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Jesus is late
In a TAPPED profile of the beliefs of end-timey crackpot and McCain endorser John Hagee, writer n Associated Press/Ipsos poll from 2007 which found that ‘ “one quarter of Americans believed that Jesus Christ would return in 2007 and 46% of evangelicals believed that it was “somewhat likely.” ‘
Well. One is reluctant to underscore the social shortcomings of others, especially when the other in question is the Alpha and Omega, but a glance at any calendar will indicate that the Light of the World is running a good two months late. This brings two possibilities to mind:
- Has anyone thought to call? I mean, it’s unlikely that anything serious would have happened to the Resurrection and Life, but you never know. Maybe He got lost, made a wrong turn, something. It’s possible. After all, it’s been two thousand years since He last lived here.
- In the event that Jesus isn’t late but merely, well, kind of rude…how does the questioned one-quarter of Americans feel, exactly, about having been stood up by the King of Kings? I think another poll is in order.
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Well… that’s the last damn time i invite JC or his slacker friend, Holy Ghost, to my table. Jesus Christ, that’s just wrong.
Haggee… what a freaking sack of blubber-filled blowhard nothingness. Unfortunately, his lard fills up my tv the first thing in the AM on Sunday no matter what channel I leave my tube on Saturday night. WHYYYYYYY?
When I was growing up, Sunday mornings meant Earnest Angley, a genuine lunatic but at least he didn’t hate Jews. You have to give him points for that.
A funny story from years ago, which I barely have time to relate:
There was this radio preacher with a radio empire, and part of his message was that The End was coming in the following year. He was on a local morning show and the dj respectfully but insistently argued with him about this. Finally, the dj said that if Preacher X was so sure it would all be over in the coming year, surely he wouldn’t mind signing over his radio empire to the dj, effective at the end of this following year. After all, he wasn’t going to be needing it.
Preacher X hemmed and hawed as DJ kept arguing that he wouldn’t be needing it, so why not sign it over?
Jesus may be coming, but money and material goods are another thing entirely.