Pollution, War, Ozone Layer,
Terrorism, Disease, Energy Crisis, Drugs, the Economy. The List of "Gloom and Doom" subjects goes on and on.
And every Awake or Public Talk is easy to write - Simply:
Name a problem
Declare it hopeless
Say only Divine Intervention is the answer. Repeat twice a month.
Part of the fallacy here consists of thinking of God as a detached Person on a Throne, who presently has nothing
to do with the human race. He ( and Jesus Christ) are unemployed ( redundant for you British types), just sitting
in Heaven, waiting for mankind's timeless errors to end the world. None of them see God as filling the whole universe,
and absolutely a part of each one of us.
Everytime somebody finds a new cure for disease, a new energy source, a new understanding of genetics,
or contributes to a worthy charity, humans become a bit more God-like. I think Jesus was pointing in this
direction with his comments about imitating or being "perfect like my Heavenly Father is perfect". God isn't
waiting - we're just gradually becoming "one" with Him.
If this seems radical or even blasphemous, please consider what the future holds: eventually men will gain control
over all life science and genetics. They will become fully equivalent to a Creator in any practical sense.
As for compassion, TAKE A GOOD LOOK at the men and women leading the world in technology. You'll find
a number of these highlighted in recent magazines like Esquire or Technology Review. Are they Mad scientists?
No! They, by and large, are deeply committed to "making the world a better place", making a name for themselves
by curing cancer, or regrowing organs. I have not the slightest concern about biotech being "misused" - far from it!
I wish Congress and Clergy WOULD STAY OUT OF THE WAY and listen to people like Christopher Reed, who
push for real progress against suffering.
A reason for hope? A God who runs the universe - but somehow stays out of all improvement doesn't make sense.
A God who works thru all of us and works thru history, DOES make sense. Yesterday, we dream of a religiously
generated Paradise - Today, we build it, piece by piece, with every discovery bringing us closer to "the lame walking
and the blind seeing". Myths have power to inspire future realities, as we shall see.
metatron
Yup! That is what the dubs do! Except they interject a $hitload of FEAR into the equation ...
the Control Factor ...