Before leaving the bathroom Larry realizes what he has done, but is ethically torn about what to do; is it worse to smear the painting in the process of wiping or to leave it as is? Larry choose the later, which precipitates a chain of events resulting in the friend believing a miracle has happened in her bathroom. So excited by this, she quits her job and buys an RV to travel the country and share with everyone the miracle painting.

So the commentary behind the comedy is about how some Christians witness false “miracles” (like seeing Jesus in a piece of toast) and the extremes to which they are moved by it.

In otherwords, it’s really about Idolatry.

The trick is that Christ knew fairness to be important to his Father, but he submitted to unfairness willingly so that something more glorious could be revealed.

The difference between unbelievers and believers is that unbelievers hold fairness to be an end in itself; i.e. if everybody were just “fair”, the world would be at peace.

Believers know that fairness is merely a means to the true target, which is godliness. So, we strive for fairness so we can be like God, not because we think it is the be-all and end-all.

So when we encounter the PC version of fairness doctrine, we should continue to point it out–not because we’re upset about being mistreated, but because we want to unveil the idolatry of the unbeliever. He claims to hold fairness as his god; yet, he doesn’t even really pay proper homage to his god. He commits plenty of unfairness when it serves him.

When we do this, we should do it with a twinkle in our eye, rather than foam in our mouth.