Simpatična kratka pripoved, ki nas pripelje do zanimivega spoznanja.
Jezus je rekel, da še nikoli ni bil na nogometni tekmi. Zato sem ga s prijatelji peljal na neko takšno tekmo. Bila je zagrizena borba med protestantskimi Udarniki in katoliškimi Križaji.
Prvi so zabili gol Križarji. Jezus se je silno razveselil in vrgel svoj klobuk visoko v zrak. Zatem so dali gol Udarniki. In Jezus se je silno razveselil in vrgel svoj klobuk visoko v zrak. To pa je čisto zbegalo moža, ki je sedel za nami. Potrepljal je Jezusa po rami in ga vprašal: »Za katero stran pa pravzaprav navijate, gospod?«
»Jaz?« je odvrnil Jezus, ki ga je tekma že vidno prevzela. »Oh! Za nobeno stran ne navijam. Samo uživam v lepi igri.«
Mož se je namrdnil in rekel svojemu sosedu: »Hm, ateist!«
Na podi domov smo Jezusu na kratko predstavili verski položaj v sedanjem svetu. »Nekaj je čudno pri vernih ljudeh, Gospod,« smo rekli. »Vedno mislijo, da je Bog na njihovi strani in proti ljudem na drugi.«
Jezus je pritrdil. »Prav zato ne podpiram religij, pač pa ljudi,« je dejal. »Ljudje so pomembnejši kot religije. Človek je pomembnejši od sobote.«
»Moral bi bolj paziti na svoje besede,« je pripomnil eden od nas zaskrbljeno. »Enkrat si že bil križan, ker si tako govoril.«
»Da – in križali so me verni ljudje,« je rekel Jezus z grenkim nasmehom.
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(Slovenian above | English below)
Jesus Christ said he had never been to a football match. So we took him to one, my friends and I. It was a ferocious battle between the Protestant Punchers and the Catholic Crusaders.
The Crusaders scored first. Jesus cheered wildly and threw his hat high up in the air. Then the Punchers scored. And Jesus cheered wildly and threw his hat high up in the air. This seemed to puzzle the man behind us. He tapped Jesus on the shoulder and asked, »Which side are you shouting for, my good man?«
»Me?« replied Jesus, now visibly excited by the game, »I’m not shouting for either side. I’m just enjoying the game.«
The questioner turned to his neighbor and sneered, »Hmm, an atheist.«
On the way back we briefed Jesus on the religious situation of the world today. »It’s a funny thing about religious people, Lord,« we said. »They always seem to think that God is on their side and against the people on the other side.« Jesus agreed. »That is why I don’t back Religions. I back People,« he said. »People are more important than Religions. Man is more important than the Sabbath.«
»You ought to watch your words,« one of us said with some concern. You were crucified once for saying that sort of thing.«
»Yes….and by religious people,« said Jesus with a wry smile.
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Almira Ćatović 