Ka-Poof!

‘Of course there isn’t a God out there,

We’re here, for better or worse,

The world just happened,’ he said to me,

‘The same as the universe!

One day nothing, and then Ka-poof

The planets appeared in space,

They happened from nothing,’ said Hedley Boof,

‘The same as the human race.’

 

‘So you don’t believe in a guiding hand,

You don’t believe in design,

Our trucks and cars just rattle together

And bring themselves off the line.’

‘Well now, that’s different,’ he said to me,

We do whatever we can,

Who can fathom the brains behind

The ingenious works of man?’

 

‘But man himself, such a complex thing,

You say that he just evolved?

Each one grown from a tiny egg,

You think…’ ‘Yes, problem solved!

We started once as a single cell

Came out of the primal slime,

Adapted to our environment

In a billion years of time.’

 

‘So brains and livers and kidneys came,

And eyes just happened, you say,

And hands and fingers and teeth and hair,

And what about D.N.A?’

‘Oh, science is there to explain these things,

To me, it doesn’t seem odd,

In all the journals of science, you

Will not read a word of God.’

 

‘It’s all just superstition,’ he said,

‘Man needs to believe there’s more,

He makes up things like spirits and souls

That will take him beyond death’s door.’

‘So you’ll be happy to not exist

When death comes, gives you the nod?

I think that’s probably better for you

Than the terrible glare of God!’

 

David Lewis Paget

Reviews

[Lena M. P.]

Oh David this is priceless! There was God before Science and there will be God even after the big Scientific Bang! Being in the science field I have had this discussions on several occasions. I actually feel sorry that these people have nothing to look forward too.

[nwachukwu c]

Mankind has question their origin, but has not find the source of their survival. I suggest the word faith should mean alot to us than the dictionary meaning..... there is a Greater hand

[Emily Feret]

I really enjoyed this piece!

[Michael G. Smith]

Great narrative exchange. I've had many a conversation such as this. I enjoy your sharing of the talent the Lord gave you. If you would read my To Where A Snowflake Dies.

[emmajoy]

What a wonderful piece of writing; as always you technically exceed what's expected. As to the content of your poem - which I'm reading on Good Friday, thank you for debating in an easily understandable and tongue in cheek manner.

I won't join the theological debate, although enough to say I believe in a mightier yet kinder, less cynical Being than Man! We all have the right to choose to feel and think, to form opinions, to learn, to accept or refuse. Surely in a civilised society what we don't have the right to do is - mock other's beliefs. Mockery on whichever side of the fence is nothing more than ignorance. If my neighbour's agnostic, atheist, belongs to a faith different from mine, okay, fine .. however, would that person accept my religion without cynicism or intolerance - please. At the same time I'm not going to make judgements: the heart and mind of Man will do that .. eventually.

[~*~Peace Keeper~*~]

This reminds me of the Atheism saying "The belief that there was nothing and nothing happened to nothing and then nothing magically exploded for no reason, creating everything and then a bunch of everything magically rearranged itself for no reason what so ever into self-replicating bits which then turned into dinosaurs...makes perfect sense." The only logical explination of creation to me is that God created everything.

Good Job

[Valentine]

A good one and I think part of the theory could be fact..only I believe He was the mastermind of it all..One day to Him was like a thousand years, He made worlds without end..I know He healed me from 10 years of seizures..and I thank Him for that..Kathie

[Strawberry]

I enjoyed this piece, mostly because of the dialogue. It leaves me to imagine who is speaking and, in my mind, it jumps straight to two people who I know. I think almost everybody can relate to this in some way (we all have those friends who debate). I also find this interesting, as they are sadly misinformed about God. It makes me realise that not everyone has had the same experiences and leads me to question what else has gone on.

Well written - the balance is good and I do love how rhyme has been used to draw the whole thing together, structurally.

[Tate Morgan]

