This is my first post highlighting various stupid church signs I see in my region. More often than not when a church sign is used to display some witty idea or phrase it ends up being an embarrassment to the church. Often times it becomes a stain on Christianity as whole. I therefore believe that church signs should never be used to “convict” nor “encourage” but should only be used to convey information such as worship service times and event information. At any rate, here’s the most recent stupid church sign:
This is not a fake, it’s real church sign, not one of those signs you can make on certain sites. Even though it’s not a church sign per se it serves the same purpose. When I first saw this atrocity on my ride into work I cringed at the fact that a Christian group was putting themselves out in public like this.
First of all, to say, “Download your worries” is to imply that you would like more worries and they have plenty to spare; just go there and get some. Or maybe your worries are old and updates are available, they’ve got those too. I assume they meant “Upload your worries” which technically would be a more accurate phrase to represent the concept which they’re trying to convey; that is, take the worries you have and put them somewhere else (i.e. give them to God.) But to say “download” is the exact opposite of what they mean. Someone really didn’t know what they were talking about when they put this sign together. At the very least if you’re going to use computer/internet jargon to communicate a biblical idea use the correct terminology.
Second (sigh) I should “Get online with God?” I mean, come on guys. Get online with God? That’s the conceptual equivalent of a swimming pool brimming with Cheez Whiz. As Christians we are supposed to have God Himself dwelling inside of us and this is the best you can do?
I know this was a harsh post, but someone needed to say it. Maybe I should call the campground and tell them what I think.
