For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotton Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

-The Book of John, 3:16

I was watching the X-Files last weekend and I found myself thinking, "What if Mulder was investigating Christ as an X-File?

I can see him trying to convince Scully that this Jesus guy can walk on water, cast out demons, turn water into wine...

...would he convince her?

Or would she look at all of the evidence before her and rationalize it; much as she does every week?

Don't get me wrong, I dig the X-Files, and look forward to watching it every Sunday.

Of course, every Monday my friends say things like, "Pat, you know, it just wasn't scary enough" or, "Pat, who was the lady with the spiky-thing, and why was she nibbling on the guy smoking the cigarette's ear?"...or, for those of you that believe cigarettes don't have ears, "Pat, who was the lady with the spiky-thing, and why was she nibbling on the ear of the man smoking the cigarette?"

Did you know that scientists have indeed proven that the walls of Jericho came tumbling down because of an earthquake? So, Scully like, they say, "See? It was an earthquake, that's all. Happens all of the time. Nope, no signs of God's intervention here, just an earthquake; an everyday, common occurrence."

Of course none of them attempt to explain exactly why the earthquake happened at the moment that the horn was blown, but this is probably neither here nor there

...Right?

So, back to what I was thinking about. Here's Mulder, trying to explain these things to Scully.

In an X-Files episode it would probably end with Scully talking into her tape recorder and saying something like, "....Although the fact that the man who claimed to be possessed by a 'Legion' of demons and was then subsequently 'cured' by Mr. Christ can be explained by the phenomenon of auto-hypnosis; no rational explanation exists for why the herd of swine suddenly cast themselves into the sea. It has not yet been proven by any scientific study that auto-hypnosis works on pigs, nor that they can be led to believe that a legion of demons would possess them. Regardless of these unexplainable occurrences, Mr. Christ will receive his sanity hearing tomorrow and will be, more than likely, committed to an insane asylum to undergo treatment."

Roll credits and theme.

Think about that, hmm? I hear people ask for miracles or proof that He exists all the time. It amazes me that people would find it far more easier to believe that little UFO people are coming down and eviscerating cattle and building pyramids than to believe in a Supreme Being. My friend, Jerry, hypothesizes that this is because there is no personal accountability for one's actions this way.

For me, when asked if there is a God, I usually point at the grass and say, "Of course. There is my proof."

That's good enough for me.