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Sean Matuszak Jesus

Submitted by Callie Burch on Fri, 09/21/2018 - 16:31

According to the article, "Communicating Mixed Messages about Religion through Internet Memes", the Sean Matuszak meme shows that everyday people can also become heroes or gods. After a comment pointed out Sean’s cheerful yearbook photo, other users began to praise his image and he slowly gained Internet fame becoming known as a god and hero of the Internet. This example counterbalances the tendency to equate religion with specialized institutions and instead focus on finding or creating meaning elsewhere.

Yeezianity

Submitted by Gabrielle Aguilar on Thu, 10/15/2015 - 20:40

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/kanye-west

Yeezianity,

according to knowyourmeme.com, is a satirical religion revolving around, rapper/musician,

Kanye West. Yeezianity was founded anonymously in December of 2013 and has its own

website for followers to learn about the religion and its belief system. According to the official

website, the followers shall never speak the rapper’s real name and may refer to him only as

Joshua Feuerstein Memes

Submitted by Gabrielle Aguilar on Fri, 10/09/2015 - 12:34

Joshua Feuerstein is an American evangelist, internet and social media personality, who frequently uploads Facebook videos documenting his thoughts on a variety of subjects related to Christianity. He is best known online for his outspoken criticism of atheism and the scientific theory of evolution.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joshua-feuerstein

Hipster Jesus

Submitted by Gabrielle Aguilar on Tue, 12/02/2014 - 10:33

Hipster Jesus showcases the life of Jesus Christ, as taken from occurrences in the Bible, and presents it in the context of Hipster culture by framing it in a way that it was "cool" before it was mainstream popular culture. This idea of "cool before mainstream" is something indicative of Hipster Culture. The memes suggest superiority in humor (i.e. Hipster Jesus is the "original," or the "first," or "did it before," etc.)

Story Time Jesus

Submitted by Kristen Trapnell on Mon, 12/01/2014 - 15:14

Story Time Jesus memes feature an image of Lars Justinen’s painting, The Parable, which shows a diverse group of people gathered around Jesus Christ as He explains various concepts about creation, life, death, and other Biblical parables. The twelve-meme sample was taken from the website knowyourmeme.com.

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