Recently Adult Swim released their trailor for a new series called Black Jesus from Aaron McGruder , the man behind The Boondocks. While most people found the trailor to be hilarious one group didn't. One Million Moms is a group made up of members from the American Family Association released a statement about the trailer that stated, as follows:





“The garbage that passes for entertainment continues to disturb us. Even the three-minute trailer was too vile to watch, with multiple uses of the f-word by the actor portraying ‘Black Jesus.’ Christians and anyone who believes in respecting faith must come together to make sure this program never airs.” Tim Wildmon





The organization was quick to denounce and call the series vile and disgusting. But why did so many find comedy where AFA found disgust? Let's call AFA what it is. It is a radical, right wing, Christian, fundamentalist organization that owns almost 200 radio stations. You may think that isn't important but it is. In 2009 a lawsuit was filed against AFA by former employees for creating a racist and homophobic work environment.





It's no surprise that the AFA would have a problem with Black Jesus. But if they actually looked at the trailer they would realize that it might just be one of the realist and accurate portrayals of Jesus Christ ever. People like the AFA would lead you to bekieve that Jesus hung around those of the highest morals but that simply isn't true.



In the trailer several people let Jesus know they don't care who he is. Simply being Jesus won't make them change their ways. One woman even goes so far as to knock Jesus out. Another threatens him to have her things exactly how she wants it or he's going to have a problem. Several men threaten to shoot Jesus and claim to be agnostic when he tells them who he is. All of these things most likely would happen in today's world.





Another scene depicts Jesus telling a man "I died for your sins" and getting the response "That was 2014 years ago." The fact is that some people don't want to hear about Jesus, like it or not. That's the attitude plenty of people take when hearing about Jesus so why would you be offended by something that's frequent in today's world. Black Jesus isn't about Jesus traveling through the desert. It's Jesud traveling through today's world.





There's also a man in the trailer that hopes to use Jesus to make more money for his businesses. How could this offend the AFA. A Christian organization owning 180 radio stations that made their owners millions. No way they could be offended by that. They do the same thing. Plaster the face of God on it and sell it.





A third man goes around attempting to convince people that Jesus isn't real. Claiming Jesus is nothing more than a liar and a cult leader. People do that every day, start cults and say Jesus isn't real. Does that offend you? Or is is the the homeless man? The homeless man that ask Jesus for lottery numbers and receives kindness and wisdom only to respond by telling Jesus nobody wants that.



