More Complications

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(The question concerning accuracy was prompted by today's thunderstorm which rained lots of rain and hail on the Denver area this afternoon. I just walked into the kitchen-living room and witnessed a pleasant scene: Barbara Walters interviewing Larry King! The question she posed was, 'What is the most over-rated virtue?' Larry returned, 'Sincerity.' Hmm. My answer would have been, 'Faith.' I TIVO'd the show and will watch it next week under soberer conditions.)

Where were? Ahh, talking to god. What now follows may tend to confirm your suspicions.

me: Complications?
god: Yes. After the entire design group got burned (tap) by the initial explosion they began to murmur against me.
me: Please go on.
god: They seemed to be on the verge of fomenting a rebellion against me.
me: I can understand that.
god: I concluded that the only remedy available to me was banishment.
me: Sounds reasonable.
God: So I banished them all from Heaven.
me: Did the maneuver work?
god: It worked! They all disappeared! I was left alone with my most trusted angels.
me: I presume you banished them to Hell.
god: I did indeed.
me: All the world wants to know: did you first conjure up Hell with the magic word, 'Abracadabra?'
god: Not exactly.
me: What do you mean, 'Not exactly?'
god: I was so outraged that I forgot to create Hell. I banished them all and they all left for the so-called natural world. There they live today.
me: Among us?!
god: Unfortunately.
god: It might be more accurate to say that they died but that their descendants live.
me: And they are us.
god: Exactly.