The real Holy Roller: DUB's crucifx-bedecked Blessinem wheels
Holy Dub! These Blessinem 24s are perfect for the WJWD (What Woud Jesus Drive) crowd: chrome, oversized rims with crosses. We think this might have been one of the things Nostradamus predicted would happen before the end of the world. Can I get an amen?
So who might be interested in letting their wheels do their witnessing? Jerry Falwell? President Bush? Check after the jump to see one logical possibility.
[Source: MHT Wheels via Winding Road]
Back in October, VW gave the Pope a brand new Phaeton, but with only 19s? Aw, heck no. That ain't how the Pope rides. Slap some 24" Blessinems on there, VW. Seriously. That's the Pope in back, in white, by the way.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
SOhp101 12:34PM (2/20/2007)
Oh. My. God. That's all I can say.
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Bryan 12:51PM (2/20/2007)
The idea is cool but they could have done a better job than that. Aside from the crosses its hideous! Jesus is crying right now. I am insulted.
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rodri 12:52PM (2/20/2007)
ironic, isn't pride/vanity a deadly sin? superbia
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Ben 12:53PM (2/20/2007)
thats more like the DOPE-mobile!
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akintz 12:58PM (2/20/2007)
Come on now... we all know jesus did it for the chicks. He started this whole "bling" fad.
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J 9:59PM (2/20/2007)
theres nothing like pimping for jesus.
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Dub 1:37PM (2/20/2007)
brings a whole new meaning to the term, "holy roller"
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Calvin 1:49PM (2/20/2007)
Falwell? More like the latin kings. This would match perfectly with the crown in the dash and the mary decal on the back window.
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a 1:57PM (2/20/2007)
I believe this story is mistitled. Should it not be “Cross-bedecked”? As I understand it, a crucifix by definition contains the image of Jesus on the Cross. There appears to be no such figure in the picture of this product.
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skaz 2:20PM (2/20/2007)
a: You understand incorrectly, then. Crucifixion is the act of setting someone up on a cross -- called the crucifix.
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paul34 2:54PM (2/20/2007)
Send a set to Pope Eggs Benedict! He'll be rockin 'em on the popemobile in no time, G!
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Rick Lyon 3:02PM (2/20/2007)
When the atheist version coming out? Latin Kings across America have just found a rim to roll with.
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JC3 5:05PM (2/20/2007)
The concept of sacrifice for atonement before a real or man made God is pretty well documented as we human beings are creatures of sacrifice(rendering goods,monies or services for needs).Usually man will offer his good deeds(religon)or sacrifice(human virgins etc.) to appease the God He makes.But God revealed that He is Holy.He gave us the law to mirror and convict us of sin.Only one man was able to embody the law by not breaking it(living sinlessly).So God himself provided the sacrifice(unusual,isn't it. a god who gives himself as the sacrifice).The sacrifice was pure and acceptable .As Jesus(who's name means "God saves")took God's wrath at our sin on the cross.He was sinless.so death couldn't hold him.when we admit that we have sinned and fallen short,and believe that Jesus is who He said He is and ask him to forgive us and come into our lives the barrier between us and God is destroyed.He comes in and becomes the center of our lives.A supernatural rebirth and a new life begins.I figured since parody and criticism of faith is pretty commonplace lately in some articles and posts.It would only be fair to have the ability to rebut a freindly post.my point is...that to many people, the meaning of the cross eludes them.I realize that to some wearing it is a "bling"thing or even a fetish.I just thought I'd use this opportunity to convey some of it's revevance.Thanks!
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Allen Klosowski 6:01PM (2/20/2007)
Static from the impending lightning bolt can be heard as I type.
Now all we need is a WWJD GPS unit. With popular commands like "Which way would Jesus turn?"
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GOKARTN 8:40PM (2/20/2007)
I wondered where my pastor got the sweet looking wheels on his Escalade.
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John Cressy 8:11PM (2/20/2007)
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 1 Corinthians 1:25
Even I a mere mortal made in the image of God enjoys Autoblog. The wheels are pretty ugly. Give me function over form anyday.
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BOB 9:22PM (2/20/2007)
#14 -- YOUR PASTOR STOLE MY RIMS!! His Escalade probably came from skimming the Poor Box.
Others --If you do not think Jesus was big enough and humble enough that He probably had a sense of humor about himself, PLEASE read no further, and certainly refrain from comment, as you were warned.
I, too, revere the cross, but MY Jesus espoused joy and laughter as a gift from the Creator.
COMMENTS ON THE RIMS:
Well -- the main spokes look like a 5-pointed Maltese Cross, but that would mean Jesus was nailed to a Ferris Wheel, which was not in my Bible.
And -- the headline is whacked! If you do not know the difference, "it can't be a crucifix unless there is a Dead Jesus on it"
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Cheezedog 11:14PM (2/20/2007)
What?! No Spinners? The Son Of God is going to be pissed when he hears about this..
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BOB 1:38AM (2/21/2007)
#18 -- GENIUS!! We can go into business selling spinners cast like the corpus on a Greek Crucifix, in the center of four-spoke wheels. But of course, they should not spin, but be weighted to always remain vertical.
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t 8:23AM (2/21/2007)
Indeed, a and BOB are correct; skaz understands incorrectly.
Crucifixion is the act of setting someone up (fastening them, fixing them (from the Latin "figo, figere, fixi, fixus")) to a cross (from the Latin "crux, crucis"). "crux" + "fixus" => crucifix.
With a corpus (body) it is a crucifix. Without, it is a cross.
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