Monday, March 10, 2008

On the Unknowable

Is God’s name Jehovah, Allah, maybe An, Set or Saturn; or maybe something else? More to the point, when you say “God”, to whom or what are you referring? Is he or she perfect, all-knowing, all-powerful, holy, pure, good, eternal; and if so, what implications do those attributes bring to our reality?
“The Bible says it, I believe it, that settles it.”
“There is no God but Allah.”
“I am the Lord your God. Thou shall have no other gods before me.”
Is there one God, or three-in-one, or ten thousand?
If God created man, who created God?
Anyone who says they know all the answers is either naïve or insane. Better to admit that we don’t know; that we can’t prove the existence - or nonexistence - of God.
I realize that logic occupies a tiny place in today’s world and that rhetoric far outweighs reason. Religion is man’s excuse for a multitude of sins; and will be till the end of time…

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I am not sure of what your position is on God, but I just cannot see how evey living thing around us just--happened to develop and evolve into modern existance without someone or something creating it.

Now I am not a part of the insane religious right. I hate them, but everything comes from something.

Well you will have to read my poetry and some of my short stories to see how I touch on this very touchy subject.

Write back. Tell me what you think.
After all how many people in the cyber world want to discuss a topic beyond sex and partying.