Thursday, 15 October 2009
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Letter to God
Dear God,
You confuse me...a lot. That's strange for me because, when I was younger, you made complete and total sense. You don't anymore: I can scarcely come up with an answer for anything without bringing up ten new questions.
Maybe that's why I get so upset with people who claim to know your mind: the people who claim to know who and what you hate, the people who claim that you care whether or not they wear a Rolex. I mean, you invented water and air and dirt and light. Doesn't strike me that you care about watches.I believe in you, don't get me wrong--if I didn't, I wouldn't write to you--but I'm not sure how to make sense of what you say about yourself. The Bible truly is a great book, but it's full of contradictions. I'm kind of getting sick of people claiming that it isn't.
My mom thinks that college screwed up my concept of you. By her definition, she's right. The more I learned, the more I questioned. My college Bible classes taught me that the Bible has a context. My college psychology classes taught me that gender is a fuzzy concept. The list keeps rolling...The thing is, I also learned to believe that all truth is Your truth. I think it's a valuable lesson.
Jesus sort of makes sense to me. I just have a hard time reconciling Jesus with the Old Testament.
I'm sick of not knowing what to think. I wish that I could ask questions without getting stock answers.
I'm seeking wisdom. The Bible says that you'll help me with that. I'm counting on it.Ever yours,
C
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Comments (3)
Truth is hard when those who teach do not teach objective truth but rather subjective musings.
I have had to research study test, and then research more, debate discuss, trying looking and observing to see truth in many areas.... and the truth IS stranger then the fiction most are feed daily.
The ignorant is happy like the blind man staring at ruins of major cities after destruction.
The truth will set you free... but only from lies. The rest is harder
Cheers!
I think Jesus is the full expression of God's love.. but I also believe in progressive revelation and might even have a sneaking suspicion that a lot of the Old Testament was God trying to relate to a sinful humanity, who seemed to always choose sin over his love - so then God did something insane and sent Jesus, God in Flesh.. and nothing has been the same.
sure you can get wrapped up in all the thological lingo but from time to time I try to simplify it down to soemthing more down to earth that everyone can understand and that makes me feel like I am relating to God instead of studying him like some kind of moneky in the middle of a jungle. We will never fully understand God, God is ultimate love - imagine that - but also holy and Just, just as much. god also is infinite and we are finite.. and in my view God exist both inside and outside of time - its a mystery and pretty amazing. So, these are my thoughts...
There are a lot of good apologetic websites that give good answers.