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| Angel_Bob (profile) wrote, on 12-17-2003 at 6:35pm | |
| Joan is walking slowly down the sidewalk when Power-walking God appears again. She's all energetic and huffy-puffy until Joan gives her a sharp glance. Then she slows down a bit, as Joan says, "I'm having second thoughts about you." Power-walking God explains, "It's called a crisis of faith. It's all right. It's not really faith if there's no crisis. Faith is an act of will, not a feeling." Joan wonders, "How do I know you're not the Devil? You asked me to do something, which I didn't do, and a good thing happened to Adam. Why would God want a good thing not to happen?" Power-walking God, who has the reassuring demeanour of a soccer mom, replies, "I understand you're confused. But there are no dilemmas without confusion, there's no free will without dilemmas, and there's no humanity without free will." Joan sits down at the bus stop, saying in frustration, "I don't understand what you're saying. It's all just blah, blah, blah." Power-walking God blithely assures her: "It's not for now. It's for later." Joan asks: "Are you really God?" She says, "You know I am." Joan laughs mirthlessly and says, "You know I don't know you are. Maybe you don't know because you aren't really God or maybe I'm crazy and I'm sitting here talking to thin air." Power-walking God acknowledges Joan's confusion. Joan lists all the things she's tried in order to comply with God's request, "What else is there? I mean...do you want me to smash it?" Power-walking God smiles and replies, "Don't blame me for your failure of imagination. What you have to ask yourself is: What are you going to do now? That's what I'm all about: your next chance to do the right thing. That's how you know I'm who I am. That's how you shall know me from all others. What are going to do now? Every new decision is another chance to do the right thing. You don't get that from the other side." I remember feeling low I remember losing hope I remember all the feelings And the day they stopped |
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Shinigami | 12-18-03 6:38am Interesting. |