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Savannah College Of Art And Design Students "Worship" Portrait In Montgomery Hall

"Monty Jesus"
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https://imgur.com/gallery/V8cWQlQ


Monty Jesus Hymn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJe3bkL_nV8


It’s a running joke that a lot of students become very religious before exams and turn to prayer to increase their chances of passing.


I'm a student at an art university.


There is an infamous building on our campus,
called 'Montgomery House' or more
commonly, "Monty." Monty is the building for
animation, game design, special effects, sound
design, and basically everything that requires
highly powerful, highly specialized computers
and software. The building is infamous for a
couple of reasons. It's located pretty far away
from any other building, for one. The building
itself used to be a coffin factory, no joke.
Another is the building has no windows. None.
There are also no clocks anywhere. Once you
enter Monty, you are completely separated
from the flow of time and the light of day.
Probably the reason Monty is most known
though is because students in the "monty
majors" have to spend a lot of time there. A lot.
It is not uncommon for somebody to spend
more than a few days exclusively within the
sunless, dark walls of Monty. If you go to the
building, it is not surprising to see students
sleeping on the floor, on the few chairs
available, on the computers. Some bring
sleeping bags and rations. Some just forgo
sleep, buy espresso shots and work. The
entire building just smells of coffee and sweat.
It seems like an exaggeration, but it's not
hyperbole.


Why I bring this up is because of something
that's started recently. Inside the building, the
school has hung up artwork on the walls from
other majors as is typical on campus. One of
the artworks was a self-portrait painting of a
man with long, scraggly brown hair and a full
beard looking pensively off into the distance.
The painting became known as "Monty Jesus."


Students, in their desperation for their files to
render, or the computers to work, began to
offer prayers to Monty Jesus. Soon, they
began writing their prayers and taping them
next to the painting. The wall is now covered,
completely plastered, in prayers to Monty Jesus
for things like "Fix the wifi" and "let me live
through finals" and more simply "help me."
Candles have been added. Literal candles are
placed around Monty Jesus in hopes he will
help them.


This is how religions are born. Monty Jesus is
considered a "joke" but people at Monty still
hold...quite a lot of superstitious faith in the
concept. There is even talk of a "Monty Satan"
that creates software failures. It might be in
jest, but these students really are hoping for
some force to help them. And they've given it a
name. an image, and respect. Monty Jesus is
real, and I'm sure of it. The desperate students
have created their own spirit and their own
form of worship, out of need.


Religion, spirituality, didn't stop being relevant.
It didn't stop being something people need and
want, and have the desire to create. It's still
happening, and it always will as long as their
are people. The spirit of creation, new deities
and new worship, is alive and well today and
should not be ignored simply because it
is "new" or "a joke."



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/26/2018 12:04PM by anybody.

Those poor young people. To do stuff like this is not funny to me. Instead, it makes me think this kind of behavior and mindsets speak to deeper psychological and spiritual issues. They're not creating a religion. This has the makings of a new cult. If someone steps up to be the "spokesman" for "Monty Jesus" and starts some meetings and dictates some kind of "offerings" to Monty, well, it's off and running. College is hard enough without being sucked into cultic behavior no matter hiw funny and harmless it may seem.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/27/2018 03:28PM by lisadee.

Sure.
Then again, it could be an expression of sarcasm and disdain for "traditional" religion from a bunch of irreverent college kids...

After all, Monty Jesus is exactly as likely to grant wishes (er, "prayers") as Bible Jesus :)

In hs in a chemistry class, on every test paper, I would write "LBMTA." About midway thru the semester, my (Catholic)teacher finally asked me what it meant. I told her, "Lord, bless my test. Amen." She laughed and we went on. I had a strong "B" in her class; but later, on one returned test paper I'd made a "C" on it. She had written on my paper, "The Lord helps those who help themselves. Try studying more next time." I looked up at her and she winked at me. I chuckled to myself and determined not to get another "C". ----- No "chemistry god." No "test saint." No oils or prayers were gonna save my grade. Only good-ole application would preserve and redeem my grade.(Yes, I kept my "B.")

Those college students better leave "Monty Jesus" alone and just put their noses to the grindstone to survive and succeed. During my life, I've called it "tunnel vision." You just gotta put your head and shoulders down against the storm and focus only on the goal, no friends, no family, no social life.

They're college students. Let 'em have a little fun or whatever it is they want with this.

If only these students knew to just put their names on the Mormon temple prayer rolls before the big exams . . .

But where's the fun in that?