Okay. Bear with me. This is way too much for one post. But let’s just assume that the cosmos is laughing at us. And our reality is created by a really bad author, who might be God. And we’re the characters in the story. Got it?
Okay … so, if Jesus was just a guy who went around telling people to be nice to each other and he was killed for doing that, because simply doing that was heresy (sp?) or something, wouldn’t that be one of the worst cosmic jokes ever?
So … I’m thinking about this, plus my own cosmic joke situation, which seemed particularly stinky at one point yesterday. And I thought, “Please, Jesus, help me laugh at the cosmic joke.”
And I realized, Good God, I’m an atheist/agnostic and I’m actually praying to Jesus. On Easter, no less. Because I think the cosmos is laughing at me, based on Frankl’s theory. And Frankl was a Jew tortured by Nazis in a concentration camp.
And then, when I thought about it while taking a shower this morning, I realized I wasn’t praying to Jesus because he was God’s son. I was asking for his help, because Jesus was just a nice Jewish boy who got royally screwed by being the butt of a really lousy cosmic joke.
Well … on that note, here are interesting things I found on the Interwebs:
OMG! Are boys turning into girls?
Sophie Casson
Mary Magdalene turned tricks, too. I guess it pays to have a nice boyfriend, instead of a horrible pimp. Even if he does end up dead on a cross. Poor Mary. 
Marta Ramoneda for The New York Times
An author seeks a really extensive revision.
The fire drill succeeded. Maybe.
To have a sustainable economy, we need sustainable businesses. Duh!
Come visit beautiful post-revolutionary Tunisia.
Karim Ben-Khelifa for The New York Times
Game of Life! (via Your Fun Time Starts Now!)
Cats say the darnedest things. (via World O’ Crap)
Forgiveness is hard.
Video via Nik Nak’s Old Peculiar.
[...] PPS: I just had the most interesting Easter weekend in recent memory. [...]
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[...] it and anyone else in a really sh*tty situation is reading, too. Try to think of it all as a horrible cosmic joke. The cosmos can be a real bitch. [...]
[...] In the bathroom, of course. So … I’m thinking, really we’re all suffering. And if Jesus was just a nice Jewish boy who was the butt of a really horrible cosmic joke inflicted by the producers of this weird reality show where we all have to eat shit to survive, [...]
[...] Especially producers who screwed over a guy named Jesus, who was a really happy fool and made a big cosmic joke out of him, which everyone passed off as a religious thing. [...]
this REALLY stinks to high heaven
Ha ha ha … you’re not kidding. It’s like Monty Python, only much sadder.
Fortunately, I’m a happy fool and I’ve learned to take life much less seriously: http://mackthewriter.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/im-just-an-internet-hobo/ #iamfoolish
If you think that sad bittersweet, check this
[...] Here’s a video that came up in a comment here. [...]
There are no words. Ha ha ha … Thank so much!
[...] Jesus has nothing to do with it, okay? Where have I heard this before? Ha ha ha … [...]
[...] I’m not a Christian and I don’t even believe in God. But I can agree with that! [...]