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- From: jws5@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (JUSTIN WINSLOW SOLONYNKA)
- Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
- Subject: Preaching the Religion of Boulders
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.045223.91057@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 04:52:23 GMT
- Organization: Lehigh University
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- We all went to see the preacher, ma and pa and me and my little brother,
- on that hot Sunday afternoon. He was visiting from... well, hell, we weren't
- really sure. But he sounded like he knew what he was talking about. "My
- friends," he drawled, with arms wide, "look not to the works of earth. God
- has no concern for such things. Ya figger, with a universe as big as it is,
- why should he work with the one little planet? His Word is not of the Earth,
- but of the space around it."
- There was general buzzing in the crowd, and even my little brother,
- barefoot and unwashed, was stirred.
- "Look to the heavens for signs," the preacher continued. "Boulders and
- meteors and shooting stars. For they are truly the words of God."
- I heard Pa let out an "Amen" under his breath, and Ma was moved as well.
- "These objects shape our world! They tell us the Truth, they tell us the
- Way, and my friends, we must hear the call!" And on these words, the
- preacher's assistants heaved a bag onto the stage. "Yes, my brothers and
- sisters, for just $19.95 you can own your very own piece of the Lord!" And he
- reached into the bag, pulling out one of the tiny rocks it held. "The Word of
- the Creator in your very own home!"
- As perfect as it would have been, no meteor came at that moment to strike
- the preacher dead. No, he got the money from Pa, and we got a first rate
- bonified meteorite with a no-money-back guarantee. It found its way into my
- brother's slingshot soon after, and we lost our piece of the Lord. He thinks
- it was just a regular old rock, though, and he's pretty smart for being so
- unclean.
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- sol | see the cat? see the cradle?
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