Are you protected?
So in a discussion on the ASOIAF message board, someone ended up putting up a link to this website, which sells Armor of God pajamas. Now if this were a joke, it would be awesome. As it is, it’s just kind of scary and disturbing Apparently it’s inspired by Ephesians 6, 10-18, which I will quote here:
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
Now, I guess, if your mother had read that to you when you went to bed every night as a little kid, you might have grown up to think that you needed some kind of actual armor to keep you safe as well. But are you really safe once you grow up? Or would you need this kind of pajamas for life? Alas they don’t seem to have adult sizes.
I’m not sure why the Armor of God bears the coat of arms of St. George, incidentally. Perhaps it’s because of some sort of kinship with England? But I feel like there could just as easily have been a connection to any other Saint. Why not Saint Patrick, for instance? Oh well, they designed this fabulous product, so I guess they get to pick the arms.
That’s amazing.
I’ve actually heard of a Christian cul—er, I mean, church—that preached that you should, every morning, stand in front of the mirror and actually mime putting on the “Belt of Truth” and the “Breastplate of Righteousness” and the rest. Seriously. I have a hard time imagine any grown person doing such a thing, but supposedly it’s true.
Why do ahem certain people have such a hard time with the concept of metaphor?
I mean, geez, next thing you know, there’ll be Christians claiming the world was created in six literal days, which is a concept so ridiculous that it makes me want to laugh out loud and chortle…
And, you know, the first thing I thought of while reading this was going to Cafe Press to see if I could create some Armor of Julian pajamas.
Well there is a distinct lack of adult sizes for the Armor of God PJs, of course. But I think that Julian ones are an interesting idea as well.
This reminds me that if JP doesn’t post something about this week’s Infinite Amber session, I may have to post a summary. Tristifer had a chance to shine