By Teach your kiddies all about how to fight for Jesus with these armor of God PJs:
And then if you want to invite King Jesus into your heart and “get saved,” just follow their ABC’s and pray this magical prayer:
Dear Lord Jesus,
I know I have done wrong and I need to say I am sorry. I believe You are the Son of God, He sent You to die for my sins and You rose from the grave on the third day. I want to turn away from doing wrong. I need Your forgiveness and ask You to come into my life and heart. I will trust and follow You as my Lord and Savior.
In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Boy does that bring back memories. I used to have a whole pitch that would always culminate in asking the disgusting sinner — I mean, seeker — if they were ready to pray this prayer.
I’m glad most people turned me down!
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I’m sure that’s why I apostatized late in life: I didn’t have Armor of God PJs growing up.
Coming soon for atheists: Chariots of Iron PJs (Judges 1:19)
Ay ay sir:
Bah, pic didn’t show: http://ep.yimg.com/ip/I/crazyforbargains_2058_62082006
The way in which this mother interacted with her daughter to relieve anxiety and then how another individual links this outward to other kids shows how mild forms of obsessive compulsive disorder are related to some religious practices. There are so many examples of this type of thing from cleansing rituals to kosher foods to holy underwear, etc. etc.
I have holey underwear. Does that count?
Only if you are doing something ritualistic and spiritual with the hole. :)
Highly spiritual, I assure you :)
sad, sad, sad. Innovative, if you are a christian, but sad nonetheless.
This reminds me of when I was a kid and was part of the “Crusaders” which was like Boy Scouts for fundies, but more about Bible reading than going into the woods. We had to recite that verse about the armour of god in every meeting. And we also had to wear a silly costume, but not as bad as the PJs.
(ps I’m a long time lurker and read this site every day, finally decided to make my first post here. Hello!)
Welcome BillZbub. Were you Foursquare? Sounds like my childhood. We also crafted an Armor of God play shield when I was a ‘Cadet’ waiting to become a ‘Crusader’.
God gave her the idea for PJs? Why doesn’t god give her the cure for cancer?
Because that would actually help people. And we wouldn’t want that, now would we?
…only in America.
Sadly, no.
I love the sexist imagery, too. The boy gets a helmet of salvation, while the girl gets…a tiara of salvation. Apparently, little girls get sub-standard armor for deflecting those spiritual blows, which is why they have to be silent in church, I guess.
It looks more like a veil, to me. Or is that too Muslim?
I will say this is a very funny observation. Also, I would like to inform you women being silent scripture came about because, back then the women sat on one side of the temple and then men on the other. And during the services would be asking their husbands questions about what was being said. So basically Paul was saying they need not do that there because it was disruptive.
Cleric Steven C. Stone
Why didn’t Paul say “let’s stop sitting on the opposite sides of the room and yelling questions at each other” then? Or tell the men to stop answering?
No idea, but that’s just arguing about ways he could have said it. Why do we not always say things a certain way all the time? There is always a better way of saying something.
No, it isn’t just arguing about the way he said it. He chose to chastise only the women for speaking, making it entirely unclear that he meant what you claim he meant, and giving us every reason to believe it was just raw misogyny. Besides, one would imagine that someone guided by god would find a better way of saying something.
That is some ridiculous nonsense, right there. “God” gave her an idea for some fugly PJs? He couldn’t have given her the correct lottery numbers? Or told her the secret for beating the Devil at some nefarious scheme? Or, you know, forgone that whole “inspiration for stupid PJs” bit and gotten off his duff to reveal himself to the whole of humanity, thus, negating the need for ill-conceived products such as this? *facepalm*
They really are fugly, aren’t they? ;)
I don’t know, that little Faith pillow is cute. Great accessory for my paladin themed corner.
That’s not a pillow, it’s a SHIELD to ward off THE DEVIL!!!!!
and when he goes away to college and has a panic attack when the pajamas don’t come in his size, what THEN? FOR THE LOVE OF JEEBUS, WHAT THEN??
Then Mommy, as a good christian mother would, will make a bigger size of pj’s for her darling boy. These pj’s will also armor him from the attentions of Questionable Women while he’s at college.
A double win for the Mommy.
