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Dear To Whom It May Concern,
Being an omnipotent myth of human minds can be really unreliable work. You just don’t know how people will justify the use of your name for the most beautiful or most hateful of crimes. Yes, humans are only capable of crimes. Some of kindness, and some of blindness. Take the ten commandments for example.
You shall have no gods apart from me. I’m sorry, but isn’t capitalism a god? Isn’t ideology a god? I mean, I’m an ideology, right? I’m a name associated with religions aplenty. Gods are just symbols for morals we all need. But you know, God likes an ego stroke and who better than the people who made up my existence.
You shall not make idols. You’re kidding me, right? Celebrities are a class (should I say crass) example. Or sportspeople, or the lady down the street, or anyone dubbed a hero. That word is so overused.
You shall not take the name of the lord in vain. Oh my god. Don’t even get me started. It’s just words.
Remember the Sabbath day. Keep it holy. Yeah, nah. We worship capitalism right? Sunday is just another work day for us peasants.
Honour your father and mother. What if I’m from a same-sex family? How strictly do I need to read this? Don’t get me wrong, family is important. But I hate how people do things in my name and don’t call it family. Equal love, people.
You shall not murder. They need a lawyer for these commandments. Self-defence is an exception, surely? Oh wait, people murder in my name too. That’s why we have two words for an act of killing, manslaughter and murder. Humanity, always finding exceptions in the name of God.
You shall not commit adultery. Fine sentiments, humans. Maybe insisting on archaic punishments by stoning is not quite so fine a sentiment in my name.
You shall not steal. Bollocks. All fine and dandy if it’s enforce against the poor trying to keep themselves alive. I don’t see anything happening for widespread fraud in the financial sector. White collar crime, who gives a damn?
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour. Middle East, anybody? That’s a sorry set of misrepresentations and warmongering from a region that has never known peace, only war.
You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, and you shall not desire your neighbour’s house, his field, his male servant, his female servant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that is your neighbour’s. Now that’s written like a clause of a law drafted by a lawyer. And so absurdly patriarchal. I guess I’m free to desire my female neighbour, since it’s not covered there. But seriously. I can’t believe as a figment of human learning, that’s what people think I told them. I’d like to think they update it with the times, you know. Should have put in an eleventh commandment. Thou shalt update these commandments to reflect modern sensibilities and not your discriminatory patriarchal fundamentalist takes on my teachings, thank you very much.
Okay, people do use my name for good. Sometimes. Most people are rotten apples.
Regards,
G, an atheist.
Flash Fiction Competition - Second Round!Wow, we had an absolutely fantastic turn out with our first prompt, 100 Words. Judging will commence shortly, and the winner of the first round will be announced in the following journal. But now, for this weeks prompt, which is...This time it's 527.5 words (although MS word counted 'G' as 528) and it has to be an unreliable narrator.
Unreliable Narrator, 527.5 Words long
Now, this is going to be trickier than the last prompt. We want to see you all try to create a flash fiction with an unreliable narrator, and with 527.5 words. Why that number, you say? Because it is half way between 55 and 1000, some typical word limits of Flash Fiction. You can decide what the .5 of a word is
Once again, Fan Fiction and Non-Fiction are allowed, as are scripts, poems, or whatever other style you wish to write!
All entries must be created new for this contest, and the deadline is the 14th of June (10pm PDT Time).
Prizes!
This weeks winner will receive:
1000 points, courtesy of Moonbeam13 250 Points, courtesy of SRSmith A 3 Month Premium Me
Hopefully everyone gets that it's mostly satirical. I have a few religious friends, and I seem to have a penchant for attracting conversation from relgiious people as well while travelling, so I am generally respectful of those who have faith.