--- title: "1 God Watch Quotes By Philip Appleman" description: "1 God Watch quotes by Philip Appleman. Plus more from Philip Appleman and more God Watch sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15f/philip-appleman-33407_atheism_gertrude-gertrude-appleman-1901-1976-god_567774.jpg" --- > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-appleman/gertrude-gertrude-appleman-1901-1976-god-is-all-knowing-all-present/) [Philip Appleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-appleman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15f/philip-appleman-33407_atheism_gertrude-gertrude-appleman-1901-1976-god_567774.jpg) ## More by Philip Appleman > [HEAVEN: The big apartheid in the sky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-appleman/heaven-the-big-apartheid-in-the-sky/) [Philip Appleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-appleman/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-appleman/god-must-have-a-weird-sense-of-values-and-if-there-s-a-judgment-day/) [Philip Appleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-appleman/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-appleman/last-minute-message-for-a-time-capsule-i-have-to-tell-you-this/) [Philip Appleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-appleman/) > [“Vasectomy After the steaming bodies swept through the hungry streets of swollen cities; after the vast pink spawning of family poisoned the rivers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-appleman/vasectomy-after-the-steaming-bodies-swept-through-the-hungry-streets/) [Philip Appleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-appleman/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-appleman/gertrude-gertrude-appleman-1901-1976-god-is-all-knowing-all-present/) [Philip Appleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-appleman/) > [“DAYS ONE THROUGH SIX, ETC. You keep on asking me that – “Which day was the hardest?” Blockheads! They were all hard – And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-appleman/days-one-through-six-etc-you-keep-on-asking-me-that-which-day-was-the/) [Philip Appleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-appleman/) > [This is the only real revelation — that God is only a trick with mirrors, our dark reflection in a glass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-appleman/this-is-the-only-real-revelation-that-god-is-only-a-trick-with/) [Philip Appleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-appleman/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-appleman/religion-stalks-across-the-face-of-human-history-knee-deep-in-the/) [Philip Appleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-appleman/) > [“O Karma, Dharma, pudding and pie O Karma, Dharma, pudding and pie, gimme a break before I die: grant me wisdom, will, & wit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-appleman/o-karma-dharma-pudding-and-pie-o-karma-dharma-pudding-and-pie-gimme-a/) [Philip Appleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-appleman/) > [God must have a weird sense of values, and if theres a Judgment Day, as some folks think, Hes going to have a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-appleman/god-must-have-a-weird-sense-of-values-and-if-theres-a-judgment-day-as/) [Philip Appleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-appleman/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-appleman/darwin-s-bestiary-prologue-animals-tame-and-animals-feral-prowled-the/) [Philip Appleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-appleman/) > [“Three Haiku, Two Tanka (Kyoto) CONFIDENCE (after Bashō) Clouds murmur darkly, it is a blinding habit— gazing at the moon. TIME OF JOY (after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-appleman/three-haiku-two-tanka-kyoto-confidence-after-bash-clouds-murmur/) [Philip Appleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-appleman/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-appleman/darwin-s-ark-the-fact-is-i-know-those-ancestors-floating-through-my/) [Philip Appleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-appleman/) > [Whatever we are, whatever we make of ourselves, is all we will ever have - and that, in its profound simplicity, is the meaning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-appleman/whatever-we-are-whatever-we-make-of-ourselves-is-all-we-will-ever/) [Philip Appleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-appleman/) > [“How Evolution Came to Indiana In Indianapolis they drive five hundred miles and end up where they started: survival of the fittest. In the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-appleman/how-evolution-came-to-indiana-in-indianapolis-they-drive-five-hundred/) [Philip Appleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-appleman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-watch/philip-appleman/#itemlist", "name": "1 God Watch Quotes By Philip Appleman", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“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 pound of flesh a small death. I wish the people who peddle God could see her young, lovely in gardens and beautiful in kitchens, and could watch the hand of God slowly twisting her knees and fingers till they gnarled and knotted, settling in for thirty years of pain. I wish the people who peddle God could see the lightning of His cancer stabbing her, that small frame tensing at every shock, her sweet contralto scratchy with the Lord’s infection: Philip, I want to die. I wish I had them gathered round, those preachers, popes, rabbis, imams, priests – every pious shill on God’s payroll – and I would pull the sheets from my mother’s brittle body, and they would fall on their knees at her bedside to be forgiven all their faith.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Philip Appleman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-appleman/gertrude-gertrude-appleman-1901-1976-god-is-all-knowing-all-present/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15f/philip-appleman-33407_atheism_gertrude-gertrude-appleman-1901-1976-god_567774.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15f/philip-appleman-33407_atheism_gertrude-gertrude-appleman-1901-1976-god_567774.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15f/philip-appleman-33407_atheism_gertrude-gertrude-appleman-1901-1976-god_567774.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“GERTRUDE Gertrude Appleman, 1901-1976 God is all-knowing, all-present, and almighty. --A Catechism of…” — Philip Appleman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-watch/philip-appleman/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-watch/philip-appleman/", "name": "God Watch Quotes by Philip Appleman", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-watch/philip-appleman/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15f/philip-appleman-33407_atheism_gertrude-gertrude-appleman-1901-1976-god_567774.jpg" }, "description": "1 God Watch quotes by Philip Appleman. 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