“Jesus Shoes” With Holy Water Are Selling Out

[Skwim]

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"Got about $3,000 lying around? Want to be more Jesus than Jesus? Then consider buying these customized Nike Air Max 97s — a.k.a. “Jesus Shoes” — which include a steel crucifix, are made of 100% frankincense wool, come with 60cc of “holy water” from the River Jordan tucked under the sole, and are inscribed with Matthew 14:25, the verse where Jesus supposedly walks on water.

(In case you’re wondering, Nike has nothing to do with these.)

What’s that? You would never be dumb enough to waste that much money on shoes just because the marketing is all religious?

You’re clearly alone, because the first batch of those shoes were sold out almost instantly this week.

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The godly shoes were made by Brooklyn-based product design company MSCHF, which created about two dozen of the kicks as a way of trolling “collab culture,” its head of commerce Daniel Greenberg tells The Post.

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“We were wondering, what would a collab with Jesus Christ look like?” Greenberg says. “As a Jew myself, the only thing I knew was that he walked on water.”
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Give the man credit. He’s a Jew selling Jesus to gullible Christians.

That said, the whole thing reeks of religion more than Jesus: Sell hope, go big, profit. And just like Christianity, there are people making money off the whole endeavor. The shoes are currently selling for $3,000 at Stock X.

At least the folks at PreachersNSneakers will have new material soon.
source

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[Tumah]

He’s a Jew selling Jesus to gullible Christians.

Daniel "Paul the Apostle" Greenberg.

 

[Valjean]

Frankincense wool????

Can you walk on water with them? Might be worth it if they could do that.

 

[Shad]

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"Got about $3,000 lying around? Want to be more Jesus than Jesus? Then consider buying these customized Nike Air Max 97s — a.k.a. “Jesus Shoes” — which include a steel crucifix, are made of 100% frankincense wool, come with 60cc of “holy water” from the River Jordan tucked under the sole, and are inscribed with Matthew 14:25, the verse where Jesus supposedly walks on water.

(In case you’re wondering, Nike has nothing to do with these.)

What’s that? You would never be dumb enough to waste that much money on shoes just because the marketing is all religious?

You’re clearly alone, because the first batch of those shoes were sold out almost instantly this week.

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The godly shoes were made by Brooklyn-based product design company MSCHF, which created about two dozen of the kicks as a way of trolling “collab culture,” its head of commerce Daniel Greenberg tells The Post.

…

“We were wondering, what would a collab with Jesus Christ look like?” Greenberg says. “As a Jew myself, the only thing I knew was that he walked on water.”
===========​

Give the man credit. He’s a Jew selling Jesus to gullible Christians.

That said, the whole thing reeks of religion more than Jesus: Sell hope, go big, profit. And just like Christianity, there are people making money off the whole endeavor. The shoes are currently selling for $3,000 at Stock X.

At least the folks at PreachersNSneakers will have new material soon.
source

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God taking orders now!

Obvious con using religion. Although this one is pretty horrible. They are not even trying.

 

[ImmortalFlame]

I wonder what Jesus would have thought of those shoes.

Cue thousands of photoshops of him wearing them on the cross.

 

[Skwim]

God taking orders now!

Obvious con using religion. Although this one is pretty horrible. They are not even trying.

So what's the con?

.

 

[Salvador]

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"Got about $3,000 lying around? Want to be more Jesus than Jesus? Then consider buying these customized Nike Air Max 97s — a.k.a. “Jesus Shoes” — which include a steel crucifix, are made of 100% frankincense wool, come with 60cc of “holy water” from the River Jordan tucked under the sole, and are inscribed with Matthew 14:25, the verse where Jesus supposedly walks on water.

(In case you’re wondering, Nike has nothing to do with these.)

What’s that? You would never be dumb enough to waste that much money on shoes just because the marketing is all religious?

You’re clearly alone, because the first batch of those shoes were sold out almost instantly this week.

===========
The godly shoes were made by Brooklyn-based product design company MSCHF, which created about two dozen of the kicks as a way of trolling “collab culture,” its head of commerce Daniel Greenberg tells The Post.

…

“We were wondering, what would a collab with Jesus Christ look like?” Greenberg says. “As a Jew myself, the only thing I knew was that he walked on water.”
===========​

Give the man credit. He’s a Jew selling Jesus to gullible Christians.

That said, the whole thing reeks of religion more than Jesus: Sell hope, go big, profit. And just like Christianity, there are people making money off the whole endeavor. The shoes are currently selling for $3,000 at Stock X.

At least the folks at PreachersNSneakers will have new material soon.
source

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Since these shoes have quickly doubled in value from their original selling price of $1.495, I regret not having bought a pair of these Nike Air Max 97s, decked out with a crucifix, and the River Jordan's Holy Water interjected into the shoe's sole.

 

[Valjean]

Do they charge extra if there's a Jordan minnow swimming around in there?

 

[exchemist]

"Selling out", eh?

It seems only one pair was made, as a publicity stunt, by a New York ad company that does something like this twice a week to get themselves noticed - and to poke fun at absurd brand collaborations. More here:
Nike Jesus shoes: Air Max 97s with holy water are reselling for $4,000 - CBS News

So anyone talking this story seriously has been suckered by MSCHF!

