Humorous show does not constitute sacrilege
Christian Corts & Todd Oakley
Issue date: 2/20/08 Section: Opinion
The brothers of Sigma Chi would like to thank everyone for the praise of this year’s Sweepstakes winning show, “The Original Fraternity.” We believe that our show was in good taste and in no way compromised our faith in Jesus Christ or presented a message opposed to Samford’s mission.
To qualify as sacrilegious, our presentation would have had to abused something commonly considered “sacred” or dedicated to or set apart for the worship of a deity or worthy of religious veneration. Jesus himself plainly is worthy of worship because he himself is God.
The disciples, on the other hand, consisted of plain fishermen, laborers, a zealot and a disreputable tax collector. Nowhere are we, as Christians, called upon to venerate the saints or disciples in the Bible. Rather, we are commanded to worship God alone. We were very careful NOT to even appear to desecrate, profane or misuse any member of the Trinity and would never do so.
The group of disciples who were originally responsible for spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ did write portions of the Bible, began churches and lead thousands of people to salvation through Christ. But they are not sacred or worthy of worship as a result. All true disciples are saints; “called out ones” are only sacred in the sense of this calling and in the sense of being set apart for his use. And yet all true saints are only sinners, imperfect men and women saved by his grace who alone is worthy of worship.
To qualify as sacrilegious, our presentation would have had to abused something commonly considered “sacred” or dedicated to or set apart for the worship of a deity or worthy of religious veneration. Jesus himself plainly is worthy of worship because he himself is God.
The disciples, on the other hand, consisted of plain fishermen, laborers, a zealot and a disreputable tax collector. Nowhere are we, as Christians, called upon to venerate the saints or disciples in the Bible. Rather, we are commanded to worship God alone. We were very careful NOT to even appear to desecrate, profane or misuse any member of the Trinity and would never do so.
The group of disciples who were originally responsible for spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ did write portions of the Bible, began churches and lead thousands of people to salvation through Christ. But they are not sacred or worthy of worship as a result. All true disciples are saints; “called out ones” are only sacred in the sense of this calling and in the sense of being set apart for his use. And yet all true saints are only sinners, imperfect men and women saved by his grace who alone is worthy of worship.
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