Prayer

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A PRAYER
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Many years ago I remember to have read an old Mohammedan prayer that goes something like this:“O God, if I worship Thee in fear of Hell, burnme in Hell; or if I worship Thee in hope ofParadise, exclude me from Paradise.”
Is itconceivable that as a non-practicing Catholic I know more Mohammedan prayers than the imams whop romise 73 virgins to horny teenagers?#

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Re: Prayer

When I was young I had as many certainties as I
have doubts today.

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Re: Prayer

A PLAY IN FOUR ACTS
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ACT I: Defeat and surrender.
ACT II: Subservience.
ACT III: Oppression.
ACT IV: In Obama’s parlance: “Great Tragedy.”
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ON ZARIAN’S DEATH
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Was Zarian murdered?
No, according to his grandson who said he fell.
Yes, according to Zarian who said someone pushed him.
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ON REPETITION
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If I repeat myself it may be because
some things – like say, prayers –
are worth repeating.
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ON WOMEN
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I respect women too much to say
“he seduced her, as opposed to
“she allowed him to seduce her.”
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Re: Prayer

Victor Hugo: “The smallest animals are the
greatest vermin, and the smallest minds have the
greatest number of prejudices.”
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Keith Duckworth: “It is better to be un-informed
than ill-informed.”

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Re: Prayer

ARMENIAN PRAYER
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Lead us not into genocide
by both foreign and domestic perpetrators.
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GOOD HANDS
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We believed to be in good hands
even under Talaat and Stalin.
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MEMO TO MYSELF
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We have an abundance of bishops
and an overabundance of men and women
related to them.
Be discreet.
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Re: Prayer

MY AMBITION:To write prose &verse that is as accessible as “to be or not to be,” “Our Father who art in heaven,” and “There is nothing new under the sun.”

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Re: Prayer

NOTES / COMMENTS
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There is a great deal of wisdom
in all religions but I refuse to believe
there is anything remotely, positive,
decent, good and wise in religious wars.
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You want to be a writer
and write for Armenians?
First thing you do is to learn to sing
like a coloratura soprano.
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When Axel Bakounts said
“They are tearing me to shreds
like wild beasts,” he was not talking
about Turks and Russians.
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