Milt Shook

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A Political Religious Satire For the 21st Century

The largest religious corporation in the world is about to go under. What will their Catholic-priest CEO do to get them back on track? Stage a biblical event, perhaps?

This is the novel that answers the only questions anyone really cares about.  What if God was one of us? Just a slob like all of us? (apologies to Joan Osborne) What if a soul could be rebooted and repaired?  What is God's real name? Do angels like pizza?  What happens to kids when a soulless person becomes a priest? Why doesn't God respond to prayers? What does God do for a living?  What really happened to Jesus Christ? What is time?  What is God's favorite color? What will New York City be like after the earthquakes? If God is perfect, why does his daughter need braces?

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Incarnation -- A Short Story

©2002 Milt Shook

 

Incarnation

 

By Milt Shook

 

Once upon a time there was a man named Phineas.

I’m laughing here, but what does “once upon a time” mean, anyway? It’s in so many of your cute little stories, but have you ever thought about what it means? It’s just so much babble. First of all, there is no such thing as “time,” to speak of; that’s just something you people use to mark the distance between life and death. And frankly, you would live a whole lot longer if you simply abolished it, and lived your life not thinking about it. Have you ever noticed that, as you get older, time seems to speed by much faster? That’s a function of your obsession with it, you know. Abolish the concept and, ironically, you’ll live longer and happier.

Pat & Jerry & Jesus

(Several years ago, I wrote a short story in which I imagined two televangelists dying at the same time, and meeting with Jesus. Jesus was not pleased...)