How do other Christians legitimately think this is "making fun of their religion?". Sure, the characters may participate in some crazy antics that don't follow what an "ideal" Christian would do (but if you're being honest, does that even exist? Absolutely not. Everyone has their own hidden escapes)... But the whole premise of the show is love & kindness to everyone, even those who don't deserve it. How can anyone, religious or not, take that as "making fun"?
shareHow do other Christians legitimately think this is "making fun of their religion?"
1) Jesus smoking weed.
2) Not actually having watched the show but just assuming that it's mocking christianity.
I'm no christian and i don't defend their indignation, but i do partly understand nr. 2. It feels like very few comedic takes on Jesus/Christianity does it as kindly and in my opinion as respectfully as Black Jesus. So i somewhat understand the knee jerk reaction of thinking that this is only one more of those "haha, let's laugh at religious people!"-thingies.
I'm not a Christian but I don't find it is particularly offensive to Christianity... in fact, it's sort of the opposite. It's unorthodox, but the message is there. Black Jesus is constantly drawing scriptural parallels and playing on popular Christian memes of love, forgiveness, compassion, turning the other cheek, etc. I find this very refreshing and entertaining because it could very easily be mocking Christianity.
If it mocks anything, it's the uptight views of rigid fundamentalists and the type of churches which Vic attends who are only in religion for the money. It's kind of a slap in the face to the idea that a returning Jesus would be some sort of recognizable messiah everyone would instantly accept and identify with. Why couldn't he be a black guy in Compton? What better way to test your faith? Much like the real Jesus, there are people who doubt he is the real deal. I suspect, if the real Jesus returned it would probably be the same. It's not like all the Atheists would suddenly say... guess the Christians were right because, here's Jesus returned!
What I admire about the show is it doesn't cross the line into contempt for Christianity, it continues to uphold the basic premise without being "preachy" or politically correct. That's really a difficult fine line to walk and I think this show does it brilliantly.