Finally reaching the head of the line, I bowed low as my Lord thundered, “Weren’t you in charge of that engineering fiasco?”
“Sire,” I whimpered, knees buckling, “You caused that.”
“Yes, remember: only I create mountains. Now come in.”
“No thanks. You also killed all these multitudes when you caused them to misunderstand one another.”
In addition to having two books published, Andy Plotkin has had short stories published in anthologies, magazines, newspapers, and online magazines. He is currently working on several novels and novellas.
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4 Responses to “THE TOWER OF BABEL: A TALE OF DIVINE REJECTION • by Andy Plotkin”
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January 5th, 2008 at 7:06 am
I’ve wondered since childhood why, when Job’s children and livestock were killed and God performed the “miracle” of giving him NEW children and livestock, He couldn’t have done a more impressive miracle and resurrected the original ones.
God set up a lot of bad stuff, if you really think about it.
Excellent story!
January 6th, 2008 at 5:46 am
Bonnie, Thanks for the comment. It may be that we finite humans can’t understand the ultimate reasons behind God’s interventions in life, and in the sufferings visited upon us. However, and perhaps in a state of hubris, I do like to write stories which assume that humans can see the ironies and unintended consequences of God’s anger and destructive actions.
Also, there are no stories that I know of, including the one involving Jesus, where God resurrects anyone back to life on earth. Generally, He created the physical laws and, with rare exceptions, lets them play out.
I’m glad you enjoyed the story! Andy
January 9th, 2008 at 3:03 am
I’m no bible expert but doesn’t God = Jesus and Jesus brought Lazarus back to life. I could be wrong on this, it’s been a while…
I enjoyed the sentiment of this story, but I think that last line needs looked at. Shouldn’t it just be multitude? Something like: ““No thanks. You also killed this multitude when you caused them to misunderstand one another.”
May 31st, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Gerald, I’ll have to look into the Lazarus story that you suggested as an exception to God’s not bringing anyone back to life.
Multitude could be substituted for Multitudes, but then you have the awkward construction of …you also killed this multitude when you caused it to mistunderstand everyone… I don’t think this makes quite as much sense. Thanks very much for your comments. Andy