As an added bonus, no Questionable Man will want to bother with him, either.
The child would be expected to understand the spiritual nature of the PJ’s by then, thus not needing to wear them anymore.
Cleric Steven C. Stone
I saw a teddy bear in these PJ’s the other day — in a last-stop thrift store. Yeeeeeah, I didn’t buy it either. Sorry, Teddy.
Just as long as they are aware that receiving an armor of God removes their free will, hmmm?
God always gives us free will. Free to choose His way or ours. And the choice of doing ours doesn’t make us not go to Heaven. We just have to be aware we can’t blame God if our lives are messed up, because we did it our way. I’m not saying either that every time we do something our way we fail.
By that logic, kidnappers give their victims free will, and it isn’t their fault if they get shot when they make a break for it.
Kidnappers don’t give free will. They make you go under force. When we choose to do something our way and it goes against how God has set things in order things will not balance out right, and things will go wrong. But we can choose to do that. A person being kidnapped really has no choice unless they have a way to get away.
Rule #1: Don’t let your captor take you to a 2nd location.
I thought rule# 1 was leave a mess, make a mark, anything to indicate that something happened.
Look up. That’s the point soaring overhead.
Yes, its so simple and beautiful, even a child can understand (Jesus loves me this I know, for the bible tells me so, little one’s to Him belong, they are weak but He is strong). But it’s way too complex for an “adult” who are all grown up. He is the humble King indeed, and has chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise.
Confounded, dumbfounded…be found’ed! :)
And even a child can understand Santa Claus, but that’s way too complex for adults. Therefore…. what, exactly?
I’m a Christian and dumbfounded…..yeah, this looks rather dumb. How do the pjs protect you? I know there are Christians who have pictures/statues of Mary/Jesus-no idea who decided who Jesus and Mary look(ed) like, blond even, when we know Jews don’t look like that, or have blue eyes- that they pray to/facing towards. What happened to the commandment that we shall have nothing in heaven, on the earth or under the earth representing God? I mean, if the pjs really are meant to ward off the Devil. Oh well, maybe someone lost something while translating the Bible into my language, after all? I’ve been suspecting that for some time now.
Just wondering… you mean while translating the hebrew bible to greek? Or from greek to latin? Maybe from latin to vulgar latin? Or after that, to old english?
Since the woman isn’t having them bow down and worship the PJ’s they aren’t graven images. They are only being used to teach a lesson on the whole armor of God. They are a visual aid.
Cleric Steven C. Stone
Hey Cleric, isn’t Armor of Gawd one of the magic items from DnD?
wouldn’t know never played it
You might not be using the “official rules”. Since you are using the title of Cleric, you’re a hardcore gamer and playing a fantasy game every day.
Im may play games but I don’t play that one.
The most amazing thing about people is that they can always generate all kinds of energy towards negative action but very rarely move towards positive action.
Steven, I am a Dungeons and Dragons player and also a Christian. It is possible to be both despite what many would say.
I also realize that many of the people who are ridiculing the product are doing so because it is easy to do so. I believe that most people are incapable of logical behavior and thus never run out of reasons to hate. Hating is easy where as Loving takes commitment. Loving requires accepting people for the way they are despite the fact that we don’t agree with them or because thier methods are flawed. When we self examine we find that we are not perfect and knowing so allows us to accept others. The willingness to see the faults in others but not in ourselves requires a great deal of lying to oneself. What I see everyday are a lot of people who believe they are perfect despite the signs that say otherwise.
What’s the point of this post? Stop trying to argue with people who think they are perfect and want to make sure that other people know they are not.
“The most amazing thing about people is..”
I always thought it was the ability to think rationally about things and then throw that rationality out the window when examining their own closely held beliefs.
“Steven, I am a Dungeons and Dragons player and also a Christian. It is possible to be both despite what many would say.”
Probably a 1st edition Orthodox.
“I also realize that many of the people who are ridiculing the product are doing so because it is easy to do so.”
The fact that it’s funny has nothing to do with it?
“I believe that most people are incapable of logical behavior and thus never run out of reasons to hate. Hating is easy where as Loving takes commitment.”
So not just a Glass Half Empty, but a Glass is Empty and Broken and coated with HIV sorta person.
