“Uh, Houston – we have a problem...” Famous last words.
Last week I came upon an article by Reuters which headlined, “Airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god.”
The article went on to say that after having had technical problems with one of their jetliners, two goats were sacrificed to the Hindu god of “sky protection.” Although officials at the Kathmandu airport did not report what the problem was, the local media (don’t ask me how they knew) blamed the “snag” on electrical problems. It was further reported that the airline resumed operations after the sacrifice but didn’t mention if anyone actually got on the plane.
Should they not have sacrificed a bull or two to the god of electrical problems? Do they only make sacrifices when there are problems with the aircraft or, do you think they do some preventive maintenance sacrifices? I wonder do they ask about the mechanical issues? And people wonder why I’m a “home body.”
Seriously though being a Christian is so much simpler and safer. I love that Jesus loved us and He gave Himself as a sacrifice - once for all. No further need for mission control, any other “god” or facsimile thereof.
