The Creation


In the beginning, there was the computer.  And God said, 
c:\> Let there be light!
Enter user ID.
c:\> God
Enter password.  
c:\> Omniscient
Password incorrect. Try again. 
c:\> Omnipotent
Password incorrect. Try again.
c:\> Technocrat


And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Sunday, March 1.


c:\> Let there be light!

Unrecognized command. Try again. 
c:\> Create light
Done
c:\> Run heaven and earth

And God created Day and Night. And God saw there were 0 errors. 
And God logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Sunday, March 1.

And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Monday, March 2.  
c:\> Let there be firmament in the midst of water and light 

Unrecognized command.  Try again. 
c:\> Create firmament
Done
c:\> Run firmament

And God divided the Heavens and the Earth. And God saw there were 0 errors. 
And God logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Monday, March 2. 

And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Tuesday, March 3.  
c:\> Let the waters under heaven be gathered together unto one place 
     and let the dry land appear and...
Too many characters in specification string.  Try again. 
c:\> Create dry_land
Done. 
c:\> Run firmament

And God divided the waters.  And God saw there were 0 errors. 
And God logged off at 12:01:00 AM, Tuesday, March 3. 

And God logged on at 12:00:00 AM, Wednesday, March 4.
c:\> Create lights in the fimament to divide the day from the night 
Unspecified type. Try again. 
c:\> Run sun_moon_stars
Done

And God seperated the light from the darkness.  
The sun ruled over the day and the moon and stars ruled over the night.  
And God saw there were 0 errors. 
And God logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Wednesday, March 4.

And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Thursday, March 5.
c:\> Create fish
Done
c:\> Create fowl

Done
c:\> Run fish, fowl

And God created the great sea monsters and every living creature 
that creepeth wherewith the waters swarmed after its kind and every 
winged fowl after its kind.  And God saw there were 0 errors. 
And God logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Thursday, March 5.

And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Friday, March 8.
c:\> Create cattle
Done
c:\> Create creepy_things
Done
c:\> Now let us make man in our image
Unspecified type.  Try again. 
c:\> Create man
Done
c:\> Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it 
     and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of
     the air and over every living thing that creepeth on the earth 
Too many operands.  Try again.

c:\> Run multiplication
Execution terminated. 6 errors ...
c:\> Insert breath
Execution terminated. 5 errors...

c:\> Move man to Garden of Eden
File Garden of Eden does not exist.
c:\> Create Garden.edn
Done
c:\> Run muliplication
Execution terminated. 4 errors...
c:\> Copy woman from man
Done
c:\> Run multiplication
Execution terminated. 2 errors.
c:\> Create desire
Done

c:\> Run multiplication
And God saw man and woman being fruitful and multiplying in Garden.edn 
Warning:  No time limit on this run. 1 error

c:\> Create freewill
And God saw man and woman being fruitful and multiplying in Garden.edn 
Warning: No time limit on this run. 1 errors.

c:\> Undo desire
Desire cannot be undone once freewill is created

c:\> Destroy freewill
Freewill is an inaccessible file and cannot be destroyed 
Enter replacement, cancel, or ask for help

c:\> Help
Desire cannot be undone once freewill is created.
Freewill is an inaccessible file and cannot be destroyed 
Enter replacement, cancel, or ask for help

c:\> Create tree_of_knowledge
And God saw man and woman being fruitful and multiplying in Garden.edn 
Warning: No time limit on this run. 1 errors

c:\> Create good, evil
Done

c:\> Activate evil
And God saw he had created shame
Warning system error in sector E95.  Man and woman not in Garden.edn.  
1 errors

c:\> Scan Garden.edn for man, woman
Search failed.

c:\> Delete shame
Shame cannot be deleted once evil has been activated

c:\> Destroy freewill
Freewill is an accessible file and cannot be destroyed 
Enter replacement, cancel, or ask for help

c:\> Stop
Unrecognizable command.  Try again

c:\> Break
c:\> Break
c:\> Break

>
ATTENTION ALL USERS***ATTENTION ALL USERS:  
COMPUTER GOING DOWN FOR REGULAR DAY OF MAINTENANCE 
AND REST IN FIVE MINUTES,
 PLEASE LOG OFF.

c:\> Create new world
You have exceeded your allocated file space. 
 You must destroy old files before new ones can be created.

c:\> Destroy earth
Destroy earth:  Please confirm

COMPUTER DOWN***COMPUTER DOWN.  
SERVICES WILL RESUME SUNDAY, MARCH 8 AT 6:00 AM.  YOU MUST SIGN OFF NOW.

And God logged off at 11:59:59 PM, Friday, March 6

On March 8, God created the Macintosh.