Did Jesus Have a Bad Year in 2006?

I laughed out loud at this headline:

2006 - A bad year for Jesus
At The American Spectator, Patrick Hynes writes, "2006 is already starting to look like [Jesus'] worst year since 33 A.D." He references a High Times article that asks "Was Jesus a Stoner?," NBC's Book of Daniel, the upcoming The Da Vinci Code and the lawsuit in Italy where a Catholic priest has been forced to appear in court to prove Jesus exsisted. Hynes concludes, "Ah, Jesus. A pot-smoking hippie who married Mary and never really existed at all. The same yesterday, today, and forever."

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Writing shows critical thinking...or its lack. Was this year any worse for Jesus than the year he was run through a kangaroo court, beaten and flogged, crucified? Even that is not a good way to think about it -- we're told that Jesus endured the cross for the joy set before him!

So it's not about Jesus "having" a good year or a bad year. And if our lives are hidden with Christ, then it's not about us "having" a good or bad year, either.