Theological Jack Bauer Facts 2.0
January 15, 2007 Posted by Roger Overton
The winner of the Jack Bauer Fact contest is John from Verum Serum. He'll be receiving a signed copy of Jack Bauer's Having a Bad Day by Tim Wesemann.
John's winning entry: “The anti-Christ is hoping Jack Bauer won’t be left
behind.”
Other top entries:
Jack Bauer is an Arminian…if you cooperate you can cut
a deal.
Jack Bauer once baptized someone until he talked.
Pray with Jack Bauer but if he offers the laying on of hands,
decline.
Jack Bauer giving the sacraments: “You have no idea what
it cost to secure this…”
The only reason you're reading this blog is because Jack Bauer is letting you.
Last year's Jack Bauer Facts.
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And remember, today is “Talk Like Jack Bauer Day.” Be sure to yell more than usual and punctuate your propositions with DAMMIT!
Related posts:
- Theological Jack Bauer Facts
- Jack's on his way back…
- Book Review: Jack Bauer's Having a Bad Day by Tim Wesemann
- Double the Bauer
- What Would Jack Bauer Do?
- Book Review: Jack's Life by Douglas Gresham
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January 15th, 2007 at 10:46 am
Not to rip on “Talk Like Jack Bauer Day” per se (which would be ok tomorrow), but isn't today the day that we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? Should he be trumped by a fictional television character?
January 15th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Talk Like Jack Bauer Day isn't sacred by any means, so I don't think you need to be cautious about ripping on it. Regardless…
1) I didn't choose which day TLJB day would be, I'm just going along with what other people have established.
2) I don't see how having fun with Jack Bauer is in any way disrespectful to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. One might say it's fitting since half the presidents on 24 have been black, and I doubt you can find such a ratio on another TV show.
3) I don't see any obligation to honor MLK in some special way today, nor do I have any idea what I can do on this day that honors someone who's passed away. I can honor his ideas, but that's something I believe we ought to do every day by treating everyone as made in God's image regardless of their skin color. Though, I actually do that because that's what God desires, not because MLK taught it. Frankly, I disturbed that this is the one day of the year our country is supposed to seriously honor an individual. Sure we have Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays on the calendar, but no one takes them seriously, especially not as seriously as MLK. That's not to say we shouldn't remember what MLK taught on his birthday, just that it seems there are plenty of other Americans in our history books who deserve the same serious spotlight, if not a brighter one.
MLK gets plenty of coverage every year on his birthday. I have nothing to add to what's already out there, and nothing would be added by me posting about it.