Jesus Freak?

[zerchristforu]

So what's the deal with people calling themselves "Jesus Freaks"? Seriously, don't they think that's somewhat deprecating? In a world based on pride, how is that going to make anyone attractive in a worldly person's eyes?

If anything, it definitely makes Christians unattractive in the world's eyes.

 

[juvenissun]

I guess you will eventually get used to new terms as they keep popping out with time.
You don't like it because you are aged.

 

[essentialsaltes]

So what's the deal with people calling themselves "Jesus Freaks"? Seriously, don't they think that's somewhat deprecating? In a world based on pride, how is that going to make anyone attractive in a worldly person's eyes?

If anything, it definitely makes Christians unattractive in the world's eyes.

Jesus freak has a very specific origin from Southern California in the 1960s and 1970s and the Jesus Movement. "The term Jesus freak was originally a pejorative label imposed on the group by non-Christian hippies, but members of the Jesus movement reclaimed the phrase as a positive self-identifier."

Personally, speaking as a worldly person, I think this kind of self-deprecating reference is actually kind of charming. But now the term itself is not very current, at least here in Southern California. I haven't really heard it used seriously in a long time, but occasionally people will use it sort of ironically or humorously.

 

[Merrily]

1969 or thereabouts I last heard that term used in public and on that occasion it was used as an intended insult.

 

[Willie T]

I guess you will eventually get used to new terms as they keep popping out with time.
You don't like it because you are aged.

RICH! Totally groovy, Man. I can dig it.

 

[Paradoxum]

Instead of saying, 'no, I'm not a freak', they say 'yes, I do strange things for God and I'm not ashamed'. By accepting the label it can't hurt you as much. It's also an expression of faith. You care about God so much, that you happy to look like a freak to others for God.

 

[Chesterton]

Instead of saying, 'no, I'm not a freak', they say 'yes, I do strange things for God and I'm not ashamed'.

There are/were also "Fools For Christ".

 

[Standing_Ultraviolet]

A lot of groups accept pejoratives and apply them to themselves, as a way of defusing the words. That said, like essentialsaltes, I don't know anyone who uses the term "Jesus freak", at least not anymore. It's kind of like calling someone a rapscallion. You can do it, but it's going to seem odd and intentionally dated.

 

[Vanilla Scripture]

Jesus Freak originated with the counterculture Jesus Movement in 1967. Accompanied by the, All Saved Freak Band. Members of the Jesus Movement became known by the pejorative, Jesus freaks.

However, the Jesus Movement wasn't going to be daunted by such a term and this then generated a number of books aligned with the spiritual walk with Christ and life and philosophy surrounding living the word.

Jesus freak isn't an insult.

The apostle Paul was a Jesus freak. The apostles were Jesus freaks. And there are billions of people world wide who are Jesus freaks.

Loving Christ isn't an insult. However, voicing a pejorative at a Christian like, "Jesus freak!" , certainly does reflect poorly on the comprehension skills of the speaker. So I wouldn't worry about it. All things in God's good time.

 

[Gadarene]

There's something very.....hipsterish, for want of a better word, about this kind of mentality.

As if you have to stand out from the world, or something. When there isn't that much difference between you and those who don't share your beliefs, insisting you're super different just comes across as pretentious.

 

[Vanilla Scripture]

There's something very.....hipsterish, for want of a better word, about this kind of mentality.

As if you have to stand out from the world, or something. When there isn't that much difference between you and those who don't share your beliefs, insisting you're super different just comes across as pretentious.

I'd think that implication could be very easily applied to Atheists. In a world wherein the majority of the population believe in some higher power a small vocal minority stands out and argues there to be no such thing.
In any manner they so choose to afford their personal position on the matter.

And in the face of all that exists and has no definitive cause save for what is proffered by science that provides theories for the origin of the species and all that exists besides.