Strange Brew by John Deering for October 17, 2020

It seems like I recall a cartoon in a well known men’s magazine from many years ago about people worshiping nothing with the caption,’ Is nothing sacred?’

Zero is NOT “nothing”… though lots of people don’t really understand why. Zero is exactly in the middle of the number line. It’s a symbol for place holding, and of course it’s useful when the O on your keyboard is stuck.

Zero was invented in Mesopotamia and later re-invented in India.

The Indians had a funny set of squiggles that are still used by every culture that uses numbers. We call them Arabic numbers because Arab traders brought them to the West.

HEY! that’s my name……I’m suing.

What if all the idols and “gods” archeologists dig up are really just ads and logos? “Have a pyramid burger”, “Eat at Baal’s”, “Shop at Henge’s for all your solstice gifts”.

Worship the holy emptiness – I think that’s very much a thing.

Zero from Beetle Bailey would find this disturbing.

My hero, Zero. Such a funny little hero. But till he came along, we counted on our fingers and toes.

That almost describes religions in which the goal is nirvana.