of this stuff that people with imaginations will have fun with but the makers intent is just to fill the room with as many reminders as possible.
They didn’t even notice.
Brownian, OM says
As a former Catholic altarboy all I’ve got to say is, Nothing new here.
John Pieret says
“Hey, boys and girls! Wanna raise Jesus from the dead?”
Uh, oh … I think I’m going to hell now!
Acidhouser says
De-lurking… “and this, children, is how to recognize a genuine priest”…Re-engage lurking device.
dinoami says
“Switch on to the light of Jesus, and know love.”
Sam says
Little Girl: “What is it?”
Jesus: “Touch it and see. It’s ok, I’m Jesus.”
Little Boy: “Pshaw. Mohammed’s is bigger”
dubiquiabs says
Let us prey!
coathangrrr says
Little Bill and Jane found Jesus that day, and that night, and the whole next day.
Mark in So Cal says
So Jesus is Black?
CalGeorge says
Boy: Jesus!
Girl: Why is your willy sticking up, Mister?
Curt Cameron says
The way the children are looking right at the holy member – this had to have been done as a joke by the artist, right? I’m sure it was sold earnestly by a company, but the person who actually made the kids looking there had to have known what he was doing.
Larry says
c’mon kids. Pull my, umm, finger.
Tlazolteotl says
Oh, this makes me think of the bit from the wonderfully funny, satirical movie The Ruling Class where Peter O’Toole straps himself up in a cross and cries out “I am the electric Messiah! The AC/DC god!” (Sampled in the song Cooler Than Jesus by My Life With the Thrill Kill Cult.)
Scott Hatfield, OM says
How about:
Paul, Paul, it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Quidam says
Jesus of the Week has a delightfully tacky selection of Jesuses (or is it Jesii?) That includes the “Turn Jesus On” switch and this delicious item
There’s also this wonderful reminder that you’re only young once – unless you get a tattoo of a cutsie Hello Jesus Kittie. Won’t that look so cool when you’re 40.
Sam says
I would say that this is blasphemous and the guy who made this should be switched on and then permanently off.
Autumn says
The gift priests give to children to show them what they just did wasn’t bad…and to bribe them to keep it hush hush.
Peter McGrath says
The sacred part of Jesus.
(To non-lapsed Catholics, the eerily lurking JC on top of the switch is Himself in Sacred Heart mode. Usually a 3ft high statue with a mournful JC opening His robes so the heart shows, wreathed by the crown of thorns with a crucifix sticking out where the plumbing normally emerges. There may be flames on the deluxe version. Classy Catholic houses in Manchester – those of us with a priest in the family – had the statue. Low-rent families just a print. Tacky families had one of those bonkers 3-d prints where Jesus’ eyes would follow you round the room. The hands would touch the heart and do a blessing, too. I’m not making this up.)
Bing McGhandi says
Jesus, stop fondling the white children.
HJ
Donnie B. says
Turn me on, dead man.
(Yes, Jesus is dead. And he was the walrus.)
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Shawn says
The metal band Ministry said it best, in their song “Psalm 69:”
“And now, it’s time to give a lil’ love back to God!”
kw says
I saw this at Scalzi’s place:
http://scalzi.com/whatever/
and prefer his title, “Possibly the world’s most unfortunate light switch”.
Jit says
“This is what you should grope for in the dark, kids.”
Lol version: “I laf at ur puny atheist pricks”
winner is qedpro (#71)
anon1234 says
An obvious reference to “Come thou long expected Jesus.”
Glen Davidson says
Hey kids, wanna see a miracle?
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/2kxyc7
thalarctos says
Nice one, Scott–OT, are you familiar with Johnny Cash’s “The Man Comes Around”?
If not, I strongly recommend listening to it.
Rodney Anonymous says
“Are the lights on, or are you just glad to see me?”
tim quick says
John 6:53
“Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.”
Billy says
#7, I think the twist you’re looking for is:
“Suffer me to come unto the little children.”
ildi says
It has been explained to me that the reason I make my born-again brother so agitated when I tell him I am very happy being a deist (I lie to him because the a-word would probably give him a stroke or something) is that we all have this hole in our lives, see, and only Jesus can fill it. We may try to fill this hole with money, or drugs, or alcohol, but ultimately we all have to come to the realization:
“Only Jesus can fill your hole!”
banana slug says
“Jesus loves loves the little children…”
Cephus says
Any bets they got it in a Catholic store? Those priests had to get their ideas from somewhere.
