Who is God?
We humans like to think we have a pretty good bead on things, but I ask the question – Who is God?
In my former life as a churchgoer, I was bombarded with an angry God who was ready to smash me to bits if I stepped out of line. This worked well in my very young years, but it grew tired as I misbehaved and nothing happened. I saw other people, even pastors, misbehave with little or no consequence. This perception of God was spurious, of course, so I rejected it.
I find it amazing that atheists can be theologians. But then, it does make sense as theology is man’s understanding of God and the Gods he has created over the millennia. I find it ironically appropriate that we have atheists running theology schools as theology has nothing to do with relationships and more to do with this narcissistic notion that we control our destiny and thus we control God.
What of the relationship? Most of us will have none of that rubbish as we believe that God is responsible for the stupidity of mankind. After all, who could love a God that gave us free will? Geez luweez, God.
Turn that thinking around. The question should be “Why would God die for us when we will have none of that rubbish?”
Why, indeed.
