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I thought this was pretty clever. Some website called “Radar Online” made a “Jesus or Obama” quiz. Basically, they take quotes either about or by Barack Obama and Our Lord, and you have to try to figure out in each case which one it is. It’s not obvious. Naturally that’s the point.
I’ll confess to being a bit frightened by the euphoric Obama-love that seems to be building in certain sectors of the country, but it’s got its interesting side. Everybody needs some source of hope in life - something to make them believe that things can get better. Evidently some are ravenous enough to place theirs in a random junior senator and his vague promises that a new Era of Good Feeling is just over the horizon. In spite of myself, I almost find the enthusiasm endearing. Of course it’s absurdly misplaced — even from a liberal perspective, an Obama presidency could not begin to fulfill that much hope. But even so, it’s nice to see that the death-embracing left still has some yearning for the transcendent.
St. Louis-Marie de Montfort,
Pope St. Pius X,
St. Joseph,
St. Ambrose of Milan,
St. Thomas Aquinas,
St. Francis (and St. Clare),
St. Catherine of Siena,
St. Alphonsus Ligouri,
St. John Chrysostom,
Clever? Well, maybe if you are someone who avidly follows the Obama phenominon. As someone who lives in a state where the inexperienced newbie was elected governor even were I to vote in the Democratic primary it wouldn’t have been for Obama. Even if I didn’t disagree with his political views, I don’t think he has the experience to lead the nation.
Unfortunately this quiz can create some problems. By making it Jesus or Obama it puts Obama in the same category as Jesus and he definitely doesn’t belong there. It falsely puts the two on the same plane. And there are people who will take this quiz and think to themselves, “this guy is just like Jesus.”
Pretty scary.
I saw it as heavily sarcastic, Father. A satirical jibe at the Obama supporters, if you will. In the first place because, as you say, it’s so obviously absurd to put Obama in the same category as Our Lord (which is what they seem to be doing.) And also because the people who do this are the same ones who profess to find the religious right so terrifying/contemptible. So, they’re “above” getting enthusiastic about Jesus Christ, but they apparently find a substitute of their own.
Sad when you think of how such creativity could be used for the betterment of the world.