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April 14, 2007
My Idea of Heaven...
You know the way god-botherers say that the dearly departed are always looking down on us / watching over us?
I always had a problem with that, but I never had a decent analogy to equate to my view of a non-existent state. However, IF there were a heaven - I don't really think my dearly departed would be interested in my bowel movements, long periods of staring into space with a blank expression (and possibly, drool) and the relatively short time I spend getting my accounts up to date.
No.
I like to imagine that simplistic view of heaven that the g.b.'s have is akin to pre-RSS epiphany.
In pre-RSS days, you must remember every site you like and visit it regularly to see what new posts they have made. This incurs yearnings, frustration and no little amount of stress (not to mention wasted time!)
When you discover RSS things change. Often you no longer know what the site looks like - often you don't even know the authors name or even what they do for a living, but you are aware of the minutiae of their lives. Simply put, when they have a moment and decide to share, your RSS aggregator lets you know. No more stress, memory issues or missed minutiae.
I think heaven is a little like that. I can't imagine the dearly departed, detached from corporeal life as they are, trying to recall what fond memories feel like in order to figure out which relatives to check in on.
I think every time we have a 'stepping stone' moment in life, then 'heaven' gets pinged and the d.d.'s get to check it out - vicariously of course.
This metaphor can be stretched to cover other phenomenon:
Ghosts? Trackbacks!
Coma? It's sort of like being 'dugg' spiritually
Possession? A buffer overflow exploit
Deja vu? server glitch - double post...
Burning bush, voice of god, epiphany etc. - just a forum troll dude...
Posted by dottie at April 14, 2007 3:42 AM
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