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Journal: February 27, 2013
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Idea of God                                                                                                                                                                     Morality

The days of misery will go on and on, and then on and on, until perhaps that daily thought seeps by, “Perhaps I should turn off the alarm and sleep some more, on and on and on, some more”, then “Of course I shall rise and my hand begins to move toward the alarm and “on and on and on some more” the day of God is yet at dawn.

And arise he does and says it’s good, yet needs much tinkering that I can do today with random at my side. Let us arise and make the day, sometimes turns out good, sometimes not. The days of joy will go on and on, and then on and on some more. Yin and Yang, you know.

Dad’s God: And here my Dad’s message to, well me ... because perhaps I am the only who will see it. I was found on page 201 of Dad’s last journal, his concept, I think, of God, the equations of Newton. Tucked into that page also was a page listing the four forces of physics to compliment his version of God.

Dad's Journal

Thank you for God, Daddy, at least the rock upon which Olympus is built, as I just wrote a couple of days ago in this journal. Your empty journal with only this page and the last filled in. The last page is a list of books. By the way old man, we haven’t done much better since Newton than gluons after $$$$$ billions chasing after the realm of things unknown. Now they say the Higgs particle might yet lurk in the scheme of things. I think that trail is becoming too expensive, but it has yielded the best view so far. Thank you Daddy, for your version of God buried in the middle of an empty journal.


Original Sin: I often hear when children are killed or otherwise abused, how terrible is the world to allow such death and suffering for the innocent. Whenever I read that, my first though is, “Children are not innocent if liars are not innocent” because all children are excellent liars. It starts with discovery that faked pain will manipulate mommy. To answer the question “How are you?” we say, “Fine”, perhaps for a “white” reason to spare another person from our grief and sorrow. So “innocence” is not to be found in whether one is a liar or not, nor even in murder as our young innocent soldiers attest.

So wherefore shall I find “innocence?” I think much of “innocence” has to do with “carnal” knowledge. Sex. So children before puberty at least have a shot at being “innocent” and we must protect them for as long as possible from the evil temptation of carnal knowledge, the apple Eve offered Adam. So I guess once I become an adult and gain carnal knowledge, I enter the world of original sin. The way out of this world is self-flagellation, many tell me, not with whips but with guilt. “And if I bow low enough, and pray for forgiveness often enough, he might just save this mortal sinner who jacked off last month. God help me, God forgive me for enjoying sex. How silly. I jacked off yesterday, twice the day before that, I think. I’m not sure.

Cartoon in the paper the next day illustrating my point that children are expert liars:

                                                           Dennis the Menace

Side note: Thank to the three Bills from the USGS, Bill Twenhofel, Bill Dudley, and Bill Wilson for their lessons in how to express my ideas in writing. Though they often disagreed with my conclusions they suggested many ways to better express them. Thanks USGS.