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Hi everyone. I read a really cool short story by Terry Bisson that someone posted here, and I could not find the old thread. I have a re-imagining of this story from a Christian perspective and wanted to post it here. I DO NOT OWN the copyright to "They're made out of meat", and I make no claims to originality here, only liked the story (made me laugh) and it made me think of how some in heaven must have viewed the creation of man in God's image.
So, here goes--------------------------------------------
LORD?
Yes, Michael?
I've just returned from that new garden You made, and...
Go ahead Michael, speak your mind.
Well, those people you made... I don't get it.
That's understandable, they're made of meat.
You mean the stuff you like to use as incense?
Yep.
But they can think, talk, even seem capable of love! You must mean they're made up partially of meat?
Nope, completely meat. They think using a brain made of meat. They speak using a meat tongue to shape vibrations made by a piece of meat in their throats. Moreover, I made them in my image... so yes, they can love.
WHAT?!?! Meat made in Your image?!? Meat with free will? Meat with spirit?!?
Exactly.
Uhhh... won't it spoil? The meat, I mean?
You have no idea, Michael. I foresee that they will choose to follow after the lust of the meat and disobey me. Of course you know that this means they'll inevitably die. Even worse, I gave them authority over the entire creation, so that whole universe will begin to decay.
It's just too much, LORD. Meat? Why make meat in Your image only to let it destroy itself?
You don't know the half of it, Michael. I Myself will become one of them in order to redeem them back to me, and one day you will be ruled over by them.
WHA-!?!?... OH. MY. GOD!!! I knew you liked the smell of meat, but this? I mean... uhhhh... Please LORD, help me understand.
Later, Michael. Right now we have a more pressing problem.
What could possibly trump angels being ruled over by meat?
"I just had a similar conversation with Lucifer, but his pride won't allow him to accept my decision on this. Right now, he's in the garden deceiving the people into disobeying me, and we will have to do something about him..."
So, here goes--------------------------------------------
LORD?
Yes, Michael?
I've just returned from that new garden You made, and...
Go ahead Michael, speak your mind.
Well, those people you made... I don't get it.
That's understandable, they're made of meat.
You mean the stuff you like to use as incense?
Yep.
But they can think, talk, even seem capable of love! You must mean they're made up partially of meat?
Nope, completely meat. They think using a brain made of meat. They speak using a meat tongue to shape vibrations made by a piece of meat in their throats. Moreover, I made them in my image... so yes, they can love.
WHAT?!?! Meat made in Your image?!? Meat with free will? Meat with spirit?!?
Exactly.
Uhhh... won't it spoil? The meat, I mean?
You have no idea, Michael. I foresee that they will choose to follow after the lust of the meat and disobey me. Of course you know that this means they'll inevitably die. Even worse, I gave them authority over the entire creation, so that whole universe will begin to decay.
It's just too much, LORD. Meat? Why make meat in Your image only to let it destroy itself?
You don't know the half of it, Michael. I Myself will become one of them in order to redeem them back to me, and one day you will be ruled over by them.
WHA-!?!?... OH. MY. GOD!!! I knew you liked the smell of meat, but this? I mean... uhhhh... Please LORD, help me understand.
Later, Michael. Right now we have a more pressing problem.
What could possibly trump angels being ruled over by meat?
"I just had a similar conversation with Lucifer, but his pride won't allow him to accept my decision on this. Right now, he's in the garden deceiving the people into disobeying me, and we will have to do something about him..."
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