recreated in his image
The latest misinterpretation of a previous post is what prompts me to write this. The post in question can be found here.
It is, grantedly, rather cryptic and less diligent readers might not have gotten the point. Then again, no one, not even those I consider more literarily evolved than I, who've read it seem to have gotten the point either. So perhaps I'm just a lousy writer. But still.
Simply put, the whole point of that convoluted exercise in prose boils down to the question: Did God create man, or did Man create god? In essence, is it possible that "God" is merely a figment of Man's imagination, conjured as an insulant failsafe to the uncertainties of life? A device invented to quell Man's doubts and insecurities when things go wrong. You gotta admit, negotiating the highwire act that is life is much easier when you've got a divinely infallible safety net beneath you that is "God."
Those of you who know me from my church days might be a tad scandalised by the mere entertainment of such a thought. The once-oh-so-pious-he-had-one-foot-in-seminary Joel actually questioning the existence of God? Well, yes. Get over it.
Now before you start building a pyre in the middle of the town square, objectively consider the question. Objectively. Does "God" give meaning to your life, or do you give meaning to His existence?
I look forward to your dramatic expressions of disbelief and disappointment the next time we chat. But just consider it, objectively.
It is, grantedly, rather cryptic and less diligent readers might not have gotten the point. Then again, no one, not even those I consider more literarily evolved than I, who've read it seem to have gotten the point either. So perhaps I'm just a lousy writer. But still.
Simply put, the whole point of that convoluted exercise in prose boils down to the question: Did God create man, or did Man create god? In essence, is it possible that "God" is merely a figment of Man's imagination, conjured as an insulant failsafe to the uncertainties of life? A device invented to quell Man's doubts and insecurities when things go wrong. You gotta admit, negotiating the highwire act that is life is much easier when you've got a divinely infallible safety net beneath you that is "God."
Those of you who know me from my church days might be a tad scandalised by the mere entertainment of such a thought. The once-oh-so-pious-he-had-one-foot-in-seminary Joel actually questioning the existence of God? Well, yes. Get over it.
Now before you start building a pyre in the middle of the town square, objectively consider the question. Objectively. Does "God" give meaning to your life, or do you give meaning to His existence?
I look forward to your dramatic expressions of disbelief and disappointment the next time we chat. But just consider it, objectively.