Shelama says
I always wondered about Jesus’ sexuality, but had concluded before now that he was just “turn the other cheeks” gay. There’s obviously more to the story.
dorid says
oh, you can get stuff like this every week over at http://www.jesusoftheweek.com
And I can’t help but notice that Jesus is turned on.
tsig says
flic my bic.
Kristine says
“Suffer the little children…”
Helioprogenus says
“Arouse me and I shall illuminate thy path”
So this is how he reanimated lazarus from the dead. Should have guessed.
Epikt says
“If this light remains on for more than four hours, consult your physician.”
Glen Davidson says
The path to hell is easy and soft, but my way is hard sayeth the Lord. Great (look at the size of it) will be your reward, if you but kneel and serve me.
Even so, come Lord Jesus (Rev. 22:20).
(You know what any UDites coming over here are thinking–straight to hell, and the sooner the better).
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/2kxyc7
thalarctos says
Epikt wins the thread!
Seamus says
I almost didn’t click to see.
I was expecting the Baby Jesus Butt Plug.
I shall not link as I am at work; use your ‘fu.
Dahan says
Old and stolen, but the line “Jesus loves me… but I make him wear a condom.” comes to mind.
Greta Christina says
“A sunbeam, a sunbeam
Jesus wants me for a sunbeam…”
vivisected says
“Shhh… Jesus won’t tell… Just touch it.”
Scrofulum says
“Who would Jesus do?”
bernarda says
– How many kids does it take to turn on a Jesus bulb?
– Here is a site that has a Jesus game.
http://jesusdressup.com/number2.html
J Daley says
I actually have one of those at my parents’ house! It’s still in my brother’s room!
Even when I was a kid, I got the weird phallicness of the switch and thought it was funny.
gyokusai says
My take:
“Raise the Lord!”
^_^J.
MAJeff says
I want.
I love tacky religious iconography. That one makes me giggle…hard.
Juan says
Come on! 138 comments and no Michael Jackson jokes yet? This proves MJ is just a strict Christ follower.
Dahan says
No one knows the hour of his coming.
Kurt says
From #55:
So the Bible says it’s okay as long as he/she swallows?
CalGeorge says
“Christ is risen.”
LeeLeeOne says
A cousin of mine had a picture of jesus with mary at his feet and she decoupaged this picture into a light switch. Tell me if that was not yucky as a little kid! Blech, ptooey, gag, choke, cough….
Sandy says
Behold, I come quickly!
who me? says
Where can I buy one of these switchplates?
It should be nice with an illuminated switch.
http://www.kyledesigns.com/product/660ISLG
Amanda says
Here’s a tackier version for sale on ebay…
MAJeff says
“Christ bade the children to sit on his lap. And there was light.”
CalGeorge says
“I am the light(switch) of the world: He that turns me on shall not walk in darkness, but shall witness my erection.”
mrh says
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the Coming of the Lord.
Jesus loves me, this I know, ’cause his “light switch” tells me so.
Suffer the little children to go down on Me.
Amanda says
I like #67. Took me a second to really get it, but then…
Fritz J. says
Jesus loves me! This I know,
For the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong;
They are weak, but He is strong.
Yes Jesus loves me, yes Jesus loves me;
Yes Jesus loves me, the bible tells me so.
Michael X says
“Dick and Jane and Jesus were all having a grand ol time. And then Billy stopped by!”
I also think Epikt has a winner though.
ponzo says
My first thought upon seeing these (the OP and #148) was, “Are they blind? Don’t they realize what this looks like?”
My second thought was that, yes, that is probably the case. There is often a great deal of sexual repression going on in the minds of the extremely religious. This explains, in part, abstinence campaigns and the obsession with homosexuals. They actually just see a light switch honoring “the Lord”, and don’t notice his enormous wang inviting you to (or the children) to flick on the lights by masturbating him.
Brendan G. says
Jesus is hung like a light switch.
