Eye on the Street
Decatur Metro | July 26, 2010
Commerce Drive @ West Ponce de Leon Ave. (photo submitted by Stephanie)
Commerce Drive @ West Ponce de Leon Ave. (photo submitted by Stephanie)
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Now you’re just daring me to hit the street with my camera after a few drinks with friends; brings to mind a scene from the end of The Life of Brian.
“Wee-weese Bwrain!
Wow, sorry to miss Jesus in the streets of Decatur. That cross is a top-of-the-line model!
Are those wheelies that he is carrying?
I suppose he has a foam-rubber crown of thorns too.
I saw this guy last week going into Farm Burger! He parked his cross in the parking lot before going inside.
Awww, c’mon, y’all. Maybe he’s carrying it because it really means something to him, rather than that he’s just some nutso (he did, after all, have the presence of mind to leave it in the parking lot at FB). It takes all kinds, and IMO, Decaturites are lucky that it does– makes the town so much more interesting than some homogenized suburb where this poor guy would probably spook some fretful housewife, be pulled over by the local constabulary, & tossed in the hoosegow before he could blink twice.
Cuba, what is a hoosegow?! This is a word that I want in my vocabulary!!!
I think this guy travels across the Southeast, or at the least I’ve come across someone else with a wheeled cross in Alabama before.
I think he heard about the zombie problem and is trying to help.
so is it OK to publish pictures of people walking down the street? Do you need their permission to do that? I would hate for a photo of me to be posted and be open to judgment and ridicule….
The guy is walking around downtown with a giant cross on wheels. Is is your contention that he does not welcome attention?
For the most part, you are fair game in public. But, I agree – the Internets are scary sometimes.
being someone who does a lot of photography stuff… yes, it is okay for anyone to take photos of you in public, and post them. That’s the risk you take being in public. What they cannot do is sell it or make money off it without you giving permission to do so (if it is definitely noticeable that it is you).
I can’t help it. The wheels are funny.
Silly me. When I glanced at the photo, my first thought was Homeless Real Estate Agent.
I greatly prefer the idea of a guy bearing the cross of Christ. It can certainly be a heavy load to carry for those who try to do so daily, even if you use the wheels.
Wow. Jesus in Decatur bearing a cross with training wheels. Just … wow.
I am not a religious zealot of any kind, but I am OK with someone else publicly demonstrating nonviolent signs of their faith and beliefs, even when it is counter to my own beliefs (such as they are). As long as they don’t proselytize at or populate public school grounds or other church-state interfaces, or private property where they are prohibited, they are within their rights. As for the training wheels, I don’t see anything ludicrous about that, just a matter of practicality and the lack of armed soldiers following his procession. Jesus stole an ass and rode it, according to the scriptures, on one of his trips. I’m sure he could have walked that road too, as he did so many others, in preaching to his disciples and the crowds. Just for the record, is there any mention in the scriptures of Jesus being transported in a wheeled cart at any time?
The Jewish messiah was supposed to ride into town on an ass–therefore Christ did. The funny thing is if you consider the Christian idea of having a cross to bear, atoning for your own sins the way Christ atoned for all of ours. It is oddly symbolic that this gentleman, in this day and age, is evangelizing, but, at the same time, making his cross easier to bear. Of course, Christ had Simon of Cyrene to help, and I’m having trouble finding a good pun between the wheels and Simon’s name. Will try later.
So you’re saying this guy’s cross has been simonized?
You got all of that one, writerchad; whack, right out of the park!
Remember, if you hit the bull, you win a steak.
…and also with you!
Peoples Front of Judea: All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
Attendee: Brought peace?
…”and defend his right to be a woman!”
LOL! I love it that there are so many other Python devotees on this blog…
I believe this is the same person who has traveled throughout the world expressing his Christian beliefs. Several years ago, I read an article about an American crossing Africa with a cross like this. He was met with a great deal of ridicule, intolerance, and several violent attacks.
I’m sorry I did not see and meet him as he walked through Decatur. I would have said, “God bless you.”
Jesus take the wheel
Take it from my hands
‘Cause I can’t do this on my own
I’m letting go
So give me one more chance
To save me from this road I’m on
Jesus take the wheel
I have nothing but respect for the values of most religions. However, this photo makes me giggle uncontrollably every time I see it. Why is the guy wearing a coat in summertime? Is that a monk’s robe? Are those wheelies? Does he put them on and skate round with that cross? How does the cross stand up when not in transit? Are the wheels made for easy slip on and off? A giant wood cross on wheels just has a Monty Python or Saturday Night Live feel to it.
Wow. Look at everyone wondering what kind of cross he’s bearing .. and all the Jesus references … I would say that’s pretty profound (and practical) way to evangelize! Nice.
I just hope that when he got to the top of the hill, he rode his cross down the other side.
I’m the person who took and submitted this photo. I saw him pass Garlic as I was leaving from having lunch and then I got caught at the light at Commerce and had to break out the camera. I will say there were 4-5 women also waiting at that crosswalk and he was trying to talk to them and they all backed away. Then he crossed against the signal which I found interesting. Those are Keens hanging off the backpack and he was wearing sneakers. My co-worker saw him a couple hours before this walking into Decatur along Church Street and at that time he was wearing fringed knee-high suede Davy Crockett boots. I guess they got to hot.
I’m sure this thread is dead, but I just saw this guy walking east along I-20, past Panola Road…
I saw a guy with a very similar contraption walking down Highway 78 westbound right outside of Thomson, GA, this past weekend – which means he could have been headed back towards Decatur! He waved at me after he noticed me staring at him for a few seconds. Truly a Bible Belt moment!