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Drooling on the Pillow

Saturday, January 01, 2005

Why? 

So much speculation these days on the nature of God and what He possibly could have been thinking to cause or allow or ignore or not be aware of the tsunami. Faiths are being tested and re-evaluated and abandoned. And, of course, clung to and strengthened.

Since you asked . . .

I believe in God. I also believe that the nature, mind, heart, intentions, motives and designs of God are fundamentally and permanently ineffable and unknowable. That's because the fundamental insight that the Jews came up with is that he exists outside of time. Is and ever shall be. He was there before the Big Bang or whatever is the final word on that subject and he will be there after the Big Snuff Out. I always thought this was interesting in terms of predestination. Since he is not a creature of time he is as present now and he is now and in the same terms, whatever they are. It's not a passage of time its a dwelling apart from time. Thus he's "aware" of what you're having for lunch tomorrow. Thus, your lunch is predestined. Keeping in mind that I should put quotes around pretty much every word because even to speculate on the "nature" of God is to anthropomorphize.

Is He kind, indifferent, interventionist, loving, vengeful or essentially feckless? Don't know. Can't know.

Is there a "plan"? Life after death? Redemption? Forgiveness? Punishment? Sin? Don't know. Can't know.

What I believe is that the one duty of mankind, the prime directive, is to get closer to God. To understand Him and all these questions. I don't think it's possible or will ever happen, but I could be wrong about that. I don't think this duty comes from God, I just think it exists as a condition of the "gifts" we've been "given". What is his duty or intentions toward us?

Don't know. Can't know.
Posted by: Sluggo / 9:03 AM
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