“Loving requires…. What’s the point of this post?”
To show how loving and accepting you are? – FAIL.
“Stop trying to argue with people who think they are perfect and want to make sure that other people know they are not.”
Instead egotistically point out how much better you are than the audience that’s filled with imaginary faults.
It’s physical representation of spiritual belief. Children are not developed enough to fully understand the whole meaning of the passage so it’s a way to comfort them. Eventually, as the child continues to grow they begin to understand the true meaning if the parents continue to instruct thier children as they grow in thier ability to understand. If not then it’s not a very well laid out plan. But this is true in many cases of child instruction at the hands of parents in many arenas and not just in faith formation.
Indoctrination it works better on the young.
When I was three years old and hospitalized for several lllonnnggg months, watching other kids come and go, go to who knows where, I had trouble understanding “Yes, its so simple and beautiful, even a child can understand (Jesus loves me this I know, for the bible tells me so, little one’s to Him belong, they are weak but He is strong).” Oh I get it…he is strong and he can punish the crap out of you, you chicken weakling, just for existing!
He doesn’t punish anyone for just living. He allows life to take place and our decisions cause us to have suffering. “People get cancer, Why?” Because, man decided that what God gave us to live off of wasn’t enough and we needed chemicals for growing our food, make cars, and etc… Man is the one who brings most of the suffering upon themselves.
Other question often asked, “Well if God is real why are there hungry people starving in this world?” Answer – Because humanity is greedy and won’t share. There is enough food in the whole world to feed everyone, but most of it ends up in Americans mouth and being carried around in their bodies (obesity) to an early grave.
We want to blame God for not being here and keeping bad things from happening, but if He did we would no longer have free choice. Free choice is just the right to choose doing things either good or evil, for yourself or for others.
Cleric Steven C. Stone
God gave us uranium and UV light. Not our fault they give us cancer. Your god really is careless isn’t he?
Yes, and the way we use what He placed on this planet is why we have so many illnesses. If we kept to the original way things were Uranium would’ve never been in our reach to mess with. But, we must play God and try to create, because we weren’t happy with what we have.
Get off the internet, then, and go pray naked in a field if you think that’s better.
The internet is for everyone not just jerks.
Even God Whalloping Luddites.
So it’s a sin to go outside?
I got just the reaction I thought I would from you people on here. You have nothing better to do with your lives then criticize peoples faith. I for one probably don’t have nearly as much things and money as all you. But, yet I’m happy and fulfilled by my faith and relationship with Christ. I don’t have to look to entertain myself by bashing others faith practices or beliefs. I actually find the PJ’s interesting, but think they could have been made better by not having the girl wearing a a tiara of salvation, and the lack of the sword (the word of God or “Bible”).
Sad though that you people can’t just disagree with our beliefs without making fun of them. And this also includes the pretend Christians who will do the same about others belief or dis-belief in God.
Cleric Steven C. Stone
I’m curious why you bring up ‘things and money’ and where you get the shred of an idea that many of us here happen to have more of them than you, and why you think it is relevant.
When you come here and say something, we have every right to respond to it, and if we think it absurd we’ll point that out. It isn’t your right to not be challenged about your beliefs when you express them. Besides, we were just asking questions, and it isn’t our fault if they shake your faith so much when you squirm to try to answer them.
I haven’t squirmed at all to answer them. And if they were just questions and not sarcastic mockery questions it would be a different story. And the money deal I said probably (not definitely), was used to show that even without all that I’m happy. That I don’t have to criticize other beliefs to make me feel good. I also have had person thank me on here for letting everyone here tone up your mocking skills.
Also, forgot to say if you all were hear just asking questions ( and not in a mocking way). Why is this whole forum filled with these type questions or comments. There wouldn’t be a forum discussion if the original commenter didn’t make his mocking comment on the PJ’s.
“And the money deal I said probably (not definitely), was used to show that even without all that I’m happy. ”
You forgot to mention how Humble you are.
