Bitter White Bitch

I am no misanthrope, when you truly love people is when you are constantly disappointed. Nevertheless, I participate in the things I know I will love and even more so the things I loathe. To me both can be win win situations.

Saturday, July 22, 2006

Just Jew It


At first they appear a very easy target. Jews for Jesus? The mere absurdity of their name is so illogical they pose little threat. However the name is exactly what pulls you in. It doesn’t have that obscure prowess of the “Latter Day Saints” or “Jehovah Witnesses”. This is a punchy name that not only makes you think but also gives you the intellectual confidence to ask questions. How malevolent can a religious organization be that is not even theoretically rooted in their own name? Surely this is a chance to verbally bury these Jesus pushers once and for all. However, Jews for Jesus is just a crafty disguise for their real identities, the scariest of them all, Evangelical Christians.

With their new 1.4 million dollar campaign in New York City, Jews for Jesus have not only proven to be dead serious, they have staked out a place next to other wealthy religious converters. Lets face it conversion is a business. And Jesus is not the easy sell he used to be. The competition is thick and the demand is expanding right along with the market. With the Mormons and Scientologists practically growing money on trees, this is a holy war that relies on weapons familiar to the church, PR and media. The Jews for Jesus have taken it one step further, the old bait and switch.

Regardless of the Jews for Jesus’s on target tactics, their message still remains unclear. And although I would like to act like I have them all figured out, in all honesty I am bitter about their mystique. Are these Jews just over-achieving Christian converters, once Jews, now saved and looking to bring some of their old cohorts with them? Whatever the case, I know one thing about human nature. If someone possesses privileged information for example the winning lottery numbers, they do not share it with just anyone let alone shove it down your throat. It also follows that if you are really confident in your beliefs you don’t have to constantly reassure yourself with the comfort of convincing others.

Just once I would like the evangelicals to look at me and think “There goes a sinner now and she looks too far gone for me to try or even want her on my side.” Because as a good business person knows you need exclusivity to distinguish yourself as the better product. I know the Jews for Jesus might preach that God’s kingdom is vast and all are welcome. But lets say they did convert every damned person on this earth their righteousness would lose its luster. I think the Jews for Jesus should thank me when I walk past them in the subway for being evil and in effect making them look so good. But they never will. They are preoccupied with the long expensive process of trying to convert themselves.