Mal Posted August 10, 2009 Once upon a time someone posted a link or quote to a strange little article about this average white middle class man that had a conversation with god on a bus. God was also an average white middle class man.  Might have been a made up story , might incorrect be assumed to be a made up story. That was part of the fun  Other reference was a to an ability that could kill life on earth if used incorrectly, and why God didn't appears as a woman to this man  Anyone remember it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thelerner Posted August 10, 2009 Hmnn reminds me of a song from a few years ago:  Joan Osbourne  If God Was One of Us Lyrics   If God had a name, what would it be And would you call it to his face If you were faced with him in all his glory What would you ask if you had just one question  And yeah yeah God is great yeah yeah God is good yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah  What if God was one of us Just a slob like one of us Just a stranger on the bus Trying to make his way home  If God had a face what would it look like And would you want to see If seeing meant that you would have to believe In things like heaven and in jesus and the saints and all the prophets  And yeah yeah god is great yeah yeah god is good yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah  What if God was one of us Just a slob like one of us Just a stranger on the bus Trying to make his way home He's trying to make his way home Back up to heaven all alone Nobody calling on the phone Except for the pope maybe in rome  And yeah yeah God is great yeah yeah God is good yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah  What if god was one of us Just a slob like one of us Just a stranger on the bus Trying to make his way home Just trying to make his way home Like a holy rolling stone Back up to heaven all alone Just trying to make his way home Nobody calling on the phone Except for the pope maybe in rome Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creation Posted August 10, 2009 For what it's worth, here is the original thread: http://www.thetaobums.com/index.php?showtopic=7439 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam West Posted August 11, 2009 Hey Harry and Mal! Â Yeah, I remember that one too! Had quite the impact at the time. Thanks for the copy! Â In kind regards, Â Adam. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mal Posted August 12, 2009 _/\_  Thank you  "What if God was one of Us" is a song I love too M, as is this one  Tom Waits, Road to Peace  Young Abdel Mahdi (Shahmay) was only 18 years old, He was the youngest of nine children, never spent a night away from home. And his mother held his photograph, opening the New York Times To see the killing has intensified along the road to peace  There was a tall, thin boy with a whispy moustache disguised as an orthodox Jew On a crowded bus in Jerusalem, some had survived World War Two And the thunderous explosion blew out windows 200 yards away With more retribution and seventeen dead along the road to peace  Now at King George Ave and Jaffa Road passengers boarded bus 14a In the aisle next to the driver Abdel Mahdi (Shahmay) And the last thing that he said on earth is "God is great and God is good" And he blew them all to kingdom come upon the road to peace  Now in response to this another kiss of death was visited upon Yasser Taha, Israel says is an Hamas senior militant And Israel sent four choppers in, flames engulfed, tears wide open And it killed his wife and his three year old child leaving only blackened skeletons  It's found his toddlers bottle and a pair of small shoes and they waved them in front of the cameras But Israel says they did not know that his wife and child were in the car There are roadblocks everywhere and only suffering on TV Neither side will ever give up their smallest right along the road to peace  Israel launched it's latest campaign against Hamas on Tuesday Two days later Hamas shot back and killed five Israeli soldiers So thousands dead and wounded on both sides most of them middle eastern civilians They fill the children full of hate to fight an old man's war and die upon the road to peace  "And this is our land we will fight with all our force" say the Palastinians and the Jews Each side will cut off the hand of anyone who tries to stop the resistance If the right eye offends thee then you must pluck it out And Mahmoud Abbas said Sharon had been lost out along the road to peace  Once Kissinger said "we have no friends, America only has interests" Now our president wants to be seen as a hero and he's hungry for re-election But Bush is reluctant to risk his future in the fear of his political failures So he plays chess at his desk and poses for the press 10,000 miles from the road to peace  In the video that they found at the home of Abdel Mahdi (Shahmay) He held a Kalashnikov rifle and he spoke with a voice like a boy He was an excellent student, he studied so hard, it was as if he had a future He told his mother that he had a test that day out along the road to peace  The fundamentalist killing on both sides is standing in the path of peace But tell me why are we arming the Israeli army with guns and tanks and bullets? And if God is great and God is good why can't he change the hearts of men? Well maybe God himself is lost and needs help Maybe God himself he needs all of our help Maybe God himself is lost and needs help He's out upon the road to peace  Well maybe God himself is lost and needs help Maybe God himself he needs all of our help And he's lost upon the road to peace And he's lost upon the road to peace Out upon the road to peace. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sloppy Zhang Posted August 12, 2009 Hmm, neat article. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rain Posted August 12, 2009 ..replying to audience about God on a stage. Â I had the privilege of listening to Antony's beautiful voice (& the Johnsons / Hegarty) for some hours last week. Outdoor concert. The very first on the roof of our new operahouse. It didn't rain. (it has rained so much this summer I'm sure the waterline is rising and finally this beautiful new modern heap of architecture sited at the shore is going to be just like Venice in Italy) whatever the man comes out on stage and sings like no one else backed by the philharmonics and some friends, just acoustics.. no videos no story but Antonys own and he speaks about buddhism, how he overcame the fear of being reincarnated as a stone, as a mountain, ..what the trees on Island look like.., and that he is certain that Jesus will reincarnate, have his second coming as a girl, - in Afghanistan. Â Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mal Posted August 18, 2009 Original thread http://www.thetaobums.com/index.php?showtopic=7439 Â Found it by searching for Paddington (from "It all started on the 8.20 back from Paddington") as that only hits these two threads Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DalTheJigsaw123 Posted August 18, 2009 This was simply beautiful. I'm going to re-read and re-read some more. Thank you for sharing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
