Okay,
listeners. Today we’re going to take on the myths surrounding this Jesus who
has come to our fair city of Jerusalem to cause trouble. He’s ghetto trash that
has fooled a bunch of illiterate peasants and bleeding heart liberals into
thinking everyone deserves to be fed and healed and welcome in the temple.
What
are his credentials? Does he have a degree? NO! Does he have a doctorate? NO!
Does he come from a good family? NO! Rumor has it that he is the bastard son of
an unwed millennial teen—born in a barn, no less.
Apparently
his family headed south to Egypt, but migrated north again to Nazareth—that’s
why we need that wall on our southern border, to keep out such refugees. And
how do we know for certain he was even born in this country, anyway? Maybe he’s
an Arab—after all, he came “out of the land of Egypt.”
He
doesn’t come from the priestly class, and he prides himself on having no home
and no financial stability. His followers smell of sheep and fish, fields and
laundry—one of ‘em was a Roman collaborator, a tax collector for our overgrown
government. He declares we should turn
the other cheek and walk the extra mile when it comes to those of the opposing political
party—I say, hell no. They’ll get no hearings from this quarter!
He’s
supported by feminazis—y’know, women who think they have as many rights as men,
deserve equal pay and control over their own bodies, but are weak in the knees
when it comes to orphans, widows, eunuchs, and the poor who only take from our
society and contribute nothing.
He
defended that adulterous woman, remember. And what’s going on between him and
that unnamed “beloved disciple”? More than one woman has been seen anointing
his body, kissing his feet, washing them with tears and even drying them with
their hair! Now that’s twisted! And what’s with his deep love for Lazarus and
his sisters Mary and Martha? Can we say “poly-a-mor-y”?!
Sunday
he charged into Jerusalem, appropriately on an ass [braying sound effects],
causing a riot as people cheered him on, tearing branches off our trees to lay before
his feet, crying “Blessed is one who comes in the name of the Lord.” They act
like he can do no wrong, even walk on water!
What
crap! I’ve never heard such B.S. in my life. They acted like he was a king,
God’s chosen one! The decent people of our city held back, so I challenge them,
do something about this maniac before it’s too late, and he incites a
revolution that brings Caesar’s armies down on us, let alone give power to
those who have never worked a day in their lives.
Then
he attacks the business owners in the temple, overturning their tables,
claiming they are exploiting and profiting off worshipers, declaring the temple
is to be a “house of prayer for all peoples”—wherever did he get that notion? Are
we to let just anybody in there? He acts as if one of our great prophets said
that, like Isaiah, but I can’t find it anywhere in my Bible. Next he’ll be bringing in the lepers, the lame, the
unclean, and—God forbid—Gentiles. Makes me want to puke!
This,
after all, is our holy week of Passover, not a time to get political. Our
founding fathers liberated us from Egypt, to be sure, but that doesn’t give
Jesus and his followers the right to make a scene. I’d say bribe one of his
minions to betray him, and let’s hoist him up on the nearest tree. Then we’ll
see if he is truly sent by God.
I’m
not a religious man, but mark my words, neither is Jesus. He’s blasphemed
everything that a true patriot knows to be holy, from the temple to the Sabbath
to our religious and political systems.
He
preaches compassion, but shows no mercy toward the rich, the privileged, the
powerful, the job-creators. He tells us we must be “born again” as if our
births did not confer privilege; that we must sell our possessions and give to
the poor—folks, this is communism, plain and simple. He says the meek shall
inherit the earth—I say, over my dead body. They’ll have to pry my possessions
out of my cold, dead hands!
Once
he’s dead, we’ve got to seal up his tomb lest his disciples steal the body and
launch yet another hoax on us, as if his words will resonate forever in the
scheme of things. Let me tell you, a few years from now, people won’t even
remember his name!
Blogger’s note: I almost
didn’t post this, because it’s not uplifting; but then I thought, Jesus didn’t
have a very good week either.
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I am glad you did post it. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteNot uplifting???? I was rolling on the floor laughing so hard! U nailed it...both the story and the zeitgeist.
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