Sometime back you asked, “I’d like to know why evil continues to flourish.”
Evil flourishes because most ungodly folks actually hate being bored.
Sadly, evil often goes uncontested because there are too many godly folks living like godliness IS boring.
Well, there’s nothing at all boring about The Almighty. Thinking otherwise is just evidence of a lack of information.
First off, did you ever give consideration to the thought that God’s an alien being? I mean look, He ain’t from anywhere around here, is He? He ain’t from this planet. Well, that makes Him an alien; whether you want to think of Him as being from outer space or from another dimension, He’s an alien all the same.
And here’s another one to chew on: Do you know The Almighty’s got a spaceship that makes our Flying Castle look like a barnacle on a supertanker? You go read it in Revelation 21; the thing’s a cube 1,500 miles on a side with walls over 200ft thick!
If that’s not enough; He plans to bring it down here and — well, I’d say He’s going to land the thing, but where; Iran? Too small. The Arabian Peninsula? Still too small. Oy VEY! Where to find a 2.25 MILLION square mile parking space. And YOU think taking the SUV to WAL-MART is tough.
1,500 miles is almost 19% of the diameter of the Earth. Cube that, and you’ve got a ship that displaces about 1.3% of the Earth’s volume. Just bringing something that size into orbit around the Earth makes for an amazing feat. [OK. Just HAVING something that size to fly around in makes for an amazing feat, but just because He’s God doesn’t mean physics gets a holiday.]
And can you just IMAGINE what all of those old sci-fi writers — Heinlein, Clarke, Asimov — would think if they had lived to see this happen? All of their greatest ideas about space travel arriving courtesy of — GOD.
“Hey there, guys! Good to see ya. I’ve read all your books. Did you read mine? But — hey — you like my ship? Yeah, she’s a beauty, alright. I’d LOVE to take you on board and show you around. You know, I spared no expense to try and get you in, but you didn’t RSVP to my invitation. Sorry.”
WHAT MIND-BENDING IRONY!
There’s all kinds of stuff like that hidden in that crusty old King James of yours (and a Happy 400th Birthday to it, BTW). I think if people even knew half of what’s in there they’d realize that godliness offers the only real long-term upside potential. And I mean WAY UP.
No.
We are His "children". How alien can He be?
God has no need for a space ship. Nor will we once separated from our mortal flesh.
Hmmm... 12000 furlongs on a side, the wall 144 cubits as of the measure of the angel. Yikes!
Good point on the publication of the KJV, though; I'd not noted we're coming up on 400 years (our 1928 Book of Common Prayer has another issue -- its calendar runs out in 2013).
It's funny; I've been looking for a KJV app for my phone, but none seem to have the Apocrypha. (KJV is mandated for reading in our services.) A good read, BTW, is God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible by Adam Nicloson
Snowy morning here, but it's a fast-falling snow which indicates it won't stay long.
Yes.
Do you know The Almighty’s got a spaceship that makes our Flying Castle look like a barnacle on a supertanker?
No. I've never read the Bible.
My view is that we are all "The Son of God", made by Him in His image, in the form of souls. We then 'create' the 'physical' lives we live in order to put us in situations where we can learn to be more like Him.
For instance, why do some people seem to have blessed lives, and others struggle with tragedy, sickness, etc.? Maybe the lawyer, who drops a few coins into the hand of the homeless man he passes everyday, well, maybe they agreed to experience this for the soul growth of them both?
When we die, it's like waking up from a deep sleep. Our friends and family are there, and upon waking, we exclaim "I've just had the most amazing dream!", and then we review every min. of it to see what we did right and wrong. Once we've learned everything we can from the experience, and when we are ready, we pick new experiences, and new parents, and have ourselves sent back for another chance to learn.
Joking: Obviously it’s going to be double parked, but who’ll be stupid enough to write the ticket?
“Uh, seeeah heeah. Yooh cahn’t pahk heeah!” -Boston cop trying to ticket God.
Great, just thought of another mind bendingly bizarre thing I’d pay good money to see.
*sigh*
And on that note, how’d you like tha Boston Cop in my hypothetical parking situation?
Regular, or extra crispy?