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Disclaimer:  This is a limited word project for my viral marketing course.

Hot on the viral scene is this video by Jefferson Bethke titled “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus”. Over the course of roughly four minutes Jefferson slams religion and paints a picture of an international organized crime that is all but consistent with the teaching of his deity.  While a lot of what Jefferson says can be construed as opinion, including his ideas that any of what he is saying was what a man named Jesus said thousands of years ago spoke, he speaks with great passion and confidence.

From my own perspective, I found the video both enlightening and frustrating.  Enlightening because of the depth Jefferson reaches in only a few minutes and frustrated by the number of views this (assumedly) received by people who think they are like him and not like the religion and hate that he opposes. Those that share beliefs that gay marriage is wrong, that the color of your skin is a measurement of intelligence, that war is justifiable and that if you are not with them, you are against them.  Something that interested me about this video is of how much Jefferson’s perception and description of Jesus was to Buddha. It isn’t difficult to do a quick Google search and find scholars debating whether or not all deity’s came from the same single concept but Jefferson promoted Jesus in a way that is very difficult to determine the difference between the two.

Bethke, Jefferson. “Jefferson Bethke – Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus (Spoken Word) Lyrics | Rap Genius.” Discover the Meaning of Rap Lyrics | Rap Genius. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Jan. 2012. <http://rapgenius.com/Jefferson-bethke-why-i-hate-religion-but-love-jesus-spoken-word-lyrics>.

“Viral Video Chart – Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus || Spoken Word.” Viral Video Chart – Powered by Unruly. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Jan. 2012. <http://viralvideochart.unrulymedia.com/youtube/Why_I_Hate_Religion%2C_But_Love_Jesus_%7C%7C_Spoken_Word?id=1IAhDGYlpqY>.