Consider the
insurance-agent’s term of art, “act of God”. It manages to offend both atheist
and theist, for opposite reasons but to a common end.
To an atheist,
the phrase “act of God” superstitiously blames a natural disaster on an
imaginary sky wizard. To a theist, that same phrase blasphemously accuses the
Heavenly Father of malice or incompetence. The insurance agent who says “act of
God” is neither atheist nor theist, but strategist. His intent is to weasel out
of paying on a claim.
Thus the
insurance-agent catchphrase ‘act of God’ is a perfect gem; it condenses all
religious thought; for it combines superstition with blasphemy to attain
larceny!
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