King is sailing, they say

Hello all.  I wanted to finish my top 10 book reviews for 2006, but I am feeling a bit snarky this evening, so I present instead the Top 10 Christian cliches that to me are like fingernails on a chalkboard.  Some I have been hearing for too many years.  Some are fine but have lost all meaning.  Some are plain wrong.  Some just grate me for no good reason other than that I am occasionally grumpy. 

And just for the record, yes I do use some of these cliches on occassion.  I dig them too!

Intelligent Design - Seeker friendly creationism

Evangelical Christian - I swear I hear this all the time, and I have no idea what it even means.

Jesus is my homeboy - I saw this on a T-Shirt once.  No comment.

Evolution violates the 2nd law of thermodynamics - This is not really a cliche, but I hear it in nearly every pro-Creationist argument.  And it is just flat out FALSE

Real men love Jesus - I just cannot think of an appropriate comment, but this just kinda makes me queeeezy.  See “personal relationship…”

Peace be with you - at some point during a Catholic mass I shake about 10 hands of people who mumble these words while they look urgently for the next hand to shake.  Followed closely by ”so sorry for your loss” while attending a funeral. 

I’m not perfect, just forgiven - I’m not perfect, I just have an excuse!

Personal relationship with Jesus - What shall we do today, Jesus?  gag 

What would Jesus do? - Nobody has ever actually asked me this.  But I have seen some keen bracelets with this friendly ethical reminder.

Praise the Lord - The only cliche here that is actually found in the Bible (it is all over the Psalms).  When introducing yourself to others, never use this phrase.  You name will do nicely.

in Jesus name, amen - Roger Wilco, God.  Signing off, over and out.