Well now your getting me going lol I personally can believe that life perhaps was placed here.Bt be it by a comet or alien race Or even the great divine I see no reason to believe that we dint come from the slime. Since there are long stretches of Dna that identically match in all life forms from plants to animals I say this. What are the odds we can pick the lottery with 6 numbers and win.Now multiply that times a few billion .What are the odds that all life on earth would have millions and millions of letters of dna all identical? To me it is inconceivable except for one thing .That being that we all came from the same original cellular life forms that first took root here. Now if others want to dispute evolution i say all it would take is for fossils to be found out of place .But they consistently are found in the layers they belong in.For humans it is hard to imagine but if you took a ruler and scribed a tiny line on the end of a yard stick it would approximate the amount of time life has been on earth as compared to the amount of time earth has existed. For us time is so finite it is hard to imagine.But soon enough we will create artificial life and that life will one day look back at us as the creator. If there is a god he is an absentee one. In him I see the ultimate abandonment of his offspring.If anything you would expect him to visit when we made it to the moon. But left to care for ourselves Id say we have done alright. I worry more about the things of this life than of those after., But if there is a after life I will suppose I have as much a chance as any to get into that .If man thinks he can go to a heaven where alcohol flows from the rocks and candy grows on trees he will likely be mistaken. man does well where he was created here on earth.And the trials of his life are what will make him strong.mankind will never be happy in a euphoric place And is not destined for that. Perhaps being reborn might be a better scenario and another chance to be a man.i for one do not believe in worship and do not believe any superior life form would ever desire that of a inferior being.But perhaps it would be better to think we misinterpret the scriptures. Personally i like Twains idea the best

It is plain that there is one moral law for heaven and another for the earth. The pulpit assures us that wherever we see suffering and sorrow which we can relieve and do not do it, we sin, heavily. There was never yet a case of suffering or sorrow which God could not relieve. Does He sin, then? If He is the Source of Morals He does - certainly nothing can be plainer than that, you will admit. Surely the Source of law cannot violate law and stand unsmirched; surely the judge upon the bench cannot forbid crime and then revel in it himself unreproached. Nevertheless we have this curious spectacle: daily the trained parrot in the pulpit gravely delivers himself of these ironies, which he has acquired at second-hand and adopted without examination, to a trained congregation which accepts them without examination, and neither the speaker nor the hearer laughs at himself. It does seem as if we ought to be humble when we are at a bench-show, and not put on airs of intellectual superiority there.
Mark Twain

[David Lewis Paget]

If God intervened in Man's affairs, Tate, that would be a denial of free will, which we are promised. The evil perpetuated on this planet is not God's doing, it is man's alone. The punishment that follows is automatic, and is known as Karma. As sure as throwing a pebble into a pond, the ripples spread out and return. God's guiding hand is found in the rules he set up, there is no need for him to personally interfere. When Solomon asked God for wisdom, what was he given? The rules for Astrology, how to set up a natal chart and interpret the effect of the planets in that chart, as individual as a fingerprint. A system set up by God to 'Know thyself'. Yes, this life is a testing ground for us all, to deterrmine whether we can overcome our deficiencies, and boost those positive aspects of our characters. It reminds me of the parable of the Talents, where men are judged on how those talents were used, abused or neglected. In the end result it may well be we, ourselves who, in looking back, judge whether we have succeeded or failed in these things, and hell may well be the state of mind of one who can see what may have been achieved, against what actually was. Thus the final judgement may be our own.

[Tate Morgan]

I do not take opinion on whether god exists No one has any proof one way or another. I wouild like to think there is a god But to think he would or has intervened in any of the worlds affairs is wrong.I do believe there are reasons mankind needs to work on his character.Not the least of which is the uplifting of the human spirit.To hope for a batter world. But if a god had anything to do with us he certainly left us to suffer under the chains of sorrow that nature imposes on every living thing.It is mans ability to grow that holds his promise. Yet we already know a grain of rice is more complex in nature than we are and has many more genes. So where do we fit in? It is not enough for me to adopt blind faith .that in and of itself makes me feel like they are trying to insult my inteligence. I had a preacher tell m,e no one gets to heaven that hasnt been baptised To that i said then Jesus must have been lying when he told the sinners crucified beside him that they would get into heaven ,.To me I think if there is a god he is not in the bible At least not the gods that i would suppose. I look at the story of the middenites and i can see there is no way . If there is a god i suppose we will find out.But i believe any good man stands as good a chance at judgement as a devote christian .

[nwachukwu c]

I will love to share my maybe poor opinion on this. Thinking it all through, i pause to remember this question to job and mankind..... the book of job chapter 38. Starting from second verse. Were you there when i made the world? Who decide how large it will be? What holds up the pillars that support the earth. Who lead the cornerstone of the world? Who closed the gates to hold back the sea? Have you ever in all your life commanded the day to dawn? Has a any one ever shown the gate that guard the dark world of the dead? Does either rain or dew have a father? Do you know were the light
comes from?

[nwachukwu c]

Lot's of question that no mankind can give answer to. Like who tell wild beast to live in their own world and not on that of human? I like your point of view on the issue on perpetuated sin of the world. " is as sure as throwing a pebble into a pond , the ripple spread out and return.......

[Tate Morgan]

We thank you for your input and honor your opinion I for one do not wish to change anothers mind Simply to ask those questions that follow me in the wake of learning

[Marie]

Good reasoning. Some people would rather be without an eternal existance.