Jesus Was A Jew... And He Looked Like One Too

Ahhh. Here we are again. 

Instead of getting on to things of global and spiritual importance, I think I am going to continue to rant for a while.

Topic of discussion: Facebook, or rather, the stupidity of Facebook and the comments seen on it.

Example? I got on there this morning, and the first thing I see is,

"Happy rabbit day everyone :D"

Now... don't ask me why, but this just about made me drive to the person's house, rip him out of bed, smack him across the face, and simply ask, "why?"

And there-in lies the problem with Facebook; everything under the sun - no matter how profound or mundane, is reduced to this menial, sappy, slapstick type of  talk that doesn't exist in the real world.

 The Messiah, prophesied by men for nearly six thousand years was crucified on a tree. Dead for three days, pierced through the side, a Roman soldier's spear penetrating His heart - which released it's contents onto the ground. Taken down and placed in a tomb. Dead. Three days. The single greatest miracle of all time - without which, we would all be damned to eternity in Hell...  and all we can say about it in a public forum is,

"Happy rabbit day everyone :D."

 I won't get into the theological stupidity of the rabbit symbolism, or how paganism that has taken over Christianity  right now - this is about Facebook. Do you get my point though? 

Then we have the self proclaimed theologians who talk, and talk, and talk, and never say anything of any importance. These guys are the Fishers of Men's Arguments - because that's all that they are trying to do; fish for an argument. Useally it goes like this, "Did Jesus really mean that He was the ONLY way?"

I'm sure you've seen it before. The post is usually riddled with replies, or "likes" tags, from a bunch of folks who don't really care what Jesus meant at all. The question would be more honest if it asked, "What do we want it to mean when Jesus said He was the only way? How do we get out of that one without sounding like isolationists?"

...problem is, you don't get many thumbs-up on Facebook for honesty. 

Recently I had an email message that said, "Jesus wants to be your friend" from the Facebook Team. 

Guess what... that's not Jesus. I understand what he is trying to do, but is that really a good idea? Does Jesus really want him doing that? Isn't that what the bible is for; to get His Word to His people? Does He really need help? I doubt it. 

...and the profile picture is of the blond hair, blue eyed Jesus. You know the one; the most historically incorrect depiction of our Messiah known to man. All he needs is a pair of glasses, and you have a picture of my neighbor; my 30 year old, white-guy, Budweiser drinking neighbor - not a Jewish rabbi.
Maybe we are more comfortable with a jesus who looks like George Harrison or Brad Pitt. 

I actually saw a good representation of Him, here it is:

...and this one doesn't really have anything to do with the topic, it just cracks me up.

HA!

(thanks to www.totallylookslike.com)

Bear with me here; I have been away for a while, so as soon as I can get some of this rage purged, I will get onto other topics of more importance. 

That reminds me... tonight starts the final Sabbath of Pesach (Passover / Feast of Unleavened Bread), so I gotta go for now. 


...I forgot how much fun this was.