There is a new t-shirt in town where I live. I am seeing them everywhere. It says “I ♥ My Church.” I’m wondering why I find that offensive.
It took me while, but I think I’m onto something,
finally. I think the thing is that
people don’t go out and make t-shirts. I
myself have never made myself a t-shirt, but I have bought a few, which infers
that someone else made them. I think
what is rubbing me the wrong way is a church manufacturing t-shirts for people
to wear. Advertising is one thing, but
advertising by manufactured affirmation seems a little icky for a church.
This made me feel like a prude, so I considered what would
make me feel warmer. I think it would be
perfectly valid and actually wonderful if the church had manufactured t-shirts
that said: “My church ♥’s me.” To me, that seems like a much greater
affirmation. Still weird, but not as weird
to me as the other way around.
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