Jesus everywhere

I know what you're thinking, and no, this is not going to be one of those self-righteous religious-type blogs. Just hear me out.

Now, I am a cat. I don't profess to know the secrets of the universe. I hear I have nine lives. I don't know if that includes any sort of afterlife. But I do know one thing. This Jesus guy is sure getting a lot of press lately.

Woman, the big reader around here, just finished reading a book called the Da Vinci Code. I heard her telling Man that she just wanted to see what all the fuss was about. (I wonder if Eve said the same thing to Adam to justify biting the apple.)

The book has to do with this fellow Jesus and whether or not he might have had a family. Seems that idea makes a lot of humans nervous, for some reason.

Now, I know that Woman goes to a Christian church, and she usually takes Princess with her. But she isn't anything like those folks on TV. She's pretty quiet about it most of the time. And as for Man, he'd rather stay home and watch drag racing.

Woman has a hard time finding time to read around here, what with Princess demanding so much attention. So she took the book to work with her most days to read at lunch. That made it a little hard for me to check it out. But being largely nocturnal, I was finally able to give it a read, and I've got to tell you, it wasn't what I expected. I know it was mostly made-up by a human, but there may be a lot of truth in that book. For one thing, it implies that women might be a lot more important than they've ever been given credit for. I watch what goes on around here, and let me tell you, Woman deserves a lot of respect. We cats learned a long time ago that if the Man of the house doesn' t like you, it's not that big a deal. But if the Woman doesn't like you, it's time to motor.

Back to this Jesus guy. I've seen a lot of him lately on the TV, and not just on the church channels. People are writing books about him, making megabuster movies about how he was tortured to death (what a feel-good flick that one was) and arguing about whether he really died on that cross, whether he was a God or a man or both, where he might be buried, you name it. I can't see that they're accomplishing much, but some folks sure are making a lot of money. I heard you could even buy Jesus bumper stickers and nail pendants -- "detailed replicas" of the nails that pierced his hands. Humans are so morbid. Kind of reminds me of the time that Jesus guy chased the merchants out of the temple because they were turning it into a den of thieves. I guess they never learn.

I can't help wondering -- what would Jesus think about all this newfound attention? Would it disgust him? Or would he just be glad to finally be getting some mainstream ink? After all, there's no such thing as bad publicity.

Now, I've read some of the stuff this guy said -- you know, the red print in that big Bible book. (I heard it even outsold the Da Vinci Code.) And that guy made a lot of sense. I can't help wondering, what if humans took some of the time, energy and other resources they spend arguing about Jesus and trying to figure out what he was. And what if they spent it instead on trying to understand what he was trying to tell humans (and maybe even cats). What if they each individually checked out the things he said and the way he lived? What if they quit trying to find so much fault with each other and looked at themselves? What if they spent more time following Jesus' example and less time trying to outsmart and impress each other? It says somewhere in that big Bible book that folks would be saved by what was in their hearts -- not the knowledge in their minds. Now, that's common-sensical.

Of course, what do I know? I'm just a cat.

This is Cruxley, saying give your brain a rest and your soul a work-out. And don't forget to pet the cat.