i think MT was a true seeker--not that he thot he had the answers. he satirized the trappings of faith elsewhere, too, but here he shows anger /in belief/ about the state of things in the earth, the nature of humankind, God's pinnacle of creation. he's hurling a vitriolic challenge to the creator for blowing it, imo, but i haven't read everything of T's. his letter to the earth was brilliant, and he was speaking /God's/ truth there. ----- Susan Dorman