Put
Your Hands Together...
 It's
actually conceivable that an all-powerful being capable
of creating
trillions of stars and planets in a single day, not
to mention a highly-evolved ecosystem in a mere week,
could acknowledge and answer the fervent wishes of
a few
billion measly humans. However, count your blessings,
so to speak, that no such thing is possible or this
world as we know it would be chaotic beyond measure.
Yes, I know.
Praying for someone's health or for the slot machine
to land on the right combination of cherries is harmless,
but deep down most people honestly believe that God
hears their entreaties and will tip the scales in
their favor. What's not so innocent is when they extend
these same fantasies to civil law.
But what if prayer really worked. What if everything
you asked of God came true?
Only the sports teams with the largest
fan-base would win games as their copious prayers would
overwhelm the holy appeals of smaller cities.
We'd
be able to eat all we wanted yet never grow
fat. Parodixically, there would never be famines even
though everyone ate like pigs and bred like rabbits.
No one would
ever work yet everything would get done. Economic
systems would collapse as money would become inconsequential.
Gold would be worthless.
Countries would engage in prayer-based
war against their enemies, lobbing endless nuclear-tipped
benedictions at their foes, attacks easily fended
by phalanxes of highly-trained rabbis, priests, and
monks.
Inevitably our planet would be depopulated as
every living soul would convert themselves to
pure energy in order to
traverse
the galaxy. The planet, free of human wantoness, would
eventually reach equlibrium and all the creatures
remaining behind would flourish in a true
paradise.
Hey, maybe prayer isn't such a bad thing after all.
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I rented a copy of Pixar's "Cars 2" this past weekend.
Very pretty to look at but dull as dishwater. No heart
at all.
It's not going in the permanent collection.
Saturday night, though, made up for a disappointing Friday as Beloved Girlfriend
and I delighted
to
a
real
4-star
film, "Jesus Christ Superstar" (1973), now available on Netflix. The
music, particularly
anything sung by the amazing Carl "Judas" Anderson (see below), is
truly inspiring. Take it from the atheist, this one's special.
=Lefty=
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Republican Job Creation Update
 "We're
going to have a relentless focus
on creating jobs." -
John Boehner, February 10, 2011.
The following is #105 in a list of Republican
job creation activities
since they gained control of the House
in 2011. None, sad to
say,
have
yet to result in one, single new job.
(105) 11-7-2011: While the GOP stood around with their
thumbs up their rumps the Democrats introduced an unemployment
extension bill.
NOTE: As a result of an unexpected wave of enthusiasm
the Republican
Job Creation update now has its
own web site. It will remain on the RP but
a web site of its own will raise its visibility
on the 'net as
we progress towards the critical 2012 elections.
And I thank you for your support.
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