God’s Divine Games

Today is Good Friday. It is a holy day commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death.

Day after tomorrow is Easter. It is a Christian festival commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. On this day, in Churches, there is Easter Egg hunt. It is a traditional fun activity where children search for hidden eggs or Easter eggs. 

A couple who are very good friends of mine invited me for attending Easter Egg hunt because their one-year-old son is participating. And, invited me for lunch in a restaurant afterwards. After thinking a lot, I told them I will accept their lunch invitation but declined to attend the Church for Easter Egg hunt. 

Yesterday, a friend of mine called me. She is from El Salvador. She requested me if I would accompany her to Good Friday Church Services today. I told her no. She said she has nobody to accompany her and she does not want to go alone. And, she does not want to miss the Church services. (I was thinking in my mind what I would say if someone invites me to go to a temple on an auspicious occasion. Would I say no?). I finally gave up and said I would accompany her to the Good Friday Church Services. 

Spent in the church for more than an hour. It was very interesting but I did not understand anything. I went along with the flow – standing up several times, kneeling several times, holding hands with the person standing next to you. 

Came out of the church. My mind felt a sense of peace. Is this called God’s Divine Games?

Those Were the Days

I  watch a lot of TV Programs, especially news related. I stopped watching 2 programs for what I considered as not honest. However, whatever is happening in the TV Network nowadays, I want to go back and watch those 2 programs I stopped watching. They are: 

This Week with David Brinkley – ABC News 

It used to come on Sundays at 8 am. We had one TV at home. My kids wanted to watch their favorite cartoon at that time. I was an idiot and at that age I did not understand the kids’ enthusiasm for cartoon. I refused and watched This Week with David Brinkley. And made sure, my son and daughter watch that program also. 

(Side Bar. My daughter’s teacher gave a home work assignment to her students to write a paper “which TV show she likes to watch”. My daughter wrote a paper “Why I hate to watch This Week with David Brinkley”. Her teacher thought she is an out of the box thinker and gave her an A. I think she still has that paper with her) 

Then on a Sunday, there was a guest at This Week with David Brinkley. He was George Will. He is a conservative columnist. He came on the show and praised President Ronald Reagan’s speech as to how great it was. Later the information came out that President Reagan’s speech was written by George Will. 

I stopped watching This Week with David Brinkley. 

60 Minutes – CBS News 

I religiously used to watch 60 Minutes on CBS News every Sunday at 7 PM. I loved the reports from Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Roger Mudd, and Ed Bradley. 

(Side Bar: Once Roger Mudd said that one of his forefathers was involved in the killing of President Abraham Lincoln. Samuel Mudd was aiding John Wilkes Booth. Such plain truth speaking reporters.) 

I stopped watching 60 minutes late last year. They interviewed Kamala Harris. She replied to a few questions. It was shown in the trailer. When the actual show was broadcast, her answers were changed in favor of her. They did a reshoot with the same questions and told her what to reply. 

I stopped watching 60 Minutes.

Astronauts Back to Earth

NASA launched the Crew-9 Mission last September with just 2 Astronauts. Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore. Their mission was supposed to last for 8 days only. But there was a malfunction in their spacecraft. Therefore, they were stranded there for more than 9 months. (Sounds like the TV show Gilligan’s Island.) (If you want to know more about Gilligan’s Island – Please Google it.) 

Finally, last week ground control sent a SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft to bring both of them back to earth. They successfully splashed down yesterday near Florida. 

Some background. When elected to Office, Trump said his priority is to bring these 2 Astronauts back to earth. He asked Elon Musk to take charge of it because the company SpaceX is owned by him. He sent the SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft to bring them home.

There was wide coverage world wide for their splash down near Florida. Indian press and news media went one step further to give more publicity than necessary. However, there was a big silence in the American press and news media. Only Fox News covered it extensively. We all know Fox News is the only media that is 100% pro Trump. Rest of the networks and print media just barely mentioned this. Why? Just because they do not like Trump, they do not want to cover this news. Plus, most of them never mentioned SpaceX is owned by Elon Musk. Apparently, they thought it will give credit to Trump. 

My question is are they news reporters or opinion makers? We rely on journalists to provide us with accurate and unbiased information. In USA, they behave like opinion makers. They do not want to report about anything that is happening that would look good on Trump.  Exact opposite is Fox News.  Every news reporter in Fox News say that Trump is God and walks on water.