Thursday, July 31, 2008

A Question to Ponder

Why is it that whenever people think they see the image of a bearded man or a crying woman on a slice of toast or the side of a rusty dumpster, they immediately think it's Jesus or Mary? I mean, it could be anyone. It doesn't even have to be somebody famous. It could be Jesus' next door neighbor. It could be Mary's stressed-out sister-in-law that's bawling her eyes. Obviously Jesus and Mary didn't leave behind any pictures of themselves, so why does everyone assume that if a water-spot on the wall of a convenience store in Encino happens to look like a man's bearded face, then the man must be Jesus? It could be some hippie from down the street for all we know.

It seems to me Jesus wasn't the slightest bit vain in real life. Therefore, it makes no sense that He would now be plastering His own image on random surfaces all over the place. If Jesus and Mary are in fact behind these occurrences, you can bet it's someone else's mug they're putting out there.

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