Thursday, November 15, 2007

Ted Nugent is my shepherd; I shall not want



While waiting for the bus recently, I noticed a storefront with a number of photos and fliers taped to the inside window.

"YOUTH, TEENS, GANGS...WHAT IS THE ANSWER?" one of the fliers asks, rhetorically. "IT'S NOT CONVENTIONAL SOCIAL PROGRAMS...IT'S NOT PUTTING A BASKETBALL IN THEIR HANDS...IT'S NOT 'TAKING THEM TO CHURCH'..."
A posterboard covered with photos is captioned "WE DO HAVE FUN HERE!! We are starting a new church in Logan Square." Photos include fun-loving Christians wearing full camo, practicing cross-bow technique, and propping up the the head of a recently killed buck, with bloody tongue dangling out of its mouth.

Services are at 11 am, and they're not taking any hostages.

3 comments:

Celia said...

That is an awesome photo. I'm reminded of the Gonzo Meat Biltong Ted Nugent brand beef jerky I once purchased when living in the Wango Tango heartland (aka Michigan).

The Fifty Foot Blogger said...

A friend of mine once saw him in concert and said he wore a loincloth and shot an arrow into one of the speakers.

Anonymous said...

I just googled this church and found your blog. I live near this "church". There is corrently a collection of photos in the window including girls in bikinis on a boar holding a large bottle of vodka and doing a little fake makin' out for the camera. Plus the usual posing with guns, bows, etc. Now I'm finwe with the making out, I'm fine with the vodka, and while I don't want to hunt myself, I guess I'm even fine with the hunting (though not really). What creeps me out is that the "pastor" puts himself OUT THERE with all this "fun" going on around him. A little too culty and a little too close to home.