Your beliefs are silly. It’s nobody’s fault but your own for entering posts on this site that display just how far you’re willing to go to believe something really silly! They are easy to disagree with, and furthermore, when you put them into words like you do, it’s so easy to see exactly how silly they are. I mean — you have an answer for everything in which you can’t recognize how silly it is for an adult to believe them, much less communicate them to other adults. And you shouldn’t make assumptions about money. I don’t have any. Also, I am plenty happy without money and without you showing up. It’s not like this was the highlight of my otherwise dreary, godless week. God makes you happy because you like simple things that don’t make any sense.
“Why is this whole forum filled with these type questions or comments. There wouldn’t be a forum discussion if the original commenter didn’t make his mocking comment on the PJ’s.”
I suggest you read the about page.
There wouldn’t be a forum discussion if people didn’t hold such ridiculous beliefs.
@Steven:
Seriously this time — sometimes we get serious posts and sometimes we get something too stupid to be believed, but however, it is true. Someone invented pajamas for children that are funny to look at, and fun to point out how ridiculous that people take it seriously enough to invent, and for people like you to defend. You have written probably over 10 posts by now in this very old thread, but no other thread. If you want discussions and less mocking, seek other threads and see if you can say anything that’s not utterly retarded, and people will discuss things with you. So far, all you’ve contributed are amongst the stupidest things I’ve read on this blog since I started posting over a year ago, and we get plenty of Christians and others, real wackos, real angries, and so on. So good luck with that.
“I haven’t squirmed at all to answer them.”
You gave a semantic argument to the point about Paul and have largely not bothered answering the rest.
“And if they were just questions and not sarcastic mockery questions it would be a different story.”
Different from what? Squirming? Refusing to answer the straight questions because you’d rather play the victim than provide any genuine defence of your faith?
“And the money deal I said probably (not definitely), was used to show that even without all that I’m happy. That I don’t have to criticize other beliefs to make me feel good.”
What does this have to do with having money and things? Again, I ask how it is relevant, I’m not looking for semantic bickering over whether you said probably or definitely, and I am not looking for more irrelevance tacked on.
Poor poor baby! Martyr complex much?
Sad though that you people can’t just disagree with our beliefs without coming here to complain about them.
Nope don’t feel like a martyr. I haven’t died for my faith yet. I can take your mockery. It doesn’t upset me at all, just is sad that that’s the only thing you can do with your time.
Speaking about time, I have other things to do myself. Just wanted to step forward and represent my faith. Speak some truth about Christianity and now I’ll let it rest.
Accurately reporting a lie is still a lie.
Sad.
You’re here to represent your faith and railing against our mockery of silly pajamas is the best you can do?
Set the bar a little higher next time, it’s depressing to see it lay on the ground like that.
Steven, I think your god is a dick. I think your excuses for your dick god are pathetic.
The Bunny suit from “A Christmas Story” would be a better gift.
“He looks like a pink nightmare!”
Wow, these will make you the coolest kids at sleep-overs!
assuming you will ever get invited to a sleep over.
Those PJs look like drawings I’ve seen of the Crusades. Or is it the Inquisition? Or did they pretty much do the same thing, killing, torturing, etc.?
Not quite original material from this mother, eh what?
The Crusades were led by evil religious leaders and Kings of that time. Is was bent on gaining them power and money. That is Christianity in a corrupt state, and not what it’s really all about. It was wrong and that’s why God put an end to it, maybe not as quick as we think He should’ve.
Cleric Steven C. Stone
So those weren’t Scottsmen then?
Not true ones. :)
What else did he have to do that was more important? Or was it the red tape that slowed down the gears of holy justice? I just love simpletons like you who put your faith of a child on display. I don’t know how you put your powers of utter stupidity to use in meat space, but it was nice of you to take a few minutes out of your day to help us hone our mocking skills. Thank the lord you’re there, Steven.
Actually He was allowing us to practice our free will to choose how we treat each other. And, anyone that did what was done during the Crusades will pay worse then anyone that they tortured or killed, with Eternal fire.
He doesn’t do anything, then, he just turns the channel and sees what’s on tv today.
No He steps in when He is ready to do a great work. Without the bad in this world we would not know what peace is that He brings. Thus we wouldn’t give him glory for it. Yes, God wants glory for the things He does, but people only seem to give Him any when they go through rough times. When we see the evil of man come upon then and only then does man cry out to God. After 9-11 the churches filled up. They were crying out to God to protect them. Then when no more terrorist attacks came they relax and now God is forgotten again except on Easter and Christmas.
