Livin' It Skate...
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- tfsmag0
we're not saying it's a bad thing to be a christian skateboarder... what i'm trying to say is that skateboarding should not be a marketing gimmick to get kids into a religion. i'm not lying when i say the church here MAKES you listen to a sermon, and tries their hardest to convince you you're a sinful miscreant before they let you skate.... i went there a total of 1 time and it was enough for me.
I don't think anyone was saying christianity is a bad thing, but some people represent it very poorly.
- whatever0
let me qualify cuz re-reading my last post, it was a bit brusque...
i think Jesus and Christianity is way cool,
I think skaters who believe in Jesus are cool.
My conflict with Christianity or any religion for that matter is when it strikes up a relationship with mass media and the methods in which it sells product.
Something felt weird about that website, kind of trending up and selling, and Stephen Baldwin wearing lots of camo and featuring himself to pimp the product...ugh..
Christianity to me has always been a personal choice, so if I sound cynical about the mass marketing of Christianity, America is a great place to be cynical about it. Granted I am not an evangelical and the last services I attended were Quaker meeting
I mean the fact the Mel Gibson is selling souvenir nails seems distasteful, and Rocco and Globe brands is distasteful (have you seen their website and all of the corporate hegemony it spiels).
I would hate to exploit both things that I think are sacred and should be beyond trendy marketing tactics...both skateboarding and Christianity have something in common for me and its that they offer a sense of hope and idealism and I'd hate to see either sullied through capitalization...
anyways...
- evad0
i definitely see where you're coming from.
i am part of some of the biggest skateboard ministries in the states. and it's a way to express what we believe by doing something we love. at every event, we've never pressured people or put them down.
but i have seen it. and i hate it.
jesus never condemned people, he just loved and taught them.
god has been misrepresented so horribly wrong most often by 'christians.'
i guess that's why they say look at god, don't look at the person.anyways, i'm not trying to argue at all with you guys. i see where you're coming from, and i agree on a lot of points. but i did want to clear up some of the things that weren't true.
and sierra still rips :)