April 30, 2013

  • In today's Wichita Eagle Opinion Line, this gem: "I named my dog "Congress" because of the way he handles his business in the house."

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    Whilst channel surfing with my handy TV remote control, I was captivated by the image of a small dog that had been abused to the point where near death. Abused animals always hurt my heart and activate my desire to do bodily harm to whomever hurt the animal in question - cat, dog, bird, turtle.

    A woman was being interviewed. Her young son is autistic. The woman and her husband fostered - and later adopted - the puppy and through the miracles of modern veterinary medicine, the dog lived, healed and became a healthy adult dog. The autistic child and the dog are bosom buddies, and the child functions better than ever because of the bond between him and the dog.

    That’s a heart warming story.

    The story was ruined when the woman said the dog was a godsend, that god had brought that dog into their lives to help their son, as well as the dog.

    I tried to get my mind around this. Did god create an autistic child, then cause a puppy to be abused, just so this same god could eventually bring the puppy and the autistic child together just so this woman could give all the glory to her Invisible Assumptive in the sky?

    This is the logical conclusion. God brought the pair together, the woman thanks he god for doing that.

    Why isn’t she questioning why god would have created an autistic child in the first place? Why would god allow a puppy to be abused? And why would god then manipulate the world so this puppy and child could be together?

    Wouldn’t a god who can manipulate the world to bring a boy and a dog together should be capable of doing so much more?