Christian theology holds that Jesus's crucifixion was a unique historical event, central to Christian faith. Jean-Claude Van Damme is a martial arts actor known for his flexibility ("the splits") and action films. The claim conflates religious history with movie mythology, suggesting that the historical event was actually a stunt performed by a modern actor substituting for an impenetrable being.

The humor lies in the layered blasphemy and absurdity: Jesus becomes a fill-in, history becomes a production, and Chuck Norris's impermeability becomes theologically significant. The claim inverts religious centrality—instead of Jesus being unkillable, Chuck Norris is, and Jesus merely borrowed his essence.

Religious humor scholar Dr. Timothy Bass noted that this fact pushed boundaries by conflating religious history with celebrity culture, a technique that became more common as internet memes began openly mocking sacred narratives.