Water into Wine? Please!
Christians are so into the Jesus miracles. I can’t tell you how many times a Christian of some denomination tells me that Jesus must have been God because he was able to turn water into wine and all the other miraculous crap. Personally, I think it would say more about a deity in the flesh if he didn’t do the magic tricks and instead convinced people with nothing more than his humanity (actions and words).
Besides, turning water into wine is a pretty lame stunt when you think about it. Do you know what would be really impressive? What if Jesus had turned urine into water? Think about that for a moment. We can drink water and we can drink wine. No big deal. In fact water is better for you than wine. It would be like turning a really healthy salad into Taco Bell. Sure that would be a nice party trick, but not really good for anyone on a practical level (unless you are high on pot or something). But turning urine into water definitely is much more impressive. Urine is our waste product and water is a pretty life sustaining fluid. That would have truly been impressive.
Not to worry though, because Michigan Technological University scientist David Hand doesn’t claim to be the son of God, nor does he claim to be God incarnate. Instead, he just claims to have been able to turn urine into clean drinking water. One main difference between Hand’s claim and the claim of Jesus is that David Hand can prove it. In fact, now his Urine to Water Recovery System is on board the International Space Station where it is being put to use on a daily basis. People actually rely on this miraculous new technology. Jesus is going to have to really step up his game. Science and human ingenuity are really making the stories in the Bible look childish and stupid.
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