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What
if god were this Chinese checkers master and we are all Chinese checkers
pieces being moved towards some goal? What if we are all just these gamepieces
being put strategically in holes so that some other piece behind us can
jump over us and get ahead? Sometimes we are put behind others because
they are so far from the goal that unless someone came back and joined
them they would not succeed. And if they never reached the goal then god
wouldnt win the game.
The bad thing is, god the masterplayer is using such a big game board
that things get super complicated. Sometimes some other checkers piece
uses you and you never see them again and you learn later that they reached
the goal much sooner than you.
Then there is also this core group of familiar pieces that you are jumping
over and are jumping over you. You're always the same people helping each
other to the goal just because you all started beside each other in the
board game.
The good thing is, god plays by the rules. Or at least, knows that the
aim of the game is to get everyone through the chinese checkers board.
It’s sort of Machiavellian. No matter how bad it is for you now,
your ultimate goal is the same as everyone else's.
Another good thing is, god really wants to win. If the first time he loses
the game and you don't reach the goal, god sets up the board again and
you are put back on the board. Will god ever win? do we even want to know?[B]
CHRISTINE BALMES
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