“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 Virile, rabbits were Potent and gryphons were Sterile. Sloth, Envy, Gluttony, Pride—every peril was fleshed into… — 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 in on tumbledown breakers, a south wind, bustling along the shore, whipped the froth into little rainbows, and a reckless gull swept down the beach as if to fly were everything it needed. I thought of… — Philip Appleman Copy Share
“Vasectomy After the steaming bodies swept through the hungry streets of swollen cities; after the vast pink spawning of family poisoned the rivers and ravaged the prairies; after the gamble of latex and diaphragms and pills; I invoked the white robes, gleaming blades ready for blood, and, feeling the scourge of Increase and Multiply, made affirmation: Yes, deliver us from… — Philip Appleman Copy Share
“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… — Philip Appleman Copy Share
“DAYS ONE THROUGH SIX, ETC. You keep on asking me that – “Which day was the hardest?” Blockheads! They were all hard – And of course, since I’m omnipotent, they were all easy. It was Chaos, to begin with. Can you imagine Primeval Chaos? Of course you can’t. How long had it been swirling around out there? Forever. How long… — Philip Appleman Copy Share
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
