A couple of Bible verses,
"Time and chance happen to us all,"
"It rains on the just and the unjust alike,"
put the hiatus on the idea
that everything that happens is God's will
that it happens.
We need a rest from that nonsense,
a lengthy break.
That and the idea that if God didn't will it,
"God let it happen."
God did this as punishment for that,
and did that as reward for that over there.
We need a hiatus from all of this.
Forever would not be long enough.
"Circumstances beget circumstances!"
That observation may go back to before 500 BCE.
We prefer the idea of a God that punishes and rewards.
Like Santa Claus with ashes and switches or presents
for those who have been naughty or good
(So be good for goodness sake!
But, it is really for the sake
of presents and the promise of more).
The stuff we believe/know to be so
that isn't so
makes life much worse than it needs to be.
I wish we would stop it.
It gives me the wanderlust.
Like wandering over yonder
to see if they are free of the nonsense
that is so abundant hereabouts.
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