Jehovah's Witness

They asked me,
"would I join them in their house of god?"
I told them, "Thank you,
but my god isn't so small as to fit in your house."

They asked me,
had I "ever read the good book?"
"Of course," I said,
"and have you ever listened to the trees?"

And despite the awkward silence,
an ant,
ambling by,
with a leaf twice its size,
paid us no mind at all.

Leanne -

I was once told by a wide old man, whom I later found out was a dreadful heathen, that no god should be worshipped in a building made by man. To even think about attempting to contain the divine with bricks and mortar is the most supreme arrogance. And to think that by building a tiny little container like a tabernacle, with a candle in it, the Holy Spirit will be induced to fill it like some tame moth is just flat out stupid.

But I'm sure there are good reasons -- other than blind obedience to tradition and ritual whose origins are long forgotten -- so I shall not scoff.

And they chopped down the trees to make their good book, I believe.

Augustus Bailey -

I think I must be a heathen then. A heathen who rocks fresh new Adidas. Boo-yah-kah-shah!

Meanwhile, my Bible is made strictly from paper made from bamboo (a renewable resource), bound in leather cured from the skin of little orphan girls.

Tracey -

Still trying to figure out the link between a wide old man and heathens, and what this portends for me as a wide woman...

;)

Augustus, I enjoy this immensely. The simplicity of the delivery underscores the message. What do we know?

I think your act of writing this is your way of being the ant.

"...wax on....wax off..."

Anstey -
God is a jelly doughnut.
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stephan

Augustus Bailey -

Correction Mr. Anstey: God is and is not a jelly doughnut. Although, mystics have yet to verify whether our inner atman is truly made of raspberry.

Thank you, Tracey! "wax on, wax off" indeed ; ) Btw: I think the ant was a Mennonite.

Colleen -
I liked the idea that God isn't so small as to fit in a little house or building... I believe He is much bigger than I can even imagine..

Shannon McEwen -
First the poem. i love it Augustus, it's simplicity hides a much more complex belief. You can avoid the awkward silence next time by answering the door naked. It works wonders.
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Life is what happens while you wait for great things.

Life is what happens while you wait for great things.

Leanne -
Shannon's suggestion really works. I did it once to a pair of Mormons. Never seen em since.

Augustus Bailey -

Naked... Hmm, you two may have a point. The more comfortable with nakedness I am, the closer to the Garden of Eden I must be ("for they knew no shame"). And the more offended by nakedness they are, the further from God they must be. Rockin'!

Colleen, I actually went and cut the "little." Didn't want to belittle anyone's house, be it superfluous or not ; )