J. Swift writes: Our histories of six thousand moons make no mention of any other regions than the two great empires of Lilliput and Blefuscu. Which two mighty powers have, as I was going to tell you, been engaged in a most obstinate war for six-and-thirty moons past. It began upon the following occasion. It is allowed on all hands, that the primitive way of breaking eggs, before we eat them, was upon the larger end; but his present majesty's grandfather, while he was a boy, going to eat an egg, and breaking it according to the ancient practice, happened to cut one of his fingers. Whereupon the emperor his father published an edict, commanding all his subjects, upon great penalties, to break the smaller end of their eggs. The people so highly resented this law, that our histories tell us, there have been six rebellions raised on that account; wherein one emperor lost his life, and another his crown. These civil commotions were constantly fomented by the monarchs of Blefuscu; and when they were quelled, the exiles always fled for refuge to that empire. It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death, rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end. Many hundred large volumes have been published upon this controversy: but the books of the Big-endians have been long forbidden, and the whole party rendered incapable by law of holding employments. During the course of these troubles, the emperors of Blefusca did frequently expostulate by their ambassadors, accusing us of making a schism in religion, by offending against a fundamental doctrine of our great prophet Lustrog, in the fifty-fourth chapter of the Blundecral (which is their Alcoran). This, however, is thought to be a mere strain upon the text; for the words are these: 'that all true believers break their eggs at the convenient end.' And which is the convenient end, seems, in my humble opinion to be left to every man's conscience, or at least in the power of the chief magistrate to determine.
-----Original Message----- From: Horace Heffner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 11:00 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: OT: The will of God At 1:32 PM 3/10/5, thomas malloy wrote: >The scenario which is being played out was prophecized 4000 years >ago, ergo it is the will of G-d. The Islamists believe that Allah has >blessed their enterprise too. The fact that Allah isn't god has no >bearing on their behavior, they believe that he is god, and they will >do what the Quran tells them to do. Jews and Christians worship the god of Abraham. Islamists worship the god of Abraham. If it is the same Abraham it is the same god. The difference lies in the words and thus opinions of men, not in the two gods. Peace between these world factions must finally be won in the hearts of humanity, not in the interpretation of scripture. Regards, Horace Heffner
