The Omega Point And The US Flag

OMEGA POINT I was going to insert a proper picture of something arcane and mysterious, yet numinous and compelling, with which to illustrate the goal of Religion, the Omega point of mankind, the ultimate sanctum...and so on, and so on... I found all pictures to be insufficient. I suppose this is the rationale of Commandment II in re graven images, they just do not do justice to the purported object they are describing. Not only that, but these images of holy things debase the Numinous, rendering it homely and human, and what was sacred is now profane. Go ahead, Google on "Omega Point" and see what awful crap one gets. God is not a graven image, nor a painted image, nor an image created by learned words, nor an image held in memory. All images tend to fail. If you need an image of God, you will render yourself prey to corruption, and you will corrode along with your God and your beliefs. THE FLAG The Ann Arbor Film Festival is having some sort of tiff with the State of Mishegaas - er, Michigan- about funding. They want it, some do not. In the laws and by-laws of the grand conundrum called the State of Michigan, there is an express prohibit about providing funding for displays of various verboten things. O.K. Forget the Film Festival now. It was merely a introduction to this part of the post. In the laws, it is prohibited that any display desecrating the US flag receive funding. "DESECRATING ??!!??" "Desecrate" means to offend against sacredness. The flag is not "sacred". Or, if it is, then how is God sacred? Or should I be wary of trampling upon both items? Surely the lawmakers meant "dishonoring". Please tell me that they meant "dishonoring". What happens when a society no longer knows the difference between "dishonor" and "desecrate"? I guess we shall find out.