The Offering Page #2

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Some say the question

is profound and unanswerable,

but modern scientific tools

have unearthed what are possibly

King David's City

in Israel's Elah Valley,

the fallen cities

of Sodom and Gomorrah

north of the Dead Sea

and recently

a ziggurat in North Syria

that is possibly

the Tower of Babel.

With the aid of science,

humble rocks and stones

will bridge that mystical gap

we know as the leap of faith,

leading us closer to God,

who, I assure you,

ladies and gentlemen,

is very real.

Thank you.

Good night.

- Father De Silva?

- Hmm?

I'm Father Matthew Goh

from Saint Benedict Parish.

Ah. Society of Jesus?

- Your specialty?

- Uh, computers.

I manage the archdiocese's

presence on the Internet.

Google, Facebook, Twitter.

I can't get past a calculator.

It's Matthew, right?

So, um, it exists?

I'm sorry?

The tower.

You found it in Syria.

Oh, yes.

Uh, we found some stones,

and they carbon-date

back to the tenth century BC,

which was when Genesis

was written.

There you go, Father Matthew.

Good night.

It's rising, Father.

What did you say?

The Tower of Babel.

It's rising

Your cab's here, Father.

I have to go.

Thank you for coming.

Father.

Whoa.

It's okay.

It's just me.

I knocked, but nobody answered,

so I came in.

I had no idea

this was down here.

My parents bought the place

after the war.

We just lived here for a month

when I was a kid.

Otherwise it's been

pretty much unoccupied

till Anna and Katie moved in.

They needed a place before

they went back to Chicago.

Is Katie up?

We need to get going

or we're going to be late.

Where are we going?

Sweetie, I know it's hard,

but...

we're here to say goodbye

to your mom.

No! No!

You can't burn her.

She's coming back.

Mommy's coming back

in seven days.

She's not coming back, Katie.

No! No, Mommy. No!

No! Mommy! No!

She's with God now.

No God would allow people

like Anna and my mother

to suffer the way they did.

You want to come in, sweetie?

Okay.

You can come in

when you feel better.

Mommy?

Is that you?

God forgive me.

God forgive me.

It started a month ago

with Saint Benedict.

This morning the Web sites

of three other churches

were attacked

in the exact same way.

Might it not just be a prank?

Corporations and governments

get hacked. Why not the Church?

We're not dealing

with a hacker here, Father.

The defacement may look it,

but...

the code used in the attacks is

like nothing I've seen before.

Employing such a sophisticated

code to hack a church Web site...

It's like... It's like using

a laser to... to kill a fly.

I... I'd really like to help you,

but I just don't see how I can.

The Tower of Babel...

I need to know more about it.

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