Big Dope says I must develop what he calls a “suspension of
logic.” That’s one term that my Galactic Universal Translator cannot accommodate.
Although my GUT recoiled at the suggestion that I try to make my Earth hosts happy, I tried. I failed. Suspend logic? It was logic that enabled
me to travel to your planet from a couple of galaxies away. It was logic that
has nearly rid your planet of polio, although I understand that a breed of your
species that calls itself “libertarians” wants to bring it back, along with
other nearly defunct diseases.
Anyway. The thing that confuses me this time of year, is what
you call the “Nativity Story.” That’s the story of the birth of the figure Big
Dope calls “The Galilean.”
As he would say later in life, the Galilean, in what one of my
friends calls “The Gig on The Hilltop,” assures the crowd that he is not about
to destroy “The Law” but to fulfill it. He’s referring, of course to the Old
Testament law, largely set forth in the book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy. Here’s
the rub, to a lover of logic. According to the latter source, The Law, as the
Galilean calls it, would have had his mother taken to the gates of the city and
stoned to death before he was born.
I mentioned that at the supper table the other night while shaped
as former president Ronald Reagan. My companions both laughed. The answer? If a
snake can be made to talk, a pregnant virgin can withstand a stoning.
It’s going to take your species a long time to reach the
next galaxy over.
Sorry, must run. One of my favorite films is about to show.
Ironically, it’s about the life of the Galilean. Oddly, the main character has
blue eyes, but who cares?
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