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Jesus, not the G-Men, won the Super Bowl.
The ultimate tournament of the Super Bowl, that has been celebrated
a gracious 42 years long, has staked one perennial weekend year after year into
our miserable free-society lives. Football has been regarded as one of the most
American of things, like pizza and fortune cookies. But, you know what else is
American? Jesus1.
This year of Super Bowl XLII, the Patriots battle the
Giants. If you gave that little tid bit to someone who lived under rock for the
past year, they’d think a Revolutionary Civil War going on. In fact, that poor
old sap may be slightly right. It is a war of civility, just like the one Jesus
fought. Wikipedia defines the objective in football is to score points by
advancing a pointed-oval shaped ball into the opposing team's end zone. Jesus
also did this, in a sense, not by bringing a football into the end zone, but by
being a bringer of divine scripture, a worker of miracles, and the Messiah to
the Jews. He met his share of formidable opponents, seemingly impervious to
defeat in response to his capitulations. Not long this lasted, as history would
prove. So as did the eventual upset led by the Giants to withhold a record breaking
undefeated season for the Patriots.
So, why did the Giants win? They won because they had to. Just
like how Jesus has to show the Christian masses that he was God’s incarnate,
who came to provide salvation and reconciliation with God. Giants quarterback
Eli Manning tossed the ball that ended the game. Said ball was received by a
man known as Plexiglas, strong and stout like an iron cross.
During one of the commercials, Manning manned the narrator mic
while boasting his endorsement for a charity known as Feed the Children. FTC is
a Christian, international, nonprofit relief organization. How did a nonprofit
get a commercial slot in a Super Bowl broadcast? How did they get Eli Manning
as a spokesperson? I’m sure most of their charity is reciprocated toward those
respects. However, it sure isn’t as much as how much Doritos plowed dinero at
FOX to air a full length country music video2, almost crushing the
little one's message in its own lyrical doctrine3.
This was not to merely compare Jesus to the New York Giants.
That would be perfidious, and God forbid that be the case4. Plus, I
have made no real argument nor an organized manifest of my ideas. We have, however,
commemorated the scripture for those who respect it, and let those people
remember Jesus every time they pick up a football with their pious paws.
1Jesus is probably not that American. 2I’m
actually not sure if singer/songwriter Kina Grannis does country. 3Just
ignore. 4I’m agnostic.
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