Catholic Fundamentalism sees God as “The Loving Programmer”. He wrote and downloaded The Creation Program. First, He downloaded Powerful Programming Assistants. They were called “angels” in the Iron Age.
Nine levels (“Choirs of Angels”, in the Iron Age) of Powerful Programming Assistants helped Him write and download the rest of The Creation Program. They downloaded props for the huge, long-running movie in which each of us has a starring role. It was written and downloaded in what we humans, His beloved Free-Will Programs, see as actual 3-D.
The Loving Programmer, Program, and Programming are the vital components of a universal programming operation. That Holy Trinity produced and compiled particles into systems and beings. All souls may choose to believe and obey His Operating Instructions well enough to find The Saving Joy beyond the Visible Program.
He provided earthy analogies to help us understand. In our age, human organizations like Microsoft, were allowed to be brought into existence to provide a crude, human parallel to the vast Heavenly Programming Operation.
When we have a problem with Windows, we don’t call Bill Gates. We call a specialist at the Help Desk. That works better than blaring out over the Microsoft Intercom, “Bill Gates, please help me download my new Windows update.”
Prayers are requests for programming assistance. Our requests for Programming Assistance are handled better when addressed to Saintly Specialists, like St. Mary, St. Joseph, St. Anthony, or to one of the angels, like St. Michael, St. Gabriel, or St. Raphael. They speed up our requests and make sure the necessary assistance is downloaded without causing conflict with The Program and other requests.
There are billions of prayer requests every day. Those that go through channels are handled more promptly.
Requests for Programming Assistance often runs counter to the prayers of another. For instance, if two people are praying to get the same job, the long term ramifications must be considered by higher-level programmers. “That job will provide income for a family. We don’t want it wasted on some silly playboy.”
One can barely imagine sorting out the billions of prayer requests pouring into Heaven to find winning lottery numbers! Someone’s prayer will be answered. Those going through channels often get preference.
The Roman Catholic Church has long recognized the efficacy of asking Angels and Saints to intercede for them. It behooves us to pick the proper Saintly or Angelic Programming Assistant. First of all, it shows respect for The Programmer’s Organizational Chart. Secondly, it puts us more in tune with the underlying reality of the way things are.
If we need to find which Saint or Angel to ask for help, we ask a computer. It’s an unwitting part of Catholic Fundamentalism: The new Catholic Cosmology.
