Reading charlie's journal

I'm sitting reading.

"Hi, can we sit here?" I jump because I didn't see her sit down, "We saw your car."

She sits down with her drink and offers me one of her two cookies.

"You are too kind."

She knows I'm right.

"No, I just don't want to be chubby."

We sit and read. I happen to be reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. She's reading for Philosophy. I laugh at a part where the narrator tries to tell his son about ghosts. I explain the story to her.

"Do you believe in ghosts?" she asks. "...I do, but I've never seen one...My friends Maiko and Yuka, they see ghosts, especially Yuka...We're talking about things like that in philosophy class right now. I think so completely different from everyone else."

"In a not monotheistic way?"

"Yeah, that poly-whatever. I don't know the word."

And so I start to think, why do I believe in God? Well, when the choice is between monotheistic and polytheistic logic works equally well on both sides.

"My old pastor used to say that if you believe in one God who is a good spirit, you have to believe at least one evil spirit exists."

"...yeah."

I get this bent towards monotheism from my background, my education of ideas. Ideas that are ghosts according to Robert M. Pirsig (the author of my book).

So I ask Him, 'God, why do I believe in you?' And I realize, this seems to be my most personally striking reason for belief. Without thought or hesitation, I talk to Him. I believe in God because I talk to Him.

"There is a saying that people don't have to worry, because God is stronger than all the other ghosts."

"Is it true?"

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