This is why I don't (can't?) get along with most people. There is just a lack of thinking that goes on that I can't take. And I believe these non-thinkers are the ones screwing up the world. Whether it's because they think someone else smarter than them has a handle on it or not, I can't abide the idea that they just surrender their brains at the drop of a hat. And therefore leave the world spinning out of control.
Okay so a local artist put up a picture of Jesus on the wall of a local video store. He painted it at home, cut it out and pasted it on the wall. Then people acted like it magically appeared. They acted like it was one of those Jesus in the toast phenomena. They started deciding for themselves what Jesus meant by appearing there on the wall. From day one it was clear it was a painting. If you walk up to it you can see edges where the paper doesn't exactly stick to the wall. But these people want to believe beyond the facts that Jesus put that image of himself on the wall as a message of his displeasure with crime in the area and whatever else they think Jesus thinks. I actually read a anti-gay comment from someone speaking for Jesus. People were reportedly "moved" and "crying". There was a photo in the local paper of a family kneeling in front of it. It's basically a poster so this whole thing actually disturbs me. Makes me not want to look either.
The fact that someone left plastic flowers there as a tribute, I think sums up the whole thing nicely. I like this pic I took better.
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