My Original Meme

You: How is ur relationship with Jesus?

Me:

Visually this replicates @HoodJesusYo's Twitter Memes because the sample I have selected all use pop culture television or movie images, and many have a direct movie quote on them. This Meme at the bottom has the exact movie quote used from the movie. @HoodJesusYo uses captions to complete his Meme, and the top portion of the Meme is considered the caption. Rhetorically @HoodJesusYo always uses some sort of slang, such as "u," instead of "you." So I used "Tha," and "Razed." These mimic the way that @HoodJesusYo speaks in his Memes.

The message about religion I am attempting to communicate through this Meme, is the idea that Jesus should be an important part of everyones lives, and we should have a relationship with him. This is the main goal of @HoodJesusYo. He uses the Twitter page as a humorous ministry reaching Christians and Non-Christians. By sharing the Gospel in a humorous way in his Memes, people are able to understand Christianity who have never heard it in such a manner. Because the Memes are focused to religious insiders AND outsiders, the Memes are versatile and able to be understood across large spectrums. 

Meme Comparison: This is not the only example of social media being used for this purpose of reaching Christian audiences. Allyson Winkley's blog is taken from Pinterest and depicts "First world problems," from Christian perspective. Here she says, "These examples...give a sense of the type of memes these groups use to unite those in their lived religion. These memes all portray 'Christian Problems' which are similar to the commonly known 'First World Problems'. These memes depict small issues or annoyances that occur within Christian life, and coincide them with a graphic that gives the problem some detrimental feel." (Winkley, 2012, http://allysonwinkley.blogspot.com/) The difference between our two blogs would be the focus of who is being reached. Allyson's blog is targeted towards the in-group of Christians. Whereas @HoodJesusYo's target is both the in-group and the out-group of Christians. @HoodJesusYo makes it clear that he is using his Twitter as a ministry opportunity. This being said, the Christian understands these Memes and finds them funny. So I argue that the target for @HoodJesusYo is both Christians and Non-Christians alike, while Allyson's is focused on Christians and aiding them in their life because they point out these 'Christian problems,' which shouldn't really be a problem at all.