After my previous post, I started thinking a little more about the comparisons between Google and the perception many people have of God. In closer examination, I have to conclude that Google comes out on top in at least five significant ways:
1. If you ask God for enlightenment, you may never get an answer. Google gives you one in just a few seconds.
2. God may or may not help those who help themselves. But Google helps those who blog and blog often. Posting three times a day is likely to give you more quantifiable results than praying three times a day.
3. People seem to get into trouble when they start thinking their god is better or more powerful than other people's gods. Google is even-handed. it gives equally to all people who asks it the right question.
4. For an allegedly all-knowing being, some people seem to think it is important to flatter God all the time. Perhaps they think he/she/it is insecure. Google needs none of that. Like your mom and her homemade food, Google only requires that you visit now and then and you will be rewarded.
5. So far as I know, not a single person has ever been killed, or even assaulted, in Google's name.
