perfection

everyday when i walk along elizabeth on my way to work there is the same van. on this van there is a bumper sticker. on the bumper sticker as some words. the words are:

"next time you think you're perfect try walking on water"

i have to say, this has triggered much mental churnings for me.

first, i have to wonder, is there anyone on earth who thinks their perfect? isn't the point of being human is to be flawed? in fact, generally, don't humans see more flaws in themselves than others do because they engage in intense self-scrutiny?

second, now, i am the first to admit i know next to nothing about the bible. i have no judeo-christian background knowledge other than that i have picked up in movies, books and the odd conversation with friends. i mean, sure, i can sing the noah's arc song ("the animals they came, they came in twosies, twosies. the animals, they came, they came in twosies twosies.") but that's just 'cause it's a song. okay, so, with that warning out of the way i will now get onto my main point. i thought the whole thing with jesus was that he wasn't perfect. i thought he was human and had failings like everyone else, and that is what made him so appealing. am i wrong? am i mixing up fact with stuff like the last temptation of christ? i don't know, i really seem to remember something about him not being perfect and that imperfection was kind of the point.

so, it is now to you kind readers, help out this poor young woman who is woefully ignorant in the ways of religion. the question i pose to you is this:

WTF?