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Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better
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A rant. God help us, all.


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Tell me, what makes your god
any better than mine?
If yours is anything like mine,
shame on the both of us.
No wonder he's pissed:
We are stiffnecked, unrepetant:
In his name, we wage
holy wars meant
to purge the world of
heretics and infidels;
we pass judgement;
we talk behind his back,
and get drunk on holy wine;
we consort with demons
and invite them to come in
and defile the sacred place;
we get rich off his goodness
while taking the last dollar
out of the tattered pockets
of the poor who support us;
we shame and bludgeon
the innocence out of the
children that he gave to us;
we believe science tells us
the absolute truth;
we sin with every breath;
we twist his words to suit us;
we even became Creator
by choosing the sex
of our test tube babies and
cloned animals because
his weren't good enough.
And do not get me started
on what we've done to wreck
the planet and the climate.
We even stole his sovereignty:
We now decide (not him)
who lives and who will die.
Why even have a god
when we took the job away from him?

(c) 2005, Karla Dorman.


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 Reviews of "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better"
Reviewed on July 9, 2005
Karla:

much truth rings in this hard-hitting, powerful piece. One must wonder what God must be thinking when He has to look at the pestilence and chaos reigning on our Earth...I know He must be very hurt and angry at the callousness of mankind. Very well done; keep up the solid writing! BRAVA!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your twin, Karen Lynn. :( >tears <

Reviewed by Peter Paton
Reviewed on July 9, 2005
You are right Karla , as ever !
We have diminished and dissapointed God
" We even stole his sovereignty: "
Peter

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on July 9, 2005
Powerful delivery Karla!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on July 8, 2005
It is good to rant, Karla; particularly when you have something important to state. Love and peace to you. Ton ami de la C-B, Canada. Regis

Reviewed on July 8, 2005
This is a powerful and much needed write Karla as only you can do
God Bless
Michelle!

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on July 8, 2005
Excellent rant Karla and on target with so many thinking they can do better than he did. I refuse to call him it;-) to answer ashura. We all have our foibles;-)

love, Eileen

Reviewed by * ashura (Reader)
Reviewed on July 8, 2005
Some things are worth ranting about. But why do people always assume god is male??? God is neither gender. God is ... period.

michael ...

Reviewed by Roger Ochs
Reviewed on July 8, 2005
An interesting title. I like the way you jumped from it to your major theme.

May I suggest that you get the recording of "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better" by John and Bonnie Raitt. I think you'll enjoy it.

Reviewed by Sue Hess
Reviewed on July 8, 2005
i enjoyed the way you wrote this and the fact that you feel it so much. good work

Reviewed by Brian Pellerino
Reviewed on July 8, 2005
Karla,

Stunning rant! And you said a mouthful.

Peace and (((Hugs)))

B

Reviewed by SHERRY HEIM
Reviewed on July 8, 2005
I understand your furstration, Karla, but even Christ waged war on evil.
Take care,
Sherry

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on July 8, 2005
If this is a rant then it is one that a lot of people share with you and maybe we should all rant it a little louder. Good write,

Felix

Reviewed by M. B. (Reader)
Reviewed on July 8, 2005
Wow, Karla, what creative vision ANYTHING portrays. A very unique perspective. Definitely makes one ponder.

Great writing!

~ Mari

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on July 8, 2005
All this and beating up on President Bush in your comments. Quite a day, Karla.

Reviewed by Katy Walsvik (Reader)
Reviewed on July 8, 2005
The title is perfect, Karla! It fits and it suits your thoughts... a clever mind you have, indeed.

We must be careful these days not to trust entirely the rhetoric and the spin we hear daily.

"we believe science tells us
the absolute truth;"

If you think about this and take it to heart, it makes an awful lot of people look bad, ungodly, perhaps, doesn't it? In fact, scientists are the first to tell you that nothing in science is absolute... always spoken of as theory. I saw a marvelous scientist on Tucker Carlson's show a while back who finally was able to explain to me how the theory of evolution and the creation by god are NOT separate... not at all opposites. Tucker is a conservative, I'm a liberal, and he was as happy to learn this as I was. I feared that evolution was supposed to be IN PLACE OF creation and God. Nope!

Now... how do we get the rest of these people to learn. Who knows? It could actually lead to bringing people back together. Those who believe what they're told about this myth need to find out for themselves. I was thrilled! Wonderful, gentle rant, even humorous... proving again that we reach more people's hearts and souls through humor than hatred. You are a magical woman, Ms. Karla. katy xox

Reviewed by Jill Eisnaugle
Reviewed on July 8, 2005
Amen to all you said, Karla. I feel that some things have gotten out of control and should be left to develop as they were meant to happen, whether we like it or not.
Good rant.
Hugs and love,
Jill


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