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Partisanship

Jesus said he had never been to a football match.  So we took him, my friends and I.  It was a furious battle between the Protestant Punchers and the Catholic Crusaders. The Crusaders scored first. Jesus cheered wildly and threw his hat high in the air.  Then the Punchers scored.  And Jesus cheered wildly and threw his hat high in the air. This seemed to puzzle the man behind us.  He tapped Jesus an the shoulder and asked, “Which side are you rooting for, my good man?” “Me?” replied Jesus, visibly excited by the game.  “Oh, I’m not rooting for either side.  I’m just enjoying the game.” The questioner turned to his neighbor and sneered, “Hmm, and atheist.”  -Anonymous You know when there will be peace?  When each person can be himself or herself without inviting derision.

The Way we Think About Divinity

"Socrates was a suicide - or so they said.  Christ was murdered. Nietzsche went nuts.  If there was someone out there, he sure as hell didn’t want anyone to know it.” –Woody Allen. It is funny how many of us take this as absolute proof of a caring God.   That would be tantamount to saying “Because you got in a car accident your parents do not love you.”