A short essay for a Friday: God's Plan Edition
For the sake of argument alone, let's assume that the Evangelicals/True Believers are 100% correct that there exists a pre-existing plan in force created from the monotheistic God who is worshipped by these masses. Let's also assume that this God in His (yes I know...) wisdom has allowed for all sorts of Holocaust-type events including but not limited to wars, pestilence, famines, and other various and sundry forms of annihilation as a positive (yes I know...) and it is without question in the end, all for the greater good because we are headed for eternity in Heaven or Hell, depending upon His plan for our predetermined behavior. All this for the sake of argument we accept as Truth.
So, in keeping with the ancient saying "Pride goeth before the Fall", God has neatly planned to take one of His most pathological individuals and his family and elevate them to the pinnacle of power and then destroy their best-laid plans utilizing the smallest living organisms on the Planet. It is reminiscent of H.G. Wells War of the Worlds, wherein the Martians are felled by the bacteria in the atmosphere in the planet they had nearly conquered. It is positively Biblical or Shakespearean in its morality, explicating the weaknesses of even the most powerful of men (yes, I know again...). You see, when all is said and done, despite all the medals, all the trappings, all the wealth, and all the titular power, these are just men and women, organisms which are susceptible to disease and death, whether their own or others.
Those of us who have been around for some time, recognize the randomness of events, even events for which we expect an outcome. Who among us does not recall the moment one learns about the death of an intimate and even though we were aware of the imminent demise, it is still shocking at the moment at which it occurs, the seeming odd timing at which we get the phone call. So here, in this national nightmare in which we exist, the randomness of events is becoming clear, the circling of the drain, one way or the other, for this group of miscreants, If it not this series of events, it will be another. Have patience, and remember the adage of the Believers: it is not for us to question the machinations of God in His (yes I know...) infinite Wisdom."
Take heart, the End is nigh.
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