Jesus is late

In a TAPPED profile of the beliefs of end-timey crackpot and McCain endorser John Hagee, writer Sarah Posner makes note of an 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:

1. 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.
2. 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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