Christian NIN fans, WTF?

For God's sake (ha! irony!) will someone please explain this to me? Tonight I saw a car covered with fundamentalist Christian bumper stickers and, in the middle of the rear window, a huge Nine Inch Nails logo.

It was in a parking lot and I was on foot, so I was able to examine the car closely. At first I thought it had to a be a fundie parody of the NIN logo (like "God's Gym" instead of "Gold's Gym", etc.) to fit in with "Abortion Stops A Beating Heart", "In Case of Rapture This Car Will Be Unoccupied", "1 Man + 2 Nails = 4 Ever" and other such stickers that were in evidence. But it wasn't... it was the real deal.

What does this mean? Did Trent become born-again when I wasn't looking?

[Edited on Mar 09, 2006 by alpo]

Trent is not for any organized religion.

Maybe the kids slapped that on the parents car while they weren't looking. Hmmm. Odd.

I was not aware the two were mutually exclusive.

arent the nails used to attach jesus to the cross about nine inches long? i always wondered how they held him up there. seems like the nails would just rip through his hands.

Give me a break. NIN is obviously the Devil's work. Responsible for school shootings by black-trenchcoat-wearing Satan-obsessed Goth kids. Hell, they've been condemned by the 700 Club. I'm too lazy to Google for web pages listing them among the bands that should tip you off that you need to have a serious talk with Junior and bring him back to the flock, but I'm sure there are kajillions of them.

I think you are thinking of Marilyn Manson on the trench coat school shooting stuff.

NIN and Marilyn Manson share the same level of responsibility for school shootings. As do you, me, NSYNC and the Easter Bunny.

ZING!

-TM

"I guess the decadence of today is decaying the christian morals. Does it really matter who listens to what, though?" Said Thomas to Father McKinnely in an onimous whisper.

i certaintly agree with you there. as fucked up as it may seem to some, i personally believe in God, Jesus and all that stuff but i in no way subscribe to half the shit the usual church goer or pat robertson types say is "acceptable"..i like to listen to the "devil music" and look at boobies..what can i say?

Exactly.

Sweet, his autographed headshot will skyrocket in value.

obsession with symbolism. NIN fulfills gratification from shocking religious symbolism, and so I'm sure they probably are those types of X-tians that love the looks they get, and love the excuse for their shocking behavior.
Look at Fred Phelps and his group.... "God Hates Fags" isn't something that any God I know of would approve of...

Yeah, man, all christians hate rock and roll and people who die their hair and say "fuck".

Goddamned intolerant Christians, judging everyone and stereotyping people based on mere superficiliaties. Isn't that just so fucked up?

That's a kneeslapper. Your point is obvious, banal, unclever, and irrelevant. I didn't start the intolerance. They did. I think it's perfectly legitimate to draw conclusions about the character of someone who would put a sticker on their car saying, for example, "God Said It... I Believe It... That Settles It."

Christianity is a punch line.

If you suddenly started believing in the Christian god, do you think that you'd have no choice but to become intolerant?

Cairo is a Christian, for the record.

People can make generalizations about Americans that're similar to ones you've made about Christians (followers, hypocrites, self-involved and apathetic towards the suffering of others, keen on imperialism), but they've wouldn't apply to you or me.

And maybe they'd get a little pissed if we claimed to enjoy parts of their culture like foreign films, music, art and tell us to stick to Michael Bay films and Big Macs.

But geez, why should anyone be able to dictate what I'm allowed to like?

[Edited on Mar 10, 2006 by Hooraydiation]

[Edited on Mar 10, 2006 by Hooraydiation]

This just might be the best rant ever.

Don't say that in front of the Skinheads!