Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Excerpts From a Non-Fiction Book Written by Me: Manifesto, Vol. II, pg. 259

"I thought up an idea about a story: It could be about two people, probably coworkers, an atheist and a Catholic. The Catholic does make anywhere near half as much as the atheist, who makes millions of dollars a year. The Catholic keeps praying to The Lord and wondering "Why Father?" why is the Catholic, a person of Faith, not being blessed with as much money as a person who doesn't believe in God one bit" Why is God not providing him with enough money to live comfortably? Why he's struggling more than the atheist. The atheist believes that any type of a God does not have anything to do with it, that he (the atheist) simply works harder than the Catholic and had to work his way up to a financially powerful position, and that there's a logical humanistic explanation for the circumstances. The Catholic then realizes something. Hey may not have money, but he has love for people and his family loves him, and that's more important in the end and you can take that with you after you die, but not the money. The atheist is envious of the Catholic because he wants the same love, and he compliments the Catholic on his good human values, because he believes that even though he does believe he feels as much love, he clearly believes that the act of love goes beyond the dogma of good and evil. The Catholic forgives the atheist for not believing in God, and the atheist still feels sorry for the Catholic for buying into mythological principles. This would just be one of those theological and/or moral stories."

Never did novelize it though.

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