{"id":66125,"date":"2026-05-06T17:11:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=66125"},"modified":"2026-05-06T17:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:37:11","slug":"a-john-14-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=66125","title":{"rendered":"A John 14 Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At WLBOTT<\/strong>, we enjoy a variety of religious experiences. For the most part, as long as our primary allegiance is to twine and shareholder value, we encourage our flock to seek their own path to truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few exceptions apply: we find dogmatic atheists and evangelical, magaT Christians to be equally tedious and stultifying[1]<\/sup>. And although we encourage free expression, proselytizing[2]<\/sup> to anyone younger that 18, or before 9:00am, is never <\/em><\/strong>allowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"\/<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

[1]<\/sup> WLBOTT<\/strong> Word of the Day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"\/<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/sup> Bonus Word of the Day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"\/<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As examples of our ecumenicism[3]<\/sup>, Sister Magdalena<\/strong> often speaks of “Free Range Catholicism”, while Brother Rutabaga<\/strong> speaks in terms of amorphous vapors. Our film critic Clementine DuCinema<\/strong> describes movie theaters as the modern day Cathedrals. Fred<\/strong>, our penitent intern (of the Whoopee Cushion<\/strong><\/em> incident https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=62483), likes the concept of indulgences knocking off a few eons of this celestial time-out in Purgatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/sup> Triple W-O-T-D Bonus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"\/<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Although not officially required, funny hats are encouraged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

A Quick Semi-Sequitur<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Just a quick aside. I hate to break the flow of this blott, but I feel I must bring this to your attention, gentle visitor. I’m crafting images to demonstrate the ecumenical nature of our WLBOTT <\/strong>top brass, and Gemini and NightCafe are creating nice images like this…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"\/<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"\/<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2026 while Perchance, our either under- or over-medicated free image generator, using the exact same prompt, is creating this\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"\/<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n

A Near-Miracle Averted<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Anyhow….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although this stretches credulity, this story is mostly true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, in my official capacity as paterfamilias<\/strong>, I was talking with my son, a religious studies scholar, about an interesting passage from the Christian New Testament, John 14. In the biblical narrative, Jesus has died, was resurrected, and then spent some time with his disciples. In John 14, he’s wrapping things up, knowing that he’ll be leaving soon. He has a lot of encouraging things to say, such as<\/p>\n\n\n\n