What is God all about in this our world? We have been trying to answer this question in a multitude of ways for thousands of years as reflected in the thinking within various religions. Every religion has an answer. How would you answer this question? The theologians and philosophers among us tend to complicate the issue making our understanding beyond the reach of we average Joe’s. Could we not use a common sense approach?
Two answers
from two different religions are particularly relevant to our time. The faith
of the Koran says that God is all about JUSTICE and the spiritual believer should
defend God by meeting out God justice. Is it any wonder that Iran’s Khomeini
wants nuclear weapons to blow up our Godless world? Blowing up our world is
doing God a favor, it is the extreme mission that is taught in some Mosques.
Christianity
has its share of dooms day thinking and the Bible does have a few references to
the justice of God. This, however, is not the whole story for God is most times
pictured as a God of love, God love. You and BoBo really don’t know the full
meaning of God Love but we common sense people know what it is not, blowing up
our world. God desires our freely given loving respect and all that we
experience in this world is to teach us about God love that flows like a river.
We say, thank
you God, for this teaching moment.
G. Goslaw
Landers, Ca.
