Today I’m going to debunk one of the biggest names on the “Famous Mennonites” list. Number three going down, JC Chasez. As for the rest of the posers on the page, in the words of Frank Costanza: Quiet, you, you’ll get yours in a minute!
I must admit, I was never on the N’Sync Bandwagon as a child. If it were not for the little explanation next to his name, I would have ended up saying “Hehe, Jesus Christ Chasez,” and moving on the the other unfamiliar names. (Because I do this whenever someone’s first two initial are “JC.”) But knowing that this person purported to be a Menno was in fact part of a BOY BAND from the NINETIES was cause for me to address this debauchery immediately. It’s time to set the record strait.
Why Jesus Christ Chasez, formerly of the blight upon society known as N’Sync, is NOT a Mennonite:
1) He has the same initials as our Lord and Savior. This demonstrates a severe lack of humility. For Shame!!
2) No self-respecting Menno takes moody, black and white self portraits. Unless they’re some asshole “artiste” undergrad from Lancaster county. Which JC is not.
3) A true Mennonite doesn’t wear shiny, nonbiodegradable material without a REAL reason, which we see JC donning in this here photo. (courtesy of people.com.)
Chernobyl produced this material before the meltdown.
Some of you haters out there are all “But dang, mennotable, that’s a B-Ball uniform! They’re getting their game on!” BUT “B-BALL” UNIFORMS ARE NOT PART OF OUR WAYS, HEATHEN! Unless we are actually PLAYING B-Ball and not being posers!
4) Mennos don’t do highlights. See how they make his hair pop out in a Wordly manner in this photo!
5) A true Menno would never write or sing a song entitled “God Must Have Spent a Little More Time On You.” And he/she would never be caught dead singing lines such as:
“In all of creation
All things great and small
You are the one that surpasses them all”
or
“On you…
(on you, on you, on you, you….on you, on you, on you, you..) ohhh…
(on you, on you, on you, you….on you, on you, on you, you..) yeah…”
As a general rule, we hate vain repetition in music. Unless it happens to be in 606 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tolskYT55R0&feature=related):
6) Lastly, and most importantly, a true Menno doesn’t dance in public, let alone on a stage. Never, ever, ever, NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS would a Menno EVER participate in such a Worldy, Idolatrous act!
Well, sometimes we do.
Tags: "Famous Mennonites", JC Chasez
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March 23, 2010 at 2:11 am |
I LOVE IT!!! This is my most favorite post you’ve had so far. Thank you. 🙂 Also, just a side note, I’m pretty sure N*SYNC used to play basketball for charity…but that’s another story.
March 23, 2010 at 5:57 pm |
It has been brought to my attention that JC Chasez’s full name is Joshua Scott Chasez. Joshua Scott? JC??
Joshua Chasez Chasez?!?
And so, that is reason #7 that Joshua Chasez Chasez is not a Mennonite.
May 23, 2010 at 7:40 am |
Yeah, but his mother’s maiden name was Good, and she was in my MYF group when I was a teenager.
October 11, 2010 at 12:48 am |
Thanks for clearing this up, I’m almost positive that he was adopted and raised mennonite, even though i’m also positive that he made claims to have been brought up in the faith, and that’s it.
“After being adopted, Chasez was raised in Bowie, Maryland as a Mennonite.He has a younger brother named Tyler and a younger sister named Heather. Chasez attended the former Belair Junior High School and then Bowie High School.”
and about his initials,
“Chasez was soon cast as a performer in the fourth season and stayed until the show’s cancellation in 1994. Since there was another Mouseketeer named Joshua, Chasez went by his first and last initials,”JC”, to avoid confusion. ”
the internet has many wonderful tools to find out info you’re looking for!
June 29, 2011 at 4:23 pm |
Depends. If he is a member of Mennonite USA Conference then yes– he may dye his hair, play instruments, dance in public and where worldly clothing. They tend to be very, very liberal.