A: The petunia, its magenta, skin-like petals spread; and the bee, his hairy body buzzing.
Q: What is man?
A: Oil stains.
Q: From who do we learn to know, love and serve God?
A: Guilt, fear and hope.
Q: If God is everywhere, why do we not see him?
A: Because he has an invisibility cloak just like Harry Potter.
Q: What is a spirit?
A: The deepest orange in any sunset.
Q: Can we always resist temptation?
A: It is a fact that I've had ice cream for dinner.
Q: What is an actual sin?
A: Hitting a dog with your car and not going back.
Q: Is this likeness to God in the body or in the soul?
A: You can see your flaws in the mirror, but God cannot.
We did this as a writing prompt in class the other day and I thought it was kind of cool. We're supposed to do this same kind of metaphorical Q & A with our dreams every day, to understand the motives of our dream better. Obviously these are not the real answers to the Baltimore Catechisms.
On a side note, doing this reminded me a lot of the game we play at family holidays (the "Question Game") where everyone writes three open-ended questions, then the questions are mixed up, and everyone writes three random answers. In the end you read the questions together with the answers and find out the "psychic" answers to your deepest and most pressing questions. Sometimes they turn out really well, and other times they're total flops. Either way, that would be a cool writing prompt as well.
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