When Religion And Politics Ride In The

The Oppressed Always Learned From And Copied The Oppressor. When The Tables Were Turned, The Stage Was Set For Another Round Of Revenge And Violence -- Roles Reversed. And Reversed And Reversed Ad Nauseam.

The Future Remains Uncertain And So It Should, For It Is The Canvas Upon Which We Paint Our Desires. Thus Always The Human Condition Faces A Beautifully Empty Canvas. We Possess Only This Moment In Which To Dedicate Ourselves Continuously To The Sacred Presence Which We Share And Create.

Bless The Maker And His Water. Bless The Coming And Going Of Him. May His Passage Cleanse The World. May He Keep The World For His People.

Then, As His Planet Killed Him, It Occurred To Kynes That His Father And All The Other Scientists Were Wrong, That The Most Persistent Principles Of The Universe Were Accident And Error.

Religions Often Partake Of The Myth Of Progress That Shields Us From The Terrors Of An Uncertain Future.