I think god would get more glory if he acted quickly, like a firefighter or an EMT, or if he prevented things from happening or reversed the effects of bad events. Like on 9/11 – he could have grabbed those planes out of the sky and put them on the earth and told those terrorists there would be no jelly and sorry to spoil their adventures, or unhappen it. People filling churches and praying after the fact didn’t make the terrorists stop coming! They just did what they came to do and they are coming up with other plans. If the prayerful didn’t die from the attacks, god didn’t protect them, they were just somewhere the victims weren’t. Why were the victims where they were? You think god chose them that day? You are an idiot. I have nothing else to describe you.
So far, miracles=0. Your god isn’t proven by things working themselves out over time, it just shows that if there were a god, all he seems to do is sit around with his thumbs up his ass all day. To revise the events you observe to include the presence of god as having acted in any way is to be in severe denial.
“Then when no more terrorist attacks came”
Your allies like Spain and the United Kingdom, the people of Mumbai and Bali, along with every soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan, might beg to differ.
Anyway, if god steps in when he is ready, isn’t that infringing on free will?
“…to give her a safe and secure feeling in the dark”
That’s it. The origin of religions!
Isn’t this the first step to a magical christian underware, just like the mormon one?
Coming soon at your nearest sex shop!
As a kid, I loved my Wonder Woman underoos– way cooler than magic christian underwear!
I was a Crusader too! Regional bible drill champ! Ah, good times. These pj’s bring a tear to my eye. And a queasy feeling to my belly.
I never knew silk could ward off Satan in our children’s dreams. Maybe he doesn’t like the wormy silk smell.
It’s not really to be taken literally as what is protecting them. It’s just visualization of the spiritual armor. It’s the spiritual armor that really protects them not the PJ’s.
Cleric Steven C. Stone
Yeah, it refers to ANY manufacturer of dairy products.
More obviously, kids like to pretend a lot, and a few companies make pajamas that accommodate a child’s imagination (which are also tie-ins to a larger marketing scheme to buy all the accessories, not unlike Christianity):
http://www.simplysuperheroes.com/products/superman-pajamas
http://www.jediacademyforkids.com/2008/01/kids-star-wars-pajamas.html
http://www.disneystore.com/sleepwear-cinderella-nightshirt-for-girls/p/1266889/14399/
Etc. — while none of these pajamas, it’s true, transform any wee one into their role model, neither are they based on anything that actually happened. The “armor of god” is simply another imaginary gimmick to sell pajamas, only in the case that it’s the parents who buy them because they think like children, that pretend is real, and that dressing up like this is what the kids really want. They don’t offer protection and they kind of look flammable, actually. HA HA, the website seems to be gone and I cannot find another address where it might have moved. Not enough demand for this item, I guess, it’s too late to get your kids set to meet Jesus!
Shouldn’t the little girl have a night dress. Isn’t it a sin for her to wear pants? Cause when she grows up she might wear rainbow pajamas and kiss other girls?
Actually, it’s not a sin for her to wear pants. That’s was just something the church came up with. A woman is just to wear modest clothing, and you can’t get more modest then pants.
Cleric Steven C. Stone
A burqa is more modest than pants. :p
If a church didn’t come up with the of modest clothing, who did?
anyone else think that this looks like the garb of the KKK?
I think you are all being very harsh on these pj’s. They have a message! And that message is:
“Guess what religion my parents believe in!”
hey, matthew, it DOES look like the KKK!
i just joined ffrf so yeah, this is a late comment.
HEY!!! how curious! SHE is given the BOOK, presumably to read from. god forbid! she can read.
they were simply meant to make her children feel safe. what is wrong with that? It’s for a childs logic & level of understanding. when i was a child i spoke & acted like a child & when I grew up it was time to put away childish things. Put away your childish viewpoints you all get what the original point of the idea was intended for. I challenge each of you to look @ yourself & see that you dont still hold to some silly idea of comfort for youreself that you know is illogical.
Bless you Steven for standing up for god among all of the unbelievers. It shows you love them even though they mock you as our lord did. I pray someday that they are brought to Christ and are saved.
God bless you all.
The Lord mocks Steven?