I Am Easily Amused

This isn't me picking on Christians. I'm specifically picking on the church at the end of the road I'm on.

Every month they have a snappy slogan posted on a board at the front of the church so drivers can see it and be impressed by their cleverness.

...but they're always awful.

So let's critique the last two signs.

February: The Bible is like a compass. Follow it and you'll go the right way.

Ok. So they don't understand how compasses work. You can't just [i] follow[/i] a compass. It isn't a map, you have to know where you're going, and if you do and you also know where that place is in relation to where you are, you can use a compass as a support mechanism to help you get there. So why didn't they just say map?! Or better yet: Satnav. Stay up to date church.

March: Prayer is to a Christian, what training is to an athlete.

Hmmmm. Yeah these two things don't correlate. Training is something you personally do over and over again, you put in the effort, you feel the burn, you focus entirely on yourself in order to become the best version of yourself in your chosen discipline.

Prayer is asking someone else to do the work for you. It's also supposed to be a completely selfless act right? You shouldn't pray for yourself to be buff, or even for your life to be awesome? That seems like the opposite of Christianity. Pray for other people, then go out and work hard at improving yourself instead of waiting for God to turn up and give you a six pack.

I'll probably come back to this when the April sign goes up. It'll be shit too.