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The other day I was driving over to lairjer's and a guy “dressed” as Jesus was walking down Highway 20 carrying a large wooden cross on casters. I say "dressed" because he was wearing jogging shorts, a tank top, and a curly blond wig. Everyone knows the Good Lord loved his morning jog around Galilee. It was very irritating to me. It was a 90+ degree day and I didn't see a water bottle on the guy. Perhaps the cross had a secret compartment? Will dying of heat exhaustion prove your love for Jesus?
Jerri and I drove past the same guy later and I pointed out that I could tolerate such a thing around Easter, as a Passion Play or whatnot, but in the middle of July? Jerri said that we should offer to participate as Romans. We could pull over and ask, “Can we scourge you?”
It reminded me of a guy from College who argued with me that Jesus was white. He claimed that Jesus' grandmother was a slave from Gaul which "proved" that he was in fact a blond, blue-eyed Jesus. I pointed out Revelations 1:15 states “Jesus had skin like copper and hair like wool” Sounds pretty Semitic to me! All he could do was hem and haw and claim to have read it "in a book." Oh, it was in a book? Then it must be true!
He fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line! And even less well-known: Don’t argue religion with someone raised Southern Baptist and Roman Catholic. You can't win!
Inconceivable!
Jerri and I drove past the same guy later and I pointed out that I could tolerate such a thing around Easter, as a Passion Play or whatnot, but in the middle of July? Jerri said that we should offer to participate as Romans. We could pull over and ask, “Can we scourge you?”
It reminded me of a guy from College who argued with me that Jesus was white. He claimed that Jesus' grandmother was a slave from Gaul which "proved" that he was in fact a blond, blue-eyed Jesus. I pointed out Revelations 1:15 states “Jesus had skin like copper and hair like wool” Sounds pretty Semitic to me! All he could do was hem and haw and claim to have read it "in a book." Oh, it was in a book? Then it must be true!
He fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line! And even less well-known: Don’t argue religion with someone raised Southern Baptist and Roman Catholic. You can't win!
Inconceivable!