Josh says
“where do you think the preist got their ideas”
Aaron Starr says
Get me behind thee, Satan!
mayhempix says
A little twist on an old authoritarian addage:
“Share the switch, soil the child.”
Spartacus says
Hey Kids! Pull my finger!
Sebastian says
“Ith it weally okay to do that, mithter Jethuth?”
“Sure, kids – except on the sabbath day, of course”
Barks says
“Upon whom does his light not rise?” Job 25:3
jmaline says
I had one of these in my childhood bedroom. Never thought it was dirty. Then again I was a little kid… By the way, not crazy religious, pretty normal catholic upbringing.
(remembering where I am)
OK, crazy catholic. Not crazy crazy catholic. Feeling better now.
mrh says
Turning off the lights to save energy makes Jesus sad.
TisStupid says
The switch is quite a bit too low and misshapen to be considered a phallus. The Jesus figure is slightly hunched moving his waist back from the foreground.
It is obvious that neither the artist, or the purchasers of this switch cover thought it would be deemed inappropriate. I have often wondered the psychological makeup of those who feel the need to associate a sexual connotation with that of innocence.
mrh says
It’s a phallus symbol if it’s longer than it’s wide.
Nitpick all you like, but that there’s a Holy Dong.
“I have often wondered the psychological makeup of those who feel the need to associate a sexual connotation with that of innocence.”
Whereas seeing the face of Jesus in a grilled cheese sandwich is entirely rational.
Kseniya says
Ask your local priest.
I think you’re right, though. There’s nothing sexual about the plate. Jesus appears to be perched on a unicycle.
Brodie says
Kneel Before Zod
CalGeorge says
“Look, kids, I had my balls tattooed with the word ON! It stands for “onanism rocks”! Can you say that? Onanism? Sure you can.”
Brian Macker says
‘Jesus light switch sez: “Children turn me on.”‘
LOL! Damn, beat me to it.
Mena says
If you guys think that this is bad, my mother has something similar but it’s Mary. No luck in finding a picture of it using the Google but it’s also that cheap plastic.
jeff says
From a christian hymn:
“…Now I raise my Ebenezer…”
From Wikipedia:
Eben-Ezer (Hebrew: אבן העזר, Even Ha’Ezer, lit. stone of help)
danley says
“Erect an example for the children.”
StockC says
“If anyone says one word about this, you are going straight to HELL!”
Seriously, I am surprised that no evangelicals have materialied here and told you that all posters here will suffer eternal damnation.
kmarissa says
I’m with TisStupid. I’m astounded at the perversion shown here. All I see is a fully grown man gently drawing two small children toward an upwardly angled, nearly cylindrical bulge protruding from his body from somewhere between his waist and his knees. Nothing humorous there.
The fact that the lower, non-protruding half of the switch vaguely resembles a hanging ballsack is also purely coincidental. And not at all funny.
Tina Rhea says
I’ve seen one of these with Michaelangelo’s David, but I assumed that was deliberate… and no little kids on that one.
Norm says
God said “Let there be light” and it was wood … er, good. Yes, it was very, very good!
gbusch says
Perhaps the image can be the poster child for Intelligent Design?
Trent Eady says
#83 is best. Except I would change it to: “I can’t touch this – it’s the Sabbath!”
Buffy says
Go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen!
Skemono says
Matthew 26:26:
$ says
You’re all going to hell.
Anon says
It needs one of these:
http://www.forbiddenfruit.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FF&Product_Code=ELD74(3)
Anon says
Actually, with regard to the link in #185–look at the disclaimer at the bottom. They no longer sell outside the US, because of… Texas Law.
I thought the puritans were in New England….
Dahan says
“You’re all going to hell.”
Hard to go to a place which doesn’t exist. Of course if you know where it is perhaps you could shed some light on the subject…
Nana says
Jesus said: “Come, little children, do not be afraid. It won’t hurt you.”
Bad Jesus said: “Flick my dick!”
Brian says
It’s okay children “this” is the way of your god. Now remember to pray so you can feel like you are doing something without really doing anything.
Lori Anne says
I like danley’s “erect an example for the children”
Rock on … no pun intended regarding jesus getting his rocks off!
RamblinDude says
I’m wondering what it’s made out of.
