You’ve seen it a thousand times: “Like if you love Jesus, keep scrolling if you choose Satan.” It’s a picture of Jesus (usually with arms extended) followed by a depiction of the devil.

The public outreach arm of Heavenly Operations released a statement saying Jesus Christ, somewhere around 2,000 years old, has become disappointed at the number of people who scroll through the picture, consequently choosing Satan over him.

“This is getting out of hand,” said Jesus in the statement. “It’s like you leave for a couple thousand years and people all the sudden forget about the great things you did for a small group of people.”

According to the release, scrolling past those pictures on Facebook is actually giving the devil the upper hand in his battle to take over social media.

“Few people realize just how crucial their ‘like’ is,” read the statement. “Jesus is trying to branch out to the world of social media, and people are completely rejecting it. Satan has effectively been given the upper hand in his quest to claim our souls.”

Despite the dire tone expressed in the statement, some remain skeptical that scrolling past the picture actually has a significant impact on the battle for world domination.

“Those things? I scroll every time,” said a rational person. “It’s hard to take it seriously when it’s sandwiched between your uncle’s political rant and a video of people getting drilled in the crotch.”

Without direct evidence that the social media battle is playing out on such a massive scale, Vatican scientists are forced to accept the notion put forth by Heavenly Operations, conceding that is in fact important that we choose “like” instead of scrolling.

“It takes maybe a second to hit ‘like’ on those pictures,” said Peggy Washerman, director of communication at the Vatican Center for Skeptical Inquiry. “Whether you think it’s important or not, it’s not like you’re extremely burdened to click your mouse.”

Informed that most people are likely on laptops, and thus using a trackpad instead of a mouse, Washerman admitted the Vatican’s equipment hasn’t been upgraded since the 1870’s.

In its final plea to get users to “like” pictures of Jesus, Heavenly Outreach asks a simple question: “What would Jesus do?”

God, who has been mysteriously absent for the last couple thousand years, did not respond to multiple phone call and email requests for comment.