On DUST

Rachael & Melvyn

On Dust

M. Must you sit down with such a thump? Look, you have sent up a cloud of dust!

R. But there’s dust everywhere in this cottage. That’s what I like about it. Mum’s always dusting and tidying up at home. You’ve got spider’s webs, too.

M. As God said to Adam (Genesis 3 v 19) Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. He didn’t say much about spider’s webs though.

R. Here, it says in Genesis 2 verse 7 that God made Adam out of dust in the first place. I suppose they thought it was like atoms and they were pretty much right.

M. Israel was a pretty dusty place; still is.

R. Not sure I want to end up as dust.

M Which you ? After all God breathed the breath of life into both you and Adam, so you weren’t only dust.

R. I suppose its OK for your body to be dispersed and recycled, as long as your soul lives on, somehow. And Barney could still be my ghostly friend.

M. Fortunately the descendants of Adam invented Hoovers, which I use occasionally. I’m getting too old to move the furniture, but the dust oozes from under it into the patches I have cleared. I hope.

R. I’m thirsty now. Lets have some tea and a marmalade toastie.

Colin Smith

　

　

　

　

　

On Curiosity

                                            RACHAEL and MELVYN
                                                       On Curiosity

R. Why was God so angry when Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?

M. Because they disobeyed Him.

R. Surely God would like us to be wiser and more knowledgeable and generally more use?

M. So you are in favour of curiosity?

R. Of course!

M. Even if you have to destroy the world to find the answer?

R. That’s silly! How could curiosity destroy the world?

M. Curiosity leads to understanding, then tinkering, then exploiting, then destroying. It’s called Capitalism. Bang go the Blue-finned Tuna.

R. Rubbish!

M. OK. Let’s say unbridled curiosity can lead to those bad outcomes. People used to think that Awe and Wonder at God’s creation were better than curiosity, until Francis Bacon and Galileo and co came along. They were all for Finding Things Out.

R. But lots of good things have been discovered.

M. Indeed. But meanwhile we are gobbling up the world. Lets gobble some marmalade toasties instead.

R. And mugs of tea, please.