Possibly boner china, although it does look rather woody. It also looks like the knob needs polishing. Someone should wax it good. I’d advise being careful though, it might be quite hard and you could end up jerking it right off.
And I’m outa here!
Alan Kellogg says
Boy: Did Mary Magdelene ever bitch about it?
Wiggy says
“Let me show you what ‘turn the other cheek’ really means”
Phlyfish says
Jesus loves me
This I know
For his light switch
Tells me so
???
Kristin says
Haha, I saw that just the other day, here: http://freethoughtpedia.com/wiki/Jesus_jokes
It’s a good wiki.
irw says
The photographer’s dilemma here fascinates me: When taking a picture of this, which position should the switch be in?
Dusty Knobbs says
I would have expected the son of god to be a bit, you know….bigger.
PZ Myers says
Easy. Up with Jesus.
TisStupid says
Kmarissa, unless penises grow out of kneecaps, I’d say this is more wishful thinking than the pedophilia fantasy some seem to be having here.
Ryan says
“Now someone turn off the light in the room behind me.”
Barney says
Cows from Minneapolis had a single mined similar territory with the cover art (scroll down to the second image from the top) for “In the mouth,” the b-side to their non-hit single, “Plowed.”
(not that anyone cares this late in the thread)
bill carli says
i can see the religious right’s reason for this. realizing that a 33-year-old unmarried male who hung around all day with his 12 male friends is obviously gay, they decided to cut their losses by using this to prove that indeed, all child molestors are gay. They may lose a savior but they establish another falsehood in their fight for bigotry.
Janine says
Whom ever can lift my staff shall see the light.
Chris Booth says
“I am dying for your sins.”
Sandy says
TisStupid, anything is possible with god. ;)
ted says
“now you three kiss and make up”
Allen says
HEY This IS for real, all you who asked. From 1959 until 1979 this light switch was over my head in my bedroom! My parents, who are 84 years old, STILL have this switch plate in a bedroom in their house. I used to lay in bed at night and once in a while look up and wonder “why are they staring at Jesus’ Pee pee!!!” HONEST. After I got married in the 1980s, my wife and I stayed at my parents house over Christmas holidays and my wife would crack up at the light switch over our heads. The funniest thing is………my parents had absolutely NO problems or thoughts about this being sexual at all. My parents are both VERY VERY devote Catholics and very strict about sex or anything to do with it. I never saw an M rated movie (before the PG and PG-13 ratings) until I was 17 years old and went out with my best friend without my parents knowing it!
Oz Atheist says
Obviously the designers and marketers of religious iconography don’t have filthy minds like us lot. LOL
Stevie-Q says
A few posters almost had it… it’s:
“Suffer me to come unto the little children.”
Stevie-Q says
Dang… sorry. #122 already got it. I’m too late.
Michael X says
Holy hell! I get to crack a joke about christian iconography, AND offend someone in one thread?! Quick! somebody gimmie a baby to eat and I’ll have the whole evil atheist trifecta! I might even kick a puppy for an encore…
Ali says
My first thought was, “Oh my fucking god”.
Then I realized – that’s the perfect caption, too!
aseem says
“Oh ‘come’ all ye faithful…”
PirateHooker says
obviously this is a scene from one of the lost bible verses.
“Thou shalt partake of my bread, and yea, from this day forward thou shalt refer to thine bread as ‘the body of christ'”
Tara says
Honor Thy Father and Mother (but this will be our little secret).
BadAunt says
“Always look on the bright side of life.”
DLC says
Re: Catholics . . . am I alone in thinking Semenary is a double-entendre ?
oh well.
Adrienne says
Re: #131: “”If this light remains on for more than four hours, consult your physician.”
Shouldn’t Jesus be the one calling his physician? Who is Jesus’s physician anyway? St. Luke?
Adrienne says
Re: #207: Or “Suffer the little children to come on to me.”
Carlie says
I’m sure one of you did it (‘fess up!) but LOLtheist now has this photo with the caption “Light switch Jesus loves children very VERY much”.
BaldApe says
“Do this as oft as you flick it in rememberence of me.”
Ness says
“Remember kids, Jesus loves you.”
blf says
“The turtle moves!”
