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[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Murka don't needem none of that Woke Communist Fake News Christianity. Jesus was a ripped alpha male who beat up on weaklings for fun, and told the poors to get a job!

[–] JuliaSuraez@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

If you need pyrotechnics to sell compassion, maybe the priorities are backwards.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They turned the church into a circus.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do they still give out bread tho?

[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That’s communism. Supply side Jesus says no.

[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ok I thought they were hanging Ronald McDonald in effigy

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 138 points 3 days ago (1 children)

When American Christians get to the afterlife and meet god ....

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 64 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

They wouldn't get to meet God. They'd go straight to hell.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 37 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think God would want to meet them just to see the look on their face when he told them they were going to hell.

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[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 76 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

That's ridiculous, even Jesus thought so.

And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, "It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers."

Matthew 21:12-13 (Source)

[–] P00Pchute@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (3 children)

It not like this fly over system costs very much. Compared to the huge building and technology they install. I am fully against Church and religion in general, but flying Santa isn't too spectacular. The private jets, buildings the size of Amazon warehouses that actually cost....

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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What in the ragety-anne-fuck is going on there?

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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

And somehow Palpatine returned.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

What a golden calf.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

These people are all damned to Hell.

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

They are creating it on Earth.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 54 points 3 days ago

"Christians": Put Christ back in Christmas!!!!

Also "Christians": More flying elves, and the magical reindeer's nose needs to shine brighter!

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 51 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

Last time I attended a service all I could think was, "How would you explain that you spent $250,000 on the sound system?"

Took my step-son to that same church to witness me voting, trying to set an example. It was like a mini-mall in there.

Sarcastic child: "Dude! Do they have a Starbucks too?!"

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Around a decade ago I went to church with my parents. They don't go to a mega church but it is a large church in a Texas suburb. My mom offered to buy me a cup of coffee. I thought she was making that silly joke about "buying" me a cup because, it's a church, coffee is free right? No. She actually paid money for coffee at church. And it was a goddamned k-cup.

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[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

Is this an actual service or just an event provided by the church? Staging plays is a social task that can be serviced by a church.

Very American and over the top, still.

A google image search could have answered your question of doubt.

The visual is from the annual "Gift of Christmas" production at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Texas. It IS a church production.

Despite being a 40-year tradition at the church, the $1 million Broadway-style production has faced backlash for its extravagance in recent years. In the past, church leaders have justified the performance by explaining the miracle of Jesus’ birth warrants an over-the-top celebration. They told the Dallas Morning News last year, “Jesus deserves our absolute best. … It’s unfortunate that the perennial American tradition of the church Christmas program now draws criticism.”

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago (14 children)

Yeah renting out megachurches for other parties to do events in isn't really any better

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (6 children)

If Jesus returned from the dead he would be anti-Christian.

How much further from actual Christian values can modern Christianity get?

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[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

What in the actual three-ring-fuck is going on in this picture?

I know that church doesn't have to be as solemn as a funeral, but still... unless these production levels are generating millions for charity, I can't imagine how people are just okay with this.

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

People are gonna watch The Righteous Gemstones and think it's a documentary

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago
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[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Y'know I actually enjoyed when churches would put on (actually) funny skits or silly Christmas plays for outreach or whatever because like, entertainment is a universal communication medium, and what's wrong with having a little fun along the way?

But that was on the order of your local middle school production, maybe. Cardboard, craft paint, and a lot of suspension of disbelief. :p

This "Cirque du Holé" business in gigantic "campuses" is embarrassing. Like that time all those churches loaned out a literal micro roller coaster to each other for. . .some reason. . .?

What a grift.

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[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 40 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This was last year right? Assuming this year will be even bigger and more batshit

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 32 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Like that one church with their Easter service. Put on a whole play. Custom sets. Pyrotechnics. Church of the Rock in Winnipeg. Jenny Nicholson covered it on YouTube. It's so weird.

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[–] pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So they donate money to be entertained? There is already an industry for that.

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 28 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Yeah but this one doesn't pay taxes

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[–] KhantoBlackhand@lemmy.today 25 points 3 days ago

Stuff like this is why I don't publicly practice my faith with a specific lineage of Christ believers. Money corrupts if there is not honor or values. Also fuck them for not actually using to help people but themselves. That's why I want to remove Tax exempt status from mega churches. (Not the smaller churches, just the mega ones.)

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I didn't know a mime getting hanged was in the Bible. Gotta feel bad for the French even their god hates them.

[–] wisemanzero@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Jenny Nicholson had a good video about this a while back.

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But only by suffering enough will the poor be worthy. Then they’ll magically lift themselves up out of poverty.

So heap suffering on them!

Oh look, I guess they were never worthy…

[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Don't you remember that bible story? Where he got the bread and fish, gave the food to his friends, then flew around to flex on the poors?

[–] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 day ago

Jesus walking on water to shame the sinkcels

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[–] madjo@feddit.nl 12 points 2 days ago

Panem & circenses…

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