Why God Never Received  Tenure at the University
     He had
only
one
major publication.
/ 
      It was
{in
obscure languages}. / 
      It had
no
references.
/ 
      It wasn't
published
{in
a refereed journal}. / 
      Some
even
doubt
[DO of "doubt" he
wrote
it
himself.]
/ 
      It may
be true [Note
#1 that he
created
the
universe,]
/
 but what
has
he
done
{since
then}? /
      His
cooperative efforts
have been
quite limited.
/ 
      The
scientific community
has had a
hard time 
 replicating his
results. / 
      He
never
applied
{to
the Ethics Board} {for permission}
 to use human
subjects.
/ 
      [Adverbial
to "tried" When
one
experiment
went
awry]
 he
tried[CNE]
to cover it up
{by drowning the subjects}. / 
      [Adverbial
to "deleted" When subjects
didn't
behave 
 [Adverbial to "behave"
asNote #2
predicted,]]
he deleted them 
 {from the sample}.
/ 
      He
rarely
came
{to
class},
just
told[CNE]
students to 
 read the Book.
/ 
      Some
say
[DO
of "say" he
had[CNE]
his son teach the 
 class.]
/
      He expelled
his
first two students
{for learning too 
 much}.
/ 
      [Adverbial
to "failed" Although there
were only
ten
 requirements,] 
most students
failed
his
tests.
/ 
      His
office hours
were
infrequent
and
usually
held
  {on a remote
mountaintop}. / 
  
 Donna Kleiner, Internet e-mail 3/21/97 
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