"Now, there's only one God," I explained to my class, "Not two, not three, only one: Yet this God exists in Three Persons, As Father, as Spirit and Son." ........"That doesn't make sense!" Said a girl in the back, ........(the minister's kid, Amy Waddle) ........That violates the law of contradiction ........We learned from Aristotle!"

Then a boy raised his hand "Oh! oh! I've got a question!" (I'll admit my nerves were now frayed) "If Jesus was God, then what was he doing-- Did he talk to himself when prayed?"

Wow, um, look at the clock! I really wish I could answer! But, well, time's up--it really flew! Now time--there's a real mystery; Who but God understands it?" Amy shouted, "I do! I do!"

But when she started to talk about Einstein, God himself appeared, (Three in One!), He asked Amy if he could speak And did anyway when she said "I'm not done!" He explained about quantum mechanics, Uncertainty, free will, and sin, And, just for the record, though we didn't ask, how many angels can dance on a pin: (Assuming that they mambo, then, the answer: exactly ten.)

And then God asked us questions That stumped even Amy Waddle: Like, "Where were you when I hung the stars?" and "How do they get those ships in a bottle?" He said that he found it amusing, How we use the brains he designed, To conclude like Nietzsche that "God is dead" When, as he said, " Hey, I'm doing just fine!"

I awoke in a panic, all covered in sweat, And shaking like a rattle, Then got up and revised my lesson plan Like a warrior preparing for battle; In case some pint-sized genius waits (Whom, this time, I won't coddle), I studied Einstein, Aquinas, Paul, And, especially, Aristotle

Copyright 2001, TT Patterson
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