Who is God? What is God? Where is God?
I don’t know.
But I don’t doubt the existence of God.
Anyone who has taken a step back and taken time to observe nature will know what I’m talking about. The intricate vienation on a leaf. The subtle shading of a delicate flower petal. The complex melodies of bird song which no human can duplicate. The overwhelmingly beautiful power of a fork of lightning.
I believe the sciences are the study of God.
God exists. It’s an irrefutable fact.
Why do we feel the need to pin God down? Simplify, cage and personify that which cannot be simplified, caged and personified?
God isn’t confined to the four walls of a church, symbolized by the guilt-provoking cross hanging over the altar, supplicated to by the parroted words of the I Confess, Gloria, The Creed, The Lord’s Prayer, in the melee of hypocrisy and self righteousness of the faithlessly faithful congregation. God isn’t in the weekly Sunday rituals: stand, sit, stand, kneel, sit, stand, sit….
The Bible is not the word of God. It is a collection of books written by humans selected, edited and compiled by humans to suit and reinforce human intentions.
The word of God is not subjective. How can something so fundamental be subjective?
I believe God is in the passing smile we give someone. In noticing someone’s sadness and trying to uplift their mood with a silly joke. In making allowances for someone’s moods, for as someone once said, everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. In the silent moment of triumph when you conquer a willful part of yourself. In…
It is said by those God-anointed people chosen by God to lead us that There Is NO Life Without God.
It’s true. I believe God is a consciousness of humanity. An awareness, an understanding empathy, a joyful sharing of our human experience.
There is mere existence without God. But there is no life.
They call me an unbeliever. Yet, I believe.
Christina De Silva
25 April 2010
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