A Creation Story

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     In the beginning there was Man--thinking, laughing, smoking, stronger than dirt. He decided it was he who created the heaven and earth and the hosts therein.

     And Man said, "Let there be light," and it was so. Neon light, fluorescent light, flashlight, spotlight, laser light, mercury vapor light, General Electric, Sylvania and Westinghouse--all blinking on and off at the will of Man.

     And Man saw the abundant light and said to the host assembled in awe, "Live Better Electrically." And Man called the Light, "Commonwealth Edison," and he called the dark, "Power Outage."

     Then Man said, "Let the earth bring forth green things." And it was so. For Man tilled the ground and seeded the clouds; and Man beheld the great bumper crops which He had made, and he said, "Yo-ho-ho,, I am the Jolly Green Giant." And it was good.

     And Man split the atom, assembled computers and conquered the heavens.

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And man called the heavens "Space" and the earth he called "Ground Control." But Man gazed into his Space, saying, "Let there be voices to sing my praises. And it was so, for there came Telstar, Early Bird and Lunar Orbiter. And man heard the voices which he had made and nodded "A-OK."

     Then Man said, "Let us make God in our own image, and after our likeness, and let him have dominion over an hour on Sundays." And it was so. God was white, of course; quite like a doting father; and definitely on our side.

     And man congratulated himself for his success and his wisdom in all things. In fact, He drank a toast from his thermos, put God on a shelf, returned to his own ways, and blew himself up.

     And in the end there was God, and His sigh was too deep for words.

ALIGN=right> The American Lutheran Church Bulletin (June 1971).