Crossing The Road

Why did the chicken cross the road?   Ans.  To get to the other side.    This is a very old joke dating back to at least 1847.   

Why did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed cross the road?  Multiple choice answers: (1) To escape from a mob of their angry, hypercritical, and hypocritical followers; (2) In hopes that we would follow them; or (3) To get to the "other" defined as those considered to be outsiders – those belonging to a different group, gender, orientation, party, community, religion, race, culture, or creed.

How would they have answered?  More importantly, how should we answer?  This last question has great relevance for us all as we consider recent and likely future world and U.S. events.  Let's cross the road with Jesus with #3 as our answer.

(Based on the 2012 book “Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road?  Christian Identity in a Multi-Faith World” by Brian D. McLaren)

Deacon David Pierce