Caped Crusaders

[Darrell]

Whether they like it or not, fundamentalism does change. The changes, however, happen slowly and quietly all while fundamentalists insist that nothing is changing and that they've always done/said/believed/smoked this.

In my corner of fundyland, comic books were eyed with deep suspicion of being a gateway to the occult, pornography, and Communism. You might think I'm kidding about that last one but I'm dead serious. But apparently, this prohibition on the costumed heroes has been abandoned in some fundamentalist camps as evidenced by the Shawnee Baptist Youth Conference website where the speakers are portrayed at least in superhero costume masks if not (thankfully) in tights.

Of course, other fundamentalists like David Cloud aren't happy about this. Then again, when is David Cloud ever happy? I think the last recorded time was one brief moment in 1984...

[Bob M]

(07-28-2011 07:04 AM)Darrell Wrote:  <a href="http://shawneebaptistyouthconference.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stufffundieslike.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/comic.jpg" alt="" title="I guess as long as there are no female superheroes represented it's ok..." width="629" height="480" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6187" /></a>

Whether they like it or not, fundamentalism does change. The changes, however, happen slowly and quietly all while fundamentalists insist that nothing is changing and that they've always done/said/believed/smoked this.

In my corner of fundyland, comic books were eyed with deep suspicion of being a gateway to the occult, pornography, and Communism. You might think I'm kidding about that last one but I'm dead serious. But apparently, this prohibition on the costumed heroes has been abandoned in some fundamentalist camps as evidenced by the <a href="http://shawneebaptistyouthconference.com">Shawnee Baptist Youth Conference</a> website where the speakers are portrayed at least in superhero costume masks if not (thankfully) in tights.

Of course, other fundamentalists like <a href="http://www.wayoflife.org/pdf/20110422.pdf">David Cloud</a> aren't happy about this. Then again, when is David Cloud <em>ever</em> happy? I think the last recorded time was one brief moment in 1984...

And of course, they all changed their minds when the Avengers movie came out.

[Tiarali]

Bahaha. They had a superhero themed childrens ministry thing at my old church. Superman quickly discovered the need to wear boxers over his tights

[Qrayze]

(05-28-2012 05:16 PM)tiarali Wrote:  Bahaha. They had a superhero themed childrens ministry thing at my old church. Superman quickly discovered the need to wear boxers over his tights

haha, it's still wearing underwear over the clothes

[DaisyDeadhead]

I guess this fits into the theme of this thread. Its my HeroesCon pics:
http://daisysdeadair.blogspot.com/2012/0...-2012.html

Darrell, speaking of Marvel, Stan Lee was there! The place was packed.

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More fun than human beings should be allowed to have.

[Darrell]

Quote:Darrell, speaking of Marvel, Stan Lee was there! The place was packed.

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Aw, sweet. I've always wanted to meet Stan. Alas.

[Zadig]

But was Bibleman there?

[boymom]

I prefer Ballerina Man myself.



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[Panda Rosa]

(06-25-2012 07:56 PM)Zadig Wrote:  But was Bibleman there?

I was WAITING for someone to bring up this scripture-quoting Robocop with a bad paint job!