Church Signs

**Lorizael** · February 7, 2012, 08:48

I pass a lot of churches on my drive to and from work - small ones, large ones, and ones with amusing signs. One church in particular has had two, uh, interesting signs out front recently.

The first one:

Originally Posted by Christianity

A lot of kneeling will keep you in good standing.

Did no one at the church notice this could be taken more than one way, and that one of those ways promotes a very, uh, Catholic point of view? Perhaps they did, because the sign recently changed to:

Originally Posted by Christianity

God grades on the cross, not the curve.

Which means what, exactly? Is this a critique of the low standards of public education, an exhortation to go church, not school, or something else entirely? At least it's not a double entendre.

Anyone else seen noteworthy church signs? Anyone else have any idea what the church was trying to convey with these two messages?

**rah** · February 7, 2012, 09:04

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I'm sure any kneeling reference is about praying but yes, it can be seen as something different.

**Imran Siddiqui** · February 7, 2012, 09:10

@ "I Kissed a Girl And I Liked It Then I Went to Hell".

**Lorizael** · February 7, 2012, 09:15

I did a little googling and found out that my two phrases have been used before, which means that apparently many people in many churches find nothing wrong with the idea.

**Ming** · February 7, 2012, 09:28

Words to live by

**rah** · February 7, 2012, 09:29

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I thought this one was pretty funny.

**Ming** · February 7, 2012, 09:31

Another good one...

**Elok** · February 7, 2012, 10:23

The first one's pretty obvious ("pray a lot") and I don't think they cared much about the way it could be construed to imply oral sex or what-have-you. The second one, I think, is more complex. Grading "on the curve" means that your test results are compared to the results of the rest of the class and adjusted against the average, no? But the NT says the standard we're called to is that of the cross; I think each of the four Gospels contains a line to the effect of "if you do not take up your cross and follow Me, you cannot be called my disciple." In other words, we shouldn't be concerned with how others are doing, or our progress relative to them (see: Publican and Pharisee, parable of). We are judged solely by the extent to which we follow, whether by violent martyrdom or through the course of our boring ho-hum day-to-day lives, Christ's ultimate example of self-sacrifice.

I don't like these kinds of cutesy signs, but the second is at least deeper than the first.

**Elok** · February 7, 2012, 10:46

BTW, you guys are aware that there's a website out there to generate your own church signs, right? Chances are at least one of the ones you've posted is fake.

http://www.says-it.com/churchsigns/

**Lorizael** · February 7, 2012, 10:54

I'm pretty sure mine are real.

**rah** · February 7, 2012, 11:07

Originally Posted by Elok

BTW, you guys are aware that there's a website out there to generate your own church signs, right? Chances are at least one of the ones you've posted is fake.

http://www.says-it.com/churchsigns/

I'd say no, and don't be such a buzzkill.

**Elok** · February 7, 2012, 11:13

Originally Posted by Lorizael

I'm pretty sure mine are real.

Nope, your brain was hacked, just like Ghost in the Shell.

**Proteus_MST** · February 7, 2012, 11:38

Pity, obviously the famous chruch sign battle in this case must be fake (as it features 2 of the churhc signs, you can use at this page)

http://pete.com/view/battle-of-the-church-signs

(Funny neverthelesss

)

**SlowwHand** · February 7, 2012, 11:40

Originally Posted by rah

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I'm sure any kneeling reference is about praying but yes, it can be seen as something different.

A strange mind sees normal things with a different viewpoint. Neurotics are in abundance.

**Lorizael** · February 7, 2012, 11:49

Originally Posted by Elok

Nope, your brain was hacked, just like Ghost in the Shell.

Well, I do have it on good authority that you are a hack.

**Imran Siddiqui** · February 7, 2012, 11:59

Kidicious isn't good authority

**gribbler** · February 7, 2012, 17:11

Originally Posted by Lorizael

Which means what, exactly? Is this a critique of the low standards of public education, an exhortation to go church, not school, or something else entirely? At least it's not a double entendre.

If you're graded on a curve you just need to be better than everyone else and you'll get an A. They're saying that you're still not "good" even if you've done more good things than most people because God expects you to be perfect and will send everyone to hell because they're not perfect, oh but you just have to believe in Jesus and accept his sacrifice on the cross and you'll go to heaven instead. They're saying "God doesn't give a crap about your actions, Hitler would go to heaven if he accepted Jesus and repented for his sins right before he died while Gandhi is going to suffer for eternity because he wasn't a Christian. God grades on the cross, not the curve!"