THE PHILOSOPHIC GIFT THAT CONTINUES TO STUMP MANKIND
THE HUMAN RACEÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
ONE GIFT WE CAN’T EXCHANGE
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Whether it was a gift from God
or resulted from a mutated cell
growing in a chimpanzee’s head,
mortals are all blessed withÂ
a brain crammed with curiousity.
Some of the more inquisitive members
of our species are oblidged
to wonder:Â Is God for real?
Did we arrive slithering to shore
doing the Darwin shuffle?
Was this scientific happenstance?
Or were we purposely designed
to function despite all of
our neurotic eccentricities?Â
Why won’t earthlings’ myriad gods put
their almighty heads together
and help us out of this kerfuffle?
How long must we wait before we
turn into a semi-rational species?
Most scientists — like Richard Dawkins,
an evolutionary biologist from England —
will bet their last sixpence on evolution.Â
Of course, that bedevils the diverse
beliefs of pious world leaders.
If we were mindless creatures,
nobody would give a damn.Â
Other than Jesus Christ, if any
human came close to God, I’d bet
on Mother Mary Teresa of Calcutta.
In scrawled secret letters publicly
revealed after her death in 1997,
she confessed:Â “What do I labor for?Â
If there be no god — there can
be no soul — if there is no soul
then Jesus — you also are not true.”
Ouch! The cries of a troubled conscience.
Her altruistic acts were those
of a great woman known as
“the saint of the gutters.”
Her painful self-analysis,
sacrifice and lifelong committment
to the impoverished would please
any of the Creators who are worshiped
as our heavenly Board of Directors.Â
– Boots LeBaron –
Excellent commentary. However, did you know that the most primitive portion of the human brain is reptilian, not primate?
Hi, chicagoja… Thanks for the kind words about my thoughts. Taking a look at humanity, I can believe that part of a mortal’s brain might be reptilian. That includes my cells, too. Regards, Boots
below is an interesting response from a Theologian from Chicago!
sorry but I can’t see it for some reason