I had been hoping for a call from my Doctor’s office with good news as I had taken a PSA blood test a few days before. Instead, I got this text message from a distraught young lady declaring she was pregnant and why was I avoiding her? This didn’t seem very professional but she was quoting results and why would someone call me with test results if they weren’t mine? The text of that somewhat alarming call are below:
Hello?
It came back positive
You have been ignoring
me all day
????
Did you hear me?!?
I said IT CAME BACK
POSITIVE
PSA?
What’s that
Ryan ur not making
Sense
What came back
Positive?
Pregnancy test
Remember??
I told you I was gonna
take it
I am not Ryan
Um well why does this
say as a contact name:
Ryan. Oh is this Parker
again?? Parker get off of
Ryan’s phone and go
get Ryan!!!!!
You must have the
wrong number
Oh
Sorry
About Ed Anderson
I am "non-religious", not an atheist as some suppose, since after reading what I have written many wonder if I believe in "God", I just don't have a name for the concept, "God", nor do I have an origination story or theological mystery tour to stretch your faith. (I have no proof of what I believe and I wonder if my belief in "God" is supportable as I have increasing doubts.) I just can't accept an inflexible point of view that says, "I know what you need, and I know what you should know and here it is, you can have it too." Religionists present yet another obstacle to finding "truth" as they claim to have succeeded exclusively in finding it.
Having been a part of the religious scene for years it is clear to me how easily duped we are to believe in something we have no proof of, has caused an abundance of divisions, and "territorialized" people into believers and non-believers.
Furthermore, my belief in "God" equates to the larger perspective which includes an awareness of "God" in everything. I speculate at times whether or not consciousness is "God" So, my belief in "God" does not necessarily match up to the Christian/Judaeo tradition of a being existing somewhere in the beyond or in one's "heart". If there is a "God" he/she/it could be anywhere and in anything.
Though I believe in God, it is not a belief in the God of Scripture. Too many “holes” in Scripture to satisfy my inquiring mind. It may indeed point me in the right direction but I find it not only unreliable but full of plagiaristic thought and re-writing of some of history’s interesting solutions. I much prefer to trust the minds of men and women who conjecture on the basis of what we now know of our universe than those men and women who trust the minds of ancient spiritual guides who, in turn, contributed to a book allegedly “inspired” by God. It is all unprovable, either side of this argument, but I prefer to invest most of my thinking in current ideas rather than those that show little support in logic. Do I hear an "Amen"?
View all posts by Ed Anderson
Thoughts on Thoughts 
Leave a comment