Warm Xmas Thoughts

This is from the late comic Bill Hicks (quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle review of a book of his work--Love All The People), and it reminded me of Jesus:

"The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it, you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly colored and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time and they begin to question -- 'Is this real, or is this just a ride?' And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, 'Hey, don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride.' And we ... kill those people."