[LeGrande]

If you intend to go there, I suggest you leave early. There is a long line.

I apologize for making fun, I try and make it a point of only going after anti Mormon Born Againers. Verity's post was just too funny.

[Mad Dawg]

I think God likes us to have fun AND that He understands that making jokes is one way we "incorporate" new and startling information. (Cf. all the Chernobyl jokes.)

I call it "reverential flippancy". For example I refer to Pope John Paul the Great as "J2P2," because I love him so much that when I say his name "straight" I have to pause a minute.

Another phenomenon is very devout people, not used to talking about their faith, who call God "the man upstairs." I've always seen that as a way to try to deal with the awe.

And besides, let's dream: Wouldn't it just dislocate your jaw in joy if The Dear Leader one day said, "Okay, people, I've had a change of heart. The real solution to all our problems including health care, is Jesus the Christ."

Anyway, St Faustina, pray for us.