Were You An Accident?

2/12/2014

I get a little uncomfortable when I hear another mother say her child was an accident.

For many reasons.

I get even more uncomfortable when I hear others say I am an accident ... when others say WE HUMANS are an accident.

Are we really an accident? Are we an effect/error from some explosive cosmic cause? Are we the accidental product of some circumstantial /coincidental lightening bolt that happened to hit a ball of ammonia and methane ... and resulted in some neato brown goo (well, to be fair, some hypothesize neato green slime) that gradually changed/evolved/morphed into an awesome "human form" (well, wait, to be fair, some hypothesize an awesome "ape" form) after a gazillion years baking between cracks of rocks?

I'm sure there are other far-out-dude explanations and expositions and ideas and imaginings and whatnot out there, but this is all my scatter-brained mind could recall at the moment ... remind me to tell you about my poor memory.

But I digress.

The evolving brown-goo-go-ape-shit theory ... as a result from some accidental cosmic explosion ... will work just as well as any other. so we will go with that one.

Hmmm, okay, yeah, makes sense. I guess. Okay. I get it. I think. Kinda. Not really.

Because, you see, I wonder ....

Where did the cosmos come from that held the bowl of gassy soup? Where did the lightening bolt come from that hit the gas ball? Where did the gases come from that exploded? Where did the rocks come from that baked, and shielded, the gooey brown sh-tuff?

Were they accidents too?

And what is a cosmos, anyway? Webster's Dictionary states: cosmos - the universe seen as a well-ordered, whole, harmonious system.

Does "well-ordered" sound accidental to you?

14 Comments

Serena

2/12/2014 04:30:53 pm

This reminds me of an incident some years ago when I took my son to visit my childhood home. He hadn't been there but once before when he was a baby (we were always overseas), so this is the first time he was able to take in the scene. My father still lived there , and I think he was still dating at the time (he's married again now). My son took a look around and then asked his Grandfather..."was my mom an accident?". We never used a term like that in our home, so perhaps he picked it up at school..but this shocked my father..who is a man that believes children should be seen and not heard..and definitely should not address adults. It also shocked me because, that thought never crossed my mine..ever. I wondered what would make him think that. He said, there was nothing of me in that house. It woke me up. I think my son was around 10 at the time.

Brooke Brookreson

2/12/2014 04:41:59 pm

Isn't it strange what our mind recalls, what our mind reminds us of?

I had started this blog because I don't like hearing a child called an accident ... and had fully intended to write about THAT.

But the next thing I knew, I was somehow reminded about a "bigger accidental picture" and took off with that ..... whoosh!!!! lol

Anyway, I can certainly see how that would wake someone up ... and I also know very well the climate of being raised "Children should be seen, and not heard" and "Speak when spoken to" etc

I feel that is an extreme, but I also feel the other extreme (no manners; no respect) is just as damaging to a child .... there needs to be a balance of proper behavior for children.

Thank you so much for reading and responding .... it has been quiet here lately, and I don't know why ... getting a blog off the ground is not easy or fun,

Serena

2/12/2014 04:48:32 pm

Thanks for your response. Yes, there needs to be a balance of proper behavior for children. One thing I love about children though..is their innocent honesty..

Linda B.

2/12/2014 10:25:48 pm

A good one!

D. Rice

2/13/2014 01:11:13 am

inexcusable

Barb S.

2/13/2014 01:12:08 am

Jud Carter

2/13/2014 11:44:51 am

Excellent article. It seems those who try to explain a creation without a creator ignore some important questions. You brought out the answers to those questions. Well written.

Brooke Brookreson

2/13/2014 11:45:42 am

I just scratched the surface lol ... This was just a teaser article

J. Lyons

2/17/2014 03:24:36 pm

Brooke you had me laughing out loud !

Brooke Brookreson

2/17/2014 03:25:24 pm

I did? Is that a Good thing :)

J. Lyon

2/17/2014 03:26:21 pm

Yes Your article caught me a bit off guard with one of the lines. To me that line represented a sentiment while often thought is rarely written or spoken so plainly. Thank You

Brooke Brookreson

2/17/2014 03:26:52 pm

No, I need to thank you :)) writing is a lonely thing ... I am so happy when someone responds (good or bad) so thank you!! may I ask what caught you off guard? do you mind me asking?

J. Lyon

2/17/2014 03:27:36 pm

Not at all...." The evolving brown-goo-go-ape-shit theory ... as a result from some accidental cosmic explosion ... will work just as well as any other. so we will go with that one. "

I have often thought this but have never read it in that way.

Brooke Brookreson

2/17/2014 03:28:18 pm

((( thank you so much ))) ....... please keep your eye out for my future blogs and give me your feedback ... I am smiling big,

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