The programming contest

Jesus and Satan had been arguing about who was the best programmer. After listening to this for entirely too long, God decided to end it once and for all. He called them together and announced that there would be a programming contest. Each would have one hour to produce the most impressive program they could come up with. God would then judge the results.

The day came, they sat down and started coding. Jesus invoked his favorite editor, emacs. Satan fired up edt. They coded furiously for 50 minutes, then the power failed. It comes back on a minute later, and they both rebooted their systems and started typing again.

When the hour was up, God asked them to stop. He asked Satan to show him his work. Satan complained bitterly about the power outage and had nothing useful to show for his work. God turned to Jesus, who had completed his task, and demonstrated it for all to see. Satan was outraged and asked how this could be.

God smiled and said, "Surely everyone knows that Jesus saves".