Friday, September 08, 2006
God is Deaf
(3)
We now enter the esoteric realm of God, yet again. Many folks are fond of saying, quite frequently, 'God forbid...' What does this really mean? Are they addressing those words to God as some sort of advice? Are they only expressing their disapproval of the subject matter at hand? (Much stomping-booming above as I write this.) Another favorite expression of this particular group goes something like, 'From you lips to God's ears...'
Is it their intention only to appear sympathetic in advance? Are those expressions little more than emotional-political ploys designed to elicit 'love' from possible victims of the subject matter? Are those expressions merely 'rhetoric?' Is it merely meaningless bullshit?
I think so. I think that those particularly tripe phrases are an indication that the utterer is mostly a politician devoid of deep emotional involvement in the subject under discussion. I think that the utterer knows that God forbids nothing: never did, never will, and furthermore that God does not have ears: God is deaf.
God forbids nothing. That much is clear.
We now enter the esoteric realm of God, yet again. Many folks are fond of saying, quite frequently, 'God forbid...' What does this really mean? Are they addressing those words to God as some sort of advice? Are they only expressing their disapproval of the subject matter at hand? (Much stomping-booming above as I write this.) Another favorite expression of this particular group goes something like, 'From you lips to God's ears...'
Is it their intention only to appear sympathetic in advance? Are those expressions little more than emotional-political ploys designed to elicit 'love' from possible victims of the subject matter? Are those expressions merely 'rhetoric?' Is it merely meaningless bullshit?
I think so. I think that those particularly tripe phrases are an indication that the utterer is mostly a politician devoid of deep emotional involvement in the subject under discussion. I think that the utterer knows that God forbids nothing: never did, never will, and furthermore that God does not have ears: God is deaf.
God forbids nothing. That much is clear.
