I've been paying attention to too many Jewish comics lately. First it was Lewis Black, now it's Jon Stewart. But what the hell, imagine how Jewish people feel around Christmas time in a narrow-minded Christian society like the USA? The little lord Jesus and all that crap? The immaculate conception? What kind of garbage is that? I'm a biologist. Am I supposed to take this shit seriously?
How did this state of affairs ever come about?
Without doubt the biggest snowjob ever perpetrated on human kind is this one: that Jesus rose from the dead.
Again, I'm a biologist...
But there it is. It sits like a giant cowpat on the head of our collective society. The biggest lie of all time, with about the biggest impact on the lives of the most people.
There are a number of striking cases of mass delusion in history, and I hesitate to mention one of the most obvious (centered somewhere around Germany), but this one is bigger. It's the biggest.
Of course, we know that the special little brat's birthday was December 25, right?
Of course we do.
Don't get me wrong. If there ever was a Jesus and if the things he was supposed to say and stand for were anything like the things he said and stood for in the New Testament he was cool by me. But there have so many other people (real humans who have lived and died, and who still live and will die) who have been, and are, equally cool. They were around before Jesus. They have been around since Jesus, and some have been inspired by him and some have not.
Knowing this and acknowledging them is how we love our fellow man.
I wonder if we can live without mythology.
I know I can.
Merry Christmas, and to all a good night.
