Taking forgiveness to a higher level...

I trying to coax God into forgiving everyone, including the one's who refuse to extend forgiveness to anyone, even themselves.

This means I am forced to forgive the Bush administration, ax murderers, the Ku Klux Klan, the military/industrial complex, and all those who are secretly praying for God's wrath on Earth.

Didn't say I have to like any of them, just forgive them.

Because I really disfavor hypocrisy, I am forced into practicing forgiveness myself. After all, I can't ask God to do what I am unwilling to do. Can I?

A shame too. Righteous indignation can be so much fun.

Yes, I'm also asking Allah to drop the end of days stuff. I mean, think of the mess our children would have to go through. You know; dead bodies, fire from the sky, locusts and boils. The children aren't the ones gleefully anticipating blood, bombs, destruction from all directions. So why should they inherit such nasty stuff?

All prophecies become self fulfilling. When I try to personify God (a fool's errand), all I can see is love, not hate. And yes, I am willing to even give up hating hate myself. Damn it!

I'm kinda pitching instantaneous enlightenment. For all of us. Even including the slugs with their fingers anxiously poised on the button of destruction. God let's all things be. And He-She-It also has the power to forgive and enlighten. How about a peaceful space alien landing? Or something spectacular that gets all our attention, world wide. I'm for the creation of a new garden. We can all do the planting and pruning. Or we can all put on a show, out in the barn... You know, something fun for God. Would love to entertain for the heavenly guffaws it could bring.

Allah, God, Christ, That-Which-Has-No-Name, Nature, Spirit, etc., ...Are you listening?

And yes, I forgive you if you're not.

- Arye Michael Bender -