The Long Silence

[DaveB]

It wouldnt be so bad but this is a repost of summat he posted months back. He cant even keep track of his own rantings.

[Lucy]

Reach out and touch faith.

Reach out and touch Lucifer Box

[snaw]

The Long Silence

We can only live in hope.

[Xenophon]

Reach out and touch Lucifer's Box

Good morning Lucy. In future I would be most appreciative if I could finish my breakfast before you commence your lustful posting about Mr Box. It rather puts me off my coffee, you see.

[Lucifer Box]

It rather puts me off my coffee, you see.

It's rather put me on to mine. I think I'll have another cup.

[Lucy]

Should we run a poll ?

[Flubster]

Should we run a poll ?

Why not? Would make a nice change for them instead of being plumbers and electricians. They could do with the exercise...

[Mordac]

The Long Silence

At the end of time, billions of people were seated on a great plain before God's throne. Most shrank back from the brilliant light before them. But some groups near the front talked heatedly, not cringing with cringing shame - but with belligerence.

"Can God judge us? How can He know about suffering?", snapped a pert young brunette. She ripped open a sleeve to reveal a tattooed number from a Nazi concentration camp. "We endured terror ... beatings ... torture ... death!"

In another group a Negro boy lowered his collar. "What about this?" he demanded, showing an ugly rope burn. "Lynched, for no crime but being black !"

In another crowd there was a pregnant schoolgirl with sullen eyes: "Why should I suffer?" she murmured. "It wasn't my fault." Far out across the plain were hundreds of such groups. Each had a complaint against God for the evil and suffering He had permitted in His world.

How lucky God was to live in Heaven, where all was sweetness and light. Where there was no weeping or fear, no hunger or hatred. What did God know of all that man had been forced to endure in this world? For God leads a pretty sheltered life, they said.

So each of these groups sent forth their leader, chosen because he had suffered the most. A Jew, a negro, a person from Hiroshima, a horribly deformed arthritic, a thalidomide child. In the centre of the vast plain, they consulted with each other. At last they were ready to present their case. It was rather clever.

Before God could be qualified to be their judge, He must endure what they had endured. Their decision was that God should be sentenced to live on earth as a man.

Let him be born a Jew. Let the legitimacy of his birth be doubted. Give him a work so difficult that even his family will think him out of his mind.

Let him be betrayed by his closest friends. Let him face false charges, be tried by a prejudiced jury and convicted by a cowardly judge. Let him be tortured.

At the last, let him see what it means to be terribly alone. Then let him die so there can be no doubt he died. Let there be a great host of witnesses to verify it.

As each leader announced his portion of the sentence, loud murmurs of approval went up from the throng of people assembled. When the last had finished pronouncing sentence, there was a long silence. No one uttered a word. No one moved.

For suddenly, all knew that God had already served His sentence.

Don't suppose you'd care to partake in a long silence Chico?

[Chico]

Don't suppose you'd care to partake in a long silence Chico?

I was on the phone about 2 hours ago but I have been silent since.

[Lucy]

It includes typing.