 

[Shiranui117]

I wonder what Jesus would have thought of those shoes.

Cue thousands of photoshops of him wearing them on the cross.

Grab a knife and shred all the shoes, dump all the water in the soles out onto the ground and chuck the crucifixes into a smithing forge to be melted into scrap, and then burn the rest.

 

[Shiranui117]

"Selling out", eh?

It seems only one pair was made, as a publicity stunt, by a New York ad company that does something like this twice a week to get themselves noticed - and to poke fun at absurd brand collaborations. More here:
Nike Jesus shoes: Air Max 97s with holy water are reselling for $4,000 - CBS News

So anyone talking this story seriously has been suckered by MSCHF!

I was gonna say, no way in hell anybody actually decided this was a good idea. Consumerism hasn't gone this far... Yet... Right?

 

[ImmortalFlame]

"Selling out", eh?

It seems only one pair was made, as a publicity stunt, by a New York ad company that does something like this twice a week to get themselves noticed - and to poke fun at absurd brand collaborations. More here:
Nike Jesus shoes: Air Max 97s with holy water are reselling for $4,000 - CBS News

So anyone talking this story seriously has been suckered by MSCHF!

I just heard someone on the radio talking about the shoes, over here in the UK.

Looks like it worked!

 

[Twilight Hue]

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"Got about $3,000 lying around? Want to be more Jesus than Jesus? Then consider buying these customized Nike Air Max 97s — a.k.a. “Jesus Shoes” — which include a steel crucifix, are made of 100% frankincense wool, come with 60cc of “holy water” from the River Jordan tucked under the sole, and are inscribed with Matthew 14:25, the verse where Jesus supposedly walks on water.

(In case you’re wondering, Nike has nothing to do with these.)

What’s that? You would never be dumb enough to waste that much money on shoes just because the marketing is all religious?

You’re clearly alone, because the first batch of those shoes were sold out almost instantly this week.

===========
The godly shoes were made by Brooklyn-based product design company MSCHF, which created about two dozen of the kicks as a way of trolling “collab culture,” its head of commerce Daniel Greenberg tells The Post.

…

“We were wondering, what would a collab with Jesus Christ look like?” Greenberg says. “As a Jew myself, the only thing I knew was that he walked on water.”
===========​

Give the man credit. He’s a Jew selling Jesus to gullible Christians.

That said, the whole thing reeks of religion more than Jesus: Sell hope, go big, profit. And just like Christianity, there are people making money off the whole endeavor. The shoes are currently selling for $3,000 at Stock X.

At least the folks at PreachersNSneakers will have new material soon.
source

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Man I should have gotten into religion professionally. That's where the money is.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I was gonna say, no way in hell anybody actually decided this was a good idea. Consumerism hasn't gone this far... Yet... Right?

Too late. Religion has been in the consumerism game full throttle for centuries now.

 

[exchemist]

Grab a knife and shred all the shoes, dump all the water in the soles out onto the ground and chuck the crucifixes into a smithing forge to be melted into scrap, and then burn the rest.

In the single pair, you mean.

 

[exchemist]

I just heard someone on the radio talking about the shoes, over here in the UK.

Looks like it worked!

Well if an ad company couldn't do this it would be a fairly crap ad company. The whole thing is obviously a joke. If you put a crucifix on a shoe, not many Christians will think that is a good idea. In fact most protestants think crucifixes are a Popish practice anyway.

 

[Bob the Unbeliever]

Man I should have gotten into religion professionally. That's where the money is.

Except you are more ethical than that... or likely you would have. Or maybe it's you're more clever? Either way...

 

[Shad]

So what's the con?

.

Using religion to sell merchandise that has nothing to do with religion. It would be like slapping a cross on a Honda and calling it Holy Honda just to sell cars.

 

[Nakosis]

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"Got about $3,000 lying around? Want to be more Jesus than Jesus? Then consider buying these customized Nike Air Max 97s — a.k.a. “Jesus Shoes” — which include a steel crucifix, are made of 100% frankincense wool, come with 60cc of “holy water” from the River Jordan tucked under the sole, and are inscribed with Matthew 14:25, the verse where Jesus supposedly walks on water.

(In case you’re wondering, Nike has nothing to do with these.)

What’s that? You would never be dumb enough to waste that much money on shoes just because the marketing is all religious?

You’re clearly alone, because the first batch of those shoes were sold out almost instantly this week.

===========
The godly shoes were made by Brooklyn-based product design company MSCHF, which created about two dozen of the kicks as a way of trolling “collab culture,” its head of commerce Daniel Greenberg tells The Post.

…

“We were wondering, what would a collab with Jesus Christ look like?” Greenberg says. “As a Jew myself, the only thing I knew was that he walked on water.”
===========​

Give the man credit. He’s a Jew selling Jesus to gullible Christians.

That said, the whole thing reeks of religion more than Jesus: Sell hope, go big, profit. And just like Christianity, there are people making money off the whole endeavor. The shoes are currently selling for $3,000 at Stock X.

At least the folks at PreachersNSneakers will have new material soon.
source

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Damn, I wish I had thought of it.

 

[Earthtank]

Can someone help me please understand why Christians use the cross as their symbol? What is in the history of Jesus would make you think he loved crosses?