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The Reconciliation

 by Steve Payne and Jeff Provine

Author says: "how terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the man that's wise?" mused Sophocles. Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s).

On March 12th 2008,

shaken awake from the peaceful sleep of aeons into the frightful nightmare of his corrupted Paradise the Supreme Being disowns the cold-hearted stranger that man has become instead he abandons the Earth to build a new Eden on the Planet Mars.

Months of peeping through telescopes quickly develops into a 24x7 Internet-based fixation until technocrats step into the void of childish disappointment by promising to reverse mankind's "downgrade".

Funded by the largest PayPal fund in human history, a colloborative international project is launched which quickly consumes the global resource pool of geeks at the expense of gadget development which is temporarily put on hold. Until finally landing on the Red Planet, the wayward child confronts an angered parent exhibiting a "this better be good" expression which signals a somewhat limited patience for reconciliatary dialogue.

Disregarding a carefully pre-prepared (but somewhat over-complicated) statement carefully drafted by World Leaders (and their lawyers), Commander Robert A. Taylor removes his helmet, looks the Supreme Being straight in the eye and delivers an emotionally shattering ad hominem - "Something was missing in our harsh world, and that was love".

Author says to view guest historian's comments on this post please visit the Today in Alternate History web site.

Steve Payne, Editor of Today in Alternate History, a Daily Updating Blog of Important Events In History That Never Occurred Today. Follow us on Facebook, Squidoo, Myspace and Twitter.

Imagine what would be, if history had occurred a bit differently. Who says it didn't, somewhere? These fictional news items explore that possibility. Possibilities such as America becoming a Marxist superpower, aliens influencing human history in the 18th century and Teddy Roosevelt winning his 3rd term as president abound in this interesting fictional blog.


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