LadyCrow says
#88: The song covered by the Grateful Dead was “Turn On Your Lovelight” by Bobby “Blue” Bland.
“And leave it on!” — Pigpen
Epikt says
Adrienne:
Unlikely. If Jesus was really male, after four hours he’d be calling all his buddies and bragging about it.
antitheist says
“Jesus is coming?
…Don’t swallow that.”
Arnosium Upinarum says
holy moly
ennui says
And God said “Let there be light.”
And God saw the light, that it was wood.
dsmccoy says
Jesus loves you with the lights on.
Glen Davidson says
“Taste and see that the Lord is good.” (Ps. 34:8)
(I’m grossing myself out here).
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/2kxyc7
Shannon Jacobs says
“If you turn Jesus off, you’ll go blind” or “If you turn Jesus off, you’ll be in the dark.” Maybe you could work “eternal darkness” into it?
Seems like a perfectly reasonable religious message to me. Easy for me to imagine the appropriate sermon. However, I’m not up on the most appropriate Biblical quotes.
aaron says
“The Passion of the Christ”
hbsweet says
(sings) “He’s got the whole world in His pants”
lamcyplaza says
“Wel-cum children!”
AJS says
I think it would probably look just a tiny bit less obscene in the “on” position (and when it’s in the “off” position, the room would be dark anyway).
Of course, in a hall-and-landing setup, all bets are off because there is always a way for the light to be on when one of the switches is “up”.
H.Trimegestis says
“Now turn the other cheek.”
or
“For I am the light and the res-ERECTION. Get it? See, because, light-switch, right– and check out my boner.”
or
“Lazarus, ARISE!… I call him Lazarus.”
or
“Consider the lillies of the valley.And by that I mean my penis.”
or
“This is my body you eat.”
or
“Yes, Jesus loves me. The bible (and his proud erection) tells me so.”
or
“I am risen!”
or
“Let he who is without sin cast the first stone… at my boner.”
cham says
“Like what you see?”
Jim says
The Church always has been “shocked” by oral sex.
noncarborundum says
Color me surprised. On what part of the planet is “up” not the “on” position?
Suricou Raven says
“On what part of the planet is “up” not the “on” position?”
Two situations:
1. On multi-switch controls, as seen on landings. Flicking any switch changes the state of the light, so there is no certinty about up-or-down-on.
2. When someone has been doing DIY, and either thought it wouldn’t matter which hole they stuck the wire in or didn’t think about which way up they should install the switch.
James Lucas says
He Is Risen!
James Lucas says
Now children, prepare to receive the Host.
MAJeff says
“On what part of the planet is “up” not the “on” position?”
My apartment.
TruthBeTold says
Obviously, Catholic.
Chambermate says
Turn me on dead man
chinye says
we’re all going to hell
bladeScythe says
Children know how to turn me on?
KASHMIR says
AND THEY MADE EVE FROM ADAMS RIB? DOUBT IT!!!
PADPARADSCHA says
BET A MORMON DESIGNED IT!
jTuba says
Stand back and await the Secong Cumming!
Jason says
Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world. Red or yellow black or white they are precious in his sight…
karen says
“Jesus goes down in the dark.”
Robert S. says
“Turn me on, dead man.”
Ed says
This must turn on the lights in a priests bedroom. Ever wonder why they call it a rectory?
bleh says
Christ has died! Christ is risen! Christ will cum again!
Sankt Hemma von Gurk says
“but who may abide the day of his coming”? (haendel, messiah)
Craig says
As the hymn says, “Stand up, stand up, for Jesus, ye soldiers”.
Dee says
So….Jesus was a switch hitter??
Tom says
Strange, I thought the christian way was that it was up when the lights where down. Did I miss something the pope said?
LT says
I’m wondering if this will turn into a Huckabee Campaign speech
120 volts would flick your unit upright too.
Jesus isn’t circumsized. Who knew?
Meg says
“spare the rod and spoil the child.”
meg says
“the way to a man’s sacred heart is through his…ermmm..”
CamiKaos says
“Just a little closer”
yes says
Who are you to judge?
tc says
how immature
John Morales says
tc, how immature to think it so immature.
Karyn says
“Come little children ONTO me.” Or the other way around.