Tuesday, August 2, 2011

What Would Jesus Do?

Those of us who go to or have been to church, have heard over our lifetime of what a great guy Jesus was. Apparently he did some pretty fantastic things. Back then, in year 0, life was pretty damn simple. Wars were very minor (compared to todays) and life was very less complex. So, the question is, say Jesus was stuck in the year 2011. What would he do? 

So, hypothetically, say Jesus had a kid. Sweet little daughter, about 17ish, and she wants to go travel the world. Ironically enough, she gets on a plane to France with her dumb best friend. They get there and they go  little crazy. You know, young and wanting to have some crazy excitement. You know the drill; "I'm 17 and sexy, lets go fuck some European boys." That type of shit. So fate would have it that, mid phone call back home, people break into the house and kidnap Jesus's daughters friend. What does the daughter do? Flip her shit. "Daddy come save me 20,000 miles away... blah blah blah..." You get where this is going. Turn out his daughter is sold into sex trafficking... No big deal. So,the question: What would Jesus do? Frankly, I'm pretty damn sure Jesus would go all Liam Neeson on whoever these people are. I'm pretty damn certain of it. I think there's a cardinal rule out there with all father's that if you do something harmful to them, shit will go down. I can't see Jesus sitting on the sideline and just pray about it, or some other divine miracle. He will legit flip tables and cut people. "Thy shall not kill" takes a back seat for this adventure.

Next scenario: So say Jesus was a Navy Seal... Clearly he has already broken a few of his sacred vows or whatever to be a Navy Seal. But let's just say, for the sake of world peace, he has managed to be a Navy Seal even while being the son of God. Anyways, Jesus and team of misfit SEALs are order to infiltrate a compound in the middle east. There is a known terrorist there. He's wanted dead or alive...etc... When he and his team arrive, a shoot out ensues. Anyways, they get to the target. And Jesus is faced with that moment: kill or be killed. Oh yeah, the target you ask, Osama Bin laden. What would Jesus do? I'm not entirely sure what he would do in this. There's so many contradictions and what ifs and other types of conflicts. I mean, Osama killed a bunch of people, so lets punish him with damnation. Then there's the religious conflicts and trying to save his soul. See there's a lot of conflicting conflicts intertwined. What would Jesus do?

What if Jesus was placed in a hostage situation.Would he be the guy who's trying to calm everyone down  or would he be the guy that tries to talk sense into the hostage takers. Maybe he would be that unrelenting hero that just goes around and fuck shit up. Lives are on the line. What would Jesus do?

I am going to leave it at that.

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