Unless god is evil…
Friday, September 18th, 2009
I woke to an email from my beloved mother today, a long forward, about the greatness and successes of generations passed, with a final quote allegedly by Jay Leno about taking god out of the pledge of allegiance. I think it is a good idea. The pledge was only added in 1954, so most of the success listed happened before it was added, therefore it appears to have had no real benefit. And, doesn’t the fact of all these natural evils: hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another along with the threat of swine flu all killing many innocent people; and terrorist attacks inspired by Abraham’s god; give good enough reason to doubt this bronze-age tribal sky daddy even exists?
Son, see that apple cart over there? Piled high, with gloriously colorful, fresh, ripe, vibrant, fruit? Someone, long-gone now, took significant time to meticulously arrange every apple. Row by row, level by level they built that fruit pyramid until the cart was as full of fruit as it could possibly be.