“GERTRUDE Gertrude Appleman, 1901-1976 God is all-knowing, all-present, and almighty. --A Catechism of Christian Doctrine I wish that all the people who peddle God could watch my mother die: could see the skin and gristle weighing only seventy-nine, every stubborn… — Philip Appleman Copy Share Image
God must have a weird sense of values, and if there's a Judgment Day, as some folks think, He's going to have a lot… — Philip Appleman Copy Share Image
“Last-Minute Message For a Time Capsule I have to tell you this, whoever you are: that on one summer morning here, the ocean pounded… — Philip Appleman Copy Share Image
“Vasectomy After the steaming bodies swept through the hungry streets of swollen cities; after the vast pink spawning of family poisoned the rivers and… — Philip Appleman Copy Share Image
“GERTRUDE Gertrude Appleman, 1901-1976 God is all-knowing, all-present, and almighty. --A Catechism of Christian Doctrine I wish that all the people who peddle God… — Philip Appleman Copy Share Image
“DAYS ONE THROUGH SIX, ETC. You keep on asking me that – “Which day was the hardest?” Blockheads! They were all hard – And… — Philip Appleman Copy Share Image
This is the only real revelation — that God is only a trick with mirrors, our dark reflection in a glass. — Philip Appleman Copy Share Image
Religion stalks across the face of human history, knee-deep in the blood of innocents, clasping its red hands in hymns of praise to an… — Philip Appleman Copy Share Image
“O Karma, Dharma, pudding and pie O Karma, Dharma, pudding and pie, gimme a break before I die: grant me wisdom, will, & wit,… — Philip Appleman Copy Share Image
God must have a weird sense of values, and if theres a Judgment Day, as some folks think, Hes going to have a lot… — Philip Appleman Copy Share Image
“Darwin’s Bestiary PROLOGUE Animals tame and animals feral prowled the Dark Ages in search of a moral: the canine was Loyal, the lion was… — Philip Appleman Copy Share Image
“Three Haiku, Two Tanka (Kyoto) CONFIDENCE (after Bashō) Clouds murmur darkly, it is a blinding habit— gazing at the moon. TIME OF JOY (after… — Philip Appleman Copy Share Image
“Darwin's Ark The fact is, I know those ancestors floating through my sleep: an animal that breathed water, had a great swimming tail, an… — Philip Appleman Copy Share Image
Whatever we are, whatever we make of ourselves, is all we will ever have - and that, in its profound simplicity, is the meaning… — Philip Appleman Copy Share Image
“How Evolution Came to Indiana In Indianapolis they drive five hundred miles and end up where they started: survival of the fittest. In the… — Philip Appleman Copy Share Image
