God has spoken to no one. Not that there is no God. That's another discussion altogether. What I mean is this: the creator of the universe of the universe has never directly communicated with a member of the human race. Whales, cats, most dogs, some species of lizards and reptiles, and fish of every stripe receive incoming calls from the Almighty every day; but not those whom He supposedly made in His image.
Except in one instance, and one instance only. Andrea Yates, born Andrea Pia Kennedy, received word from the Lord on June 19, 2001. He told her the world was going to end; and in order to save her children from damnation she had to take their lives herself. When Andrea Yates attempted to correspond with the only person she knew with understanding of the One True God, she found a busy tone. Michael Woroniecki was on the phone for seven hours with a long-distance number. An out-sourced area code, a fictitious collection of seven numbers. Michael Woroniecki had never before heard the voice of God. There are no picket-signs for God's word, no spectacles for God's works. God had spoken to Andrea Yates and Andrea Yates alone. So, she conceded to the Lord's will and drowned her five children in their family bath-tub.
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When the sixth season of Showtime's series Dexter first aired on TV, I thought, 'Woof! Here's some heavy-handed preaching if I've ever heard it.' And I was rooting for the killer: 'And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for that meddling atheist!'
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