Stands for "What Would Jesus Do?", where "Jesus" refers to Jesus of
Nazareth (see New Testament). Often printed on cheap bracelets or along the length of lanyards.
Articles with "
WWJD?" are worn by Christians to promote and/or reflect the idea that in times of conflict or moral dilemna, one should speculate (based on the teachings and behaviors described in the
Gospels) what Jesus would probably have done in the given situation.
"I'm not sure if I should write this webpage script in
Perl, Java or PHP. Hmm, What Would Jesus do?"
"
WWJD? Well
for starters, he probably wouldn't purchase and wear tacky jewelry."
"Why is exclaiming 'Jesus Christ!' considered taking the Lord's name in vain, but wearing tacky 'WWJD?' jewelry isn't?"