The Savior
"Yeah, are we going to get castles?"
"And servants! I want some servants..."
"My children, we are building the Kingdom as we speak. You gave your wealth to the needy. You sheltered the homeless. You successfully boosted capital gains taxes. These things are rewards unto themselves. Didn't that feel good?"
"Well, kinda. But only because I thought I was getting a castle."
"Is this Kingdom going to be free from drought and pestilence?"
"No, those shall remain."
"How about earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamis? Will we still have those?"
"Yes, those shall remain. But with hard work, we can reduce leprosy to the margins of fairy tales."
"Huh? None of this stuff sounds like a Kingdom to me."
"Me neither!"
"You see my children, I speak figuratively. I refer to a Kingdom where man helps one another, we tend to the earth, and are not just in it for ourselves."
"Figura-what?"
"There's no real Kingdom?"
"SON OF A BITCH!"
"We've been following you around, washing your feet and assisting your magic tricks just so that we can be nice to one another?!?"
"I would not put it that way, but..."
"GET HIM!"
"KILL HIM!!!"
"Wait...um...my Kingdom is not of this world."
"We're listening..."
"Um...once I die, everyone will live forever and not perish. Yeah, eternal life. In a paradise. With harps and stuff."
"Harps?"
"I mean beer. Lots of beer."
"Well that sounds more like it!"
"Why didn't you tell us this before?"
"Well, it was...a surprise."
"And we'll start living forever right after you die?"
"Yes, my son."
"GET HIM!"
"KILL HIM!!"
Published by Eric Hetvile
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13 Comments
Post a CommentI was sort of counting on that castle. I had the color scheme and everything planned. I might have to re-think my entire reason for being.
10-4 on the Conan and If he changes the beer into wine I'm in!
Being a Savior is even harder than being President. I once read that it's difficult to "facilitate" a group where everyone is supposed to be equal, because the group naturally expects the Facilitator to be the Leader, and when then figure out that's not his role, they crucify him!
Huh?
Ah, Eric--you know Maria's weakness (or at least you've read her profile page)!
Ha, ha, ha, ha. There may be more truth to this than some are willing to admit.
Interesting parable.
Good. I like the popcorn-cheesecake-cashews-Conan heaven.
Funny -- and sad, too, because it's so true.....
OK, there's popcorn, cashews, cheesecake, and Conan O'Brien non-stop on the TV.