Lingua   

Reverse Creation

Bernard Backman
Lingua: Inglese




1969

Bernard Backman – Portrait Of Man
In the end man destroyed the heaven that was called Earth. The Earth had been beautiful until the spirit of man moved over it and destroyed all things.

And man said “Let there be darkness… and there was darkness”. And man liked the darkness, so he called the darkness “security”. And he divided himself into races, religions, castes and sexes. And there was no evening and no morning on the seventh day before the end.

And man said “Let there be a strong government to control us in our darkness. Let there be armies and security forces to maintain law and order and carry out clean-up operations. And let there be bombs and rockets to kill faster and easier” And there was no evening or morning on the sixth day before the end.

And man said “Let there be bribery and corruption in high places and let’s care for ourselves now and to hell with the needs of tomorrow’s generations. And let there be strict segregation between males and females and let no women take a step towards her own liberation. And there was no evening or no morning on the fifth day before the end.

And man said “Let there be widespread illiteracy to enable the educated few control so many. And let there be bonded labour and child labour and servants galore to care for our needs. And there was no evening or no morning on the fourth day before the end.

And man said, “Let us subdue the Earth and have dominion over all creatures. Let the trees be cut down and the land laid waste like a desert. And let there be drugs and other forms of escape, for these is this constant annoyance – reality, which is disturbing our comfort. And there was no evening and no morning on the third day before the end.

And finally, man said “Let us create God in our image and let us say that God thinks as we think; hates as we hate; kills as we kill. And there was no evening and no morning on the second day before the end.

On the last day there was a great noise on the face of the Earth. Fire consumed the beautiful globe, and there was… silence. The blackened Earth now rested, to worship the one, true God. And God saw all that man had done, and in the silence over the smouldering ruins – God wept.

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