Jeremy spoke in class today...

[drcuriosity]

Around university we've had a rather curious little "viral" marketing campaign being done by Christian group "Student Life". They started with chalking up a lot of "Do you agree with Jeremy?" things all around campus, including on footpaths off-campus where the university shouldn't be doing anything.

Being the inquisitive kind of fellow I am, I did a bit of hunting around to see if I could figure out exactly what the deal was. Some people had said it was some kind of guest speaker or something. I found this, on someone's blog:

anyway: Do you agree with Jeremy? its Student Life's (another Christian group on campus) "project". first there will be banners carrying this question around campus, then there'll b people like us (student life is collaborating with other Christian groups like CU and ICF) wearing t shirts that says "I agree with Jeremy". then people would start asking questions without you having to initiate them. Then on August 10th (i think) Jeremy will be taking a leap of faith (that's the exact words) and stand outside the library stating what he believes.

cool huh? i thought that was a pretty good way to spread the Gospel.

Oddly enough, the first thing that several people have said that it brings to mind is not Jesus, but Pearl Jam:

At home, drawing pictures of mountain tops, with him on top.
Lemon yellow sun. Arms raised in a 'V'
And the dead lay in pools of maroon below.
Daddy didn't give attention, oh,
To the fact that mommy didn't care.
King Jeremy the wicked, oh, ruled his world...

I am tempted to encourage k2vsate to turn up on the day, with one of his many T-shirts that say "Jeremy" on it. False Messiah Olympics, anyone? :-)

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[drcuriosity]

I should probably add that k2vsate's name isn't Jeremy either, despite having a lot of T-shirts that say that. I think he just likes confusing people :-)

This "Student Life" group is interesting. Apparently there have been a number of complaints being made to the UC Students Association about some of their more "active" members pestering people on campus. They also have a lot of off-campus money and support, and people are looking into whether it's appropriate for them to be considered a "student club" - UCSA-affiliated clubs here have access to grants and facilities that off-campus groups wouldn't. I hear rumours that the people in charge of this particular organisation are a group of well-funded American missionaries who aren't actually students at all. Not a good look.