Firstly, both are
probably all-powerful.
God is a 24/7 operation, though; while the Library o' Congress is only open during
fairly-normal business hours. The LoC is only accessible to
Americans, really; then again, God--the
proper noun, not the
generality--is accessible
only to his
Chosen Ones. If we ever figure out
exactly who that is, it will make things a
whole lot clearer.
Anyway, back to the
point. God is
all-knowing, and so is the
Library, insofar as it matters. God is
beautiful--so's the Library. God is
Eternal, and the Library of Congress is not...then again, the Library has the advantage of being
definitely a
real, existing thing that we don't have to spend pages and pages pondering the possibility of.
You can
talk to yourself in your head or
out loud and, if you
believe it, God will
listen to you. That's kinda
sweet.
However, if you call (202) 707-5000 you can
talk straight at a
Librarian and pretty much get an
answer to just about
any question you want. They're even
polite. Now, God may know even
more stuff, but he certainly isn't nearly as
amiable about telling it to you. Hell--oops--there's not even a
solid way to know if the
answer you got was FROM God or not. And the Library will send you
answers on letterhead if you but ask nicely. I don't know...there's the
tendency to want God to
win, largely because he's got the
power and
might and all that
good shit on his side, but frankly, I think the Library of
Congress outdoes him SO badly in terms of
service that, well...