{"id":5470,"date":"2019-05-25T10:21:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T10:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/?p=5470"},"modified":"2019-05-25T10:21:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T10:21:28","slug":"story-for-the-angry-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/?p=5470","title":{"rendered":"Story for the angry guy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After the gig the drummer and the bass player sat around with some brandy.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I loved that last solo. said the bassist.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Thanks. replied the drummer.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Love the way you take it out so far no one knows how you’re gonna get back or if you even can get back.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Thanks.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Can I ask you something?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sure.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You don’t believe in the almighty do you?\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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That’s right.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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So then what will you do if after you die you discover there is a God? You’ll be screwed.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The drummer looked surprised. If after I die I’m still alive then I won’t be dead.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes that’s right.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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So what’s the problem?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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God might punish you for having not believed in him.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Him?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Probably him, yeah. Most people would say so.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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But all that’s imagination. Believing there’s God, believing God is male, believing God judges you. That’s sort of the same thing as when you can’t tell if I can bring back the head when I solo. It’s your imagination, it isn’t real, it’s you imagining what makes sense and what doesn’t make sense…to you.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Look man, I didn’t mean to upset you.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You’re not upsetting me you just don’t want to hear my answer. Maybe you can’t hear it.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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If there wasn’t a God then why are we all here? Who invented all this?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Nobody knows but that doesn’t mean there is a guy who invented it. Then who invented the guy? I could have ended the solo without returning to the head. People still clap and the next song starts.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Do you think we have free will?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Drummer laughs. Nods his head negatively.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Wow. You don’t believe we have free will but you don’t believe there’s a God. You are going to be in so much trouble when you die.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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