Religious Fools

A headline on inquirer.net reads:

2 Die, Scores Hurt in Black Nazarene Feast -- Police
(Read the full story here.)

According to another article, Manila Archbishop Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales, said the celebration of the feast of the Black Nazarene personifies "taking up one's crosses and trials in life in imitation of Christ."

If that is true, then perhaps Christ, in his lifetime, had been a pick-pocket, or had been a victim of pick-pocketing, as was the case with at least seven devotees of the Black Nazarene.

Or maybe Christ suffered cardiac arrest after getting crushed by a horde of people pushing one another in their passionate attempt to touch some statue believed to have miraculous powers. Because that's what happened to Cecilia Fajardo today, in her supposed "imitation of Christ".

And what about those people who unknowingly killed Fajardo in a magnificent display of their faith? Were they imitating Christ, too?

Religious fools.