After catching up on a month's worth of sleep (ok, extremely wishful thinking) following Super Toozday...I thought it would be apropos to share a few divine tidbits of WTH grandeur. Both were brought to my attention by faithful (and witty!) readers - the first involves a truly, er, revelatory moment at the polls.
Now, it's election time, and candidates love to talk about inspiring people, leading them, answering their prayers - much like the claims Jesus (or those who profess to speak for Him) seems to make, in fact! But a lovely fellow at the polls took the parallel a little too seriously. The state in question is a caucus state, not a primary - you have to actually stand up and represent your candidate, not just scribble down a name on a piece of paper or punch the appropriate bubble and waltz away. So, the people who turn out in support of their candidates tend to be pretty committed. Either that, or they need to be committed.
Case in point - the narrator of this tale was at the Republican caucus trying to drum up favour for her candidate. A young man, probably in his mid-20's, shows up. He has a Southern drawl that seems oddly out of place in a decidedly Northern state. As the caucus is convened, he proceeds to talk about Jesus. Now, this is the Republican party, and many of its biggest fans (Huckabee, anyone?) like to talk about Jesus - so at first, it wasn't so out-of-place. But the rambling continued, and the chap seemed unable to articulate which candidate he supported. Finally, when it was time to speak for your candidate, he made his case - for Jesus. And proceeded to vote. For Jesus.
How exactly does that appear on the ballot, anyway? Jesus H. Christ? Jesus, Lord Emmanuel? Son of God? I was having enough trouble at my voting spot getting people to spell Obama, not Osama. WTH!
Our second story of the day also concerns Our Lord and Saviour, and was brought to my attention by an alert reader. Some enterprising folks in Georgia have created a thriving business designed to, well, help you see Jesus.
http://iseejesus.com
Some poking around revealed that the site itself is hoax (see Legals at the bottom of the page), but the idea of such a business and its attendant snark is certainly good for a laugh! Now excuse me while I go nibble on some toast that bears an image of the Virgin Mary's face....mmm, mmm, salvation never tasted so good.
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