Then again, who would be opposed to a miracle?
BTW - this is "Buddy Christ" from the move Dogma. The religious community was offended by this movie. Sometimes religion takes itself to serious.
Typically I don't get offended when people mock my faith. Often people mock what they do not understand, or what scares them - other times the mocking is useful in learning what needs to be changed or improved upon. In 2000 both Al Gore and Former President George W. Bush both admitted to watching Saturday Night Live's mock presidential debate, to see what mannerisms needed to be improved upon.
"Weekday Jesus" is the same as "Sunday Jesus" who is absolutely the same guy as "Weekend Jesus." As it turns out there is only Jesus.
The thing is - I often find myself only thinking about "Sunday Jesus" and paying less attention to "Weekday Jesus," which really means that I don't spend enough time Monday to Saturday thinking about Jesus.
I don't act any different on Sunday. Other than Church led prayers I don't pray in more than the rest of the week. I don't dress, speak or act different. I don't abstain from TV, music, cold beer and fatty foods (other than Lent). I'm not kinder to strangers or more pious in my manner. However, I do look closer and pay more attention to God and my faith on Sundays.
Yet another thing that bothers me, that I need to work on, that needs to be added to the list.
Even Monday through Saturday, my faith deserves and requires a conscious effort.
Time to start looking for and paying attention to Weekday Jesus - after all, he's just regular Sunday Jesus (but maybe giving me a thumb up)
Started the day at 195 LBS.
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