7.28.2008

Les Vis: The strange moments of these remarkable times

If someone were to ask me to define God, I would say, "Imagine the highest and deepest, most piercing and enveloping love. Then imagine you are on a highway out in the Midwest. On some of those highways you will sometimes see signs for a Las Vegas casino called Harrah's. Well, you might see one in Bangor, Maine that says the distance is thousands of miles. Further on you see a sign which says 'God; one million light years.' That is how that feeling describes God in terms of definition and I am a million light years from there as I sit here now." That's the best I can do but that is probably wrong too because I am a million light years from my best as well. I hope I have satisfied your curiosity... it is that close.

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