The Anti-Gospel of Jesus Christ

By Miko Bartek

As an idealistic young teenager, I wanted to serve Jesus. So I prayed for a calling. Not to become a priest, necessarily. I just wanted some clarity in life. What does God want of me? God put me here for some reason.

I had just been confirmed in the past year or so. The nuns and priests all spoke about how God calls us to serve in different ways. Be open to God’s voice they would say. And so began the dream.

A fantasy sprouted and began to grow. Since I liked school and did well in my classes, and since I loved to read, I started thinking that I could serve Jesus through some scholarly endeavor. Hmm. What if I could prove that Christianity is true?

How could that be done? I wasn’t sure. I did not know enough at that time to have a clue of where to start. It would involve a lot of learning. It would take real time and effort. But I felt up to the challenge.

I could not imagine a better way to spend my life than to devote it to establishing the truth of my Catholic faith. This would be my path in life. I felt God calling me to pursue this dream.