The Point!

One of the regular readers of this site sent an e-mail today, and wanted to know why I sometimes get on a rant or rave or crusade or start foaming at the mouth about something?

After a lot of careful thought regarding his question, I wasn't quite sure what to tell him!

I mean, I could have gone into a long drawn-out story of how people always do things the hard way, or make things complicated when they really aren't, or pretend something happened that didn't, or is real that isn't, or try and justify their actions when a simple acknowledgement that they screwed up would do just as well, or do something the easy way instead of the hard way, and on and on!

You get the picture? (Point!)

In other words, Bunky, why does nearly everyone put themselves through hoops when they could just follow an old adage called "Occam's Razor!"

Occam’s old saying was; “When all else fails, the simple solution is usually the right one!” (I have no idea why it's called that except it has something to do with a guy called Occam.)

THE POINT? You might ask!

(Now, remember that old movie "The Point," where Obleo said to his dog Arrow, "Well, I guess you don't have to have a point..... to have a point!")

Well then, the Point is this...... although it was also just a movie, one of the most profound and accurate statements ever made about the human condition was uttered by God Himself. (A.K.A. George Burns in the movie "Oh,God!")

What God Said was pure and simple.................!

“I look after the big picture son.” said God. “Life is a crap-shoot and you take your chances like everyone else.”

Even though it was just a movie, a truer statement was probably never made!

We don’t have to try and analyze and explain why God allows pain and suffering in the world by saying; “God moves in mysterious ways!” or “God has a Divine purpose that is hidden from us, or any other justification!”

In other words we don't have to be an apologist for God!

Plain and simple, right!

Then why does everybody have to do all these mental gymnastics to explain religion and what their particular belief system tells them is "The Truth!"

(While everyone else's truth is wrong!)

If we look at this rationally and take the obviously simple explanation, then we have to conclude that God does not interfere in the everyday workings of the world.

Period!

THE SIMPLE SOLUTION IS USUALLY THE CORRECT ONE!

Try and employ this innocent little truism in your everyday life and I guarantee that things will become so much easier and less confusing!

Don't Believe Me??? Listen to this story!

When NASA began to launch astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (Ink won't flow down to the writing surface).

Solution A. - In order to solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees

Solution B. - And what did Russians do ?? The Russians used a Pencil !!!

Simple? Yes! Best solution? Yes! Least headaches? Yes! So why does everyone try and complicate things?

Allan;

There you have it, my complicated answer to a simple question, and if you need reminding about the movie "The Point," which was produced and written by the Beatles and Harry Nilsson, here is "The Point" of this little ramble. (Narration by Ringo!)