No Good God Knows No

God is wise enough to know

that there is no god.

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At least in the idea of it,

it seems good, even grand.

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He gives extra credit for the man

who thought that up,

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knowing that his heart knew loss,

and also knew HIM once,

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seeing loss as forever negation

and not just temporary definition.

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God turned to Jesus and

asked HIM what he thought

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and Jesus turned to God

and handed HIM a smiley face.

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Good little boy, HE thought,

perhaps, to good for his own good.

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So God thought about God some more,

more precisely, HE thought about no god,

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and remembered Adam and Eve,

never ever denied HIM once,

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even after being banished from Eden

did they turn back and say there was no God.

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So God knew the kernel of HIS existence

was good and right and true,

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until HE remembered Cain and Abel,

and how, at first, Cain denied the murder,

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and even after confronted with the truth,

continued to deny his brother’s non-existence,

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until he felt forced in his heart to deny HIM

rather than deny the untruth in himself.

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God knew from experience that

there was no talking to children like that,

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once they get such notions in their heads

they come around only in their own good time.

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The best thing to do with children like that,

HE reasoned, was to turn and walk away,

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but being the obsessive compulsive HE was,

HE think more and give them another chance.