Another Friday, another Flash! Friday. Writing is a funny thing. I thought my entry for last week was pretty strong. And yet, it didn't even receive a mention. I point this out not in a whiny sense; I'm always just amazed at how much variation there is among readers' personal tastes.
Let's hope I fair better this week.
This week, this was the magic photo:
And this is "Checkmate."
“Have
you contemplated how proof of extraterrestrial life would impact
Christianity?” he said, felling a bishop with his pawn.
They’d
been playing this game so long, he knew the next move. The next
hundred, in fact.
“Faith,
like all living organisms, adapts,” the old man replied, countering
with a knight.
He
also knew which buttons to push.
“That
sounds suspiciously like, dare I say, evolution.”
“You
choose your words. I’ll choose mine.”
But
the elder’s confident voice betrayed a slight catch. He knew the
game was drawing to a close. Even so, he could not resign. Too much
was at stake.
“And
what of Jesus Christ? Admission to heaven requires belief in Him. Are
we to assume He lived, preached on countless other worlds?”
“Enough!”
the old man snapped, sweeping an arm across the board. The pieces
scattered, then one by one returned to their respective, necessary
places. Science looked at his age-old adversary Religion, and smiled.
Knowingly.
“Checkmate.”
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