Jesus was gother than you
He is referred to as Lord Jesus. Even to this day, people call him Lord Jesus, much
like other gothlings go by titles such as Lord Ashtoroth, or Lord Wolfbane. It wasn't so
cheesy, in the beginning....
He was mocked by "normals." Even the gothest goth of them all was made fun of by
ignorant rednecks and trendies.
Jesus was obsessed with death. Yes, he lived and breathed it, so to speak. He hung
out in tombs with dead guys like Lazarus. He also spent time with lepers.
Jesus was secretly a vampire. At his last supper he said, "This cup means the new
covenant by virtue of my blood." Transubstantiation is nothing but a fancy spell that changes
wine into real blood! After all, how else could Jesus promise eternal life? In addition, when
Jesus was up on the cross, the sun went dark so he wouldn't get those nasty sunburns
vamps are so prone to.
He was always depressed. Think about it. What real Goth is ever happy? With all the
exciting masochistic stuff he went through, is it any wonder that "Jesus wept?" He was, after
all, known as the "man of sorrows."
Jesus was a great dresser. C'mon now. He might not have worn black all the time, but
just take a close look at all those pictures we see of Christ. He wore long flowing robes,
looking positively ethereal in white, or sombre in blood red. He wasn't afraid to pull
gender-benders, either, which proved very influential to the San Francisco goth scene. He
tended to wear a lot of dresses and skirts, yet somehow still look both undeniably male and
sexy!. And check out the fashion accessories. A crown of thorns or funeral shroud are the
epitome of angst-fashion.
He went to the coolest clubs and dens of iniquity. Jesus hung out with the real
"alternative" crowd of the time. His buddies were tax-collectors, fetishists, and women of
ill-repute. He also literally hung around with murderers (check out the cross scene), once
again showing his fascination with death.
Christ surrounded himself with goth chicks. Mary Magdalene and Veronica were two
of the first goth-chicks, but Jesus also has a horde of gothic groupies. How else would you
describe all those nuns/brides of Christ? They wear all black and white, and are heavy into
crosses, rosaries, and the contemplation of holy masochism.
He had the gaunt look down pat. You have to admit, few pictures you've ever seen of
the guy had him rosy-cheeked and robust. The man was positively scrawny and white. He
had cheekbones from Hell, and even his hipbones stuck way out.
He was big on crucifixes. Crosses are very goth. Jesus liked them so much that he
would occasionally carry a huge one around with him. He was somewhat partial to ankhs too!
Christ was into body piercing. He only did it a few times, but what a statement he made
with his piercings! He had a huge-guage piercing gun zap his hands, feet, and side. To top it
all off, he did it all in front of an audience, making him one of the first performance artists.
Here's a picture of his stage-hands helping him set up for his first piercing act.
Jesus was fascinated with the occult. When Jesus wasn't hanging around with whores
and lepers, he was often out consorting with demons. He liked to find people possessed
with evil spirits so that he could order the demons around. Once he even told a bunch of
demons to go live in a herd of swine. To top it all off, he even went comparison shopping
with Satan once. Here he is dissing the devil.
He spent time in tombs. Like I mentioned before, he hung out with Lazarus in one once,
but there's much more to it. He once pretended to be dead for three days so that he could
sleep in one. How goth can you get? I'll bet you never lived in a tomb. Only Christ,
vampires, and Poppy Z. Brite characters get to do that.
Jesus knew how to party. Once he went to this wedding where everyone was a bunch
of tight-asses. All they wanted to drink was water, but he fooled them. He went and
switched wine (or was it absinthe?) for the water! Voila! Instant party!
Jesus was into kinky domination and submission. Okay, we all know that he liked
to hang out with harlots. That's been quite established, even by the most zealous of
right-wing Christians. But what did the big C do with these lovely ladies of the night? Well,
he had them wipe his feet with their hair and tears. And let's not forget what he did to the
moneychangers in his Dad's temple!
He was into fishnet. Jesus rarely went anywhere without his trusty fishnet. Occasionally,
he would get a bit sick of it, and would throw it overboard while boating, but one of his
disciples would always give it back to him. Of course, the disciple would clean all the fish out of it first.