Happy New Year !

Happy New Year to all!!

We live in interesting times.

Why Does God Need a Starship?

In 1989, William Shatner® developed the initial storyline for and directed the rather forgettable Star Trek V: The Final Frontier®.

In this film, Spock's® half-brother, Sybok®, seizes control of the Enterprise®, so he can reach a mythical planet named Sha Ka Ree®, where a mysterious, presumably God-like entity awaits.

Claiming to be God, the entity asks Sybok and the Enterprise crew how they got to the planet. When told about the Enterprise, it demands passage aboard the ship in order to leave the planet to spread his Word to the rest of the Universe.

The movie would be completely forgettable were it not for Captain Kirk's® asking the entity, "Why does God need a starhip?"

Whenever any person or organization claims to speak for God, ask a similar question. "Why does God need you to speak for Him [or Her]?"

Good or Bad

Today, Benazir Bhutto was shot and killed in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Her assassin - or an accomplice, the reports are somewhat ambiguous - then blew himself up, killing at least another 20 people. It will take some time to determine who was responsible for this atrocity, but chances are pretty good that the perpetrators were Muslims, killing other Muslims.

Perhaps this is why the capital of Pakistan is called Islamabad, not Islamagood!