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Genesis (Free verse) by Dovina ___________________________________________________
1 In the beginning, God created heavens and earths.
2 And upon one of the earths, God made men in great numbers.
3 For His pleasure and in His image, God created men, and provided a
problem worthy of their minds: He left them with too little food.
4 The evening and the morning were the first day. And God saw that it
was good.
5 Seeing there was not enough food for all of them, the people fought
and killed each other, and some of them horded food. Some starved,
while others grew fat.
6 God saw the wickedness of man, that it was great in the earth, and it
grieved God that he had made man.
7 God said, I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of
the earth, unless they repent.
8 And God sent aids and earthquakes and tidal waves to reduce their
numbers, and when they still did not repent, but kept on fighting and
hording, God sent the gentle birds with inborn death.
9 The evening and the morning were the second day, and great was the
death in it.
10 Then pestilence rose up from the earth and fiery rocks fell from
heaven until all the animals died, and only some plants remained alive.
11 The evening and the morning were the third day.
12 Then the mountains roared, and gray clouds blocked the sun, so the
plants had no light; and all the plants died.
13 The evening and the morning were the fourth day. And God saw that
it was good.
14 Then the water boiled and the earth became acid and hot. Venus
clouds shrouded the earth, and nothing could live because of the acid
and the heat.
15 The evening and the morning were the fifth day.
16 Then the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the
face of the deep.
17 On the sixth day, a probe descended, sent from another world. God
saw the probe, that it was good, and took renewed pleasure in the mind
of man.
18 God believed once more that man was strong, as He was strong, that
man would understand. Created in His own image, they would understand.
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Imagine it in the form of an old King James Bible â lines justified, serif font, huge âIâ at the beginning â and read by a cantor in sanctimonious voice.
I think I'll just sit back and watch this one if you don't mind.
Today is the seventh day since I posted the Battle of Fort Bragg. On the seventh day God rested, and you, created in His image, may rest too.
Sounds like a book of lies used to control the masses and explain what feble minds cannot comprehend that I once read. God sounds like an egotistical bastard, what makes Him so God damn perfect? I like it.
I donât think it matters very much what anyone thinks God is like. Whatever He is like, we are stuck with Him. Here, Iâve written a scenario with some evidence in its favor. Itâs speculation, of course, but something to think about.
I think we should base a religion off of it. Your speculation is just as good as any other's speculation, which is all we can have for this mysterious "God" fellow. I wouldn't say we are "stuck with Him" since he has tried very hard to leave no evidence of "His" existance anywhere.
Of course, you are facetious in saying that we should base a religion on it. Or that we should base a religion on any text about a god who âhas tried very hard to leave no evidence of his existence.â Perhaps you have read the long discussion on this topic following my recent poem âThe Battle of Fort Bragg.â While that argument got sidetracked on personal feelings and insinuations, I think your comment brings us to the crucial issue: What is the evidence for Godâs existence?
God has craftily kept that to Himself, Iâm afraid. Or at least He has made it so obscure as to elude impartial observation. It is possible that evidence exists for God's existence, but as yet we donât know it. Some people claim the miracles as evidence, but I find most of them unverified. Still, I would try not to be hostile to future proofs for God's existence and thereby less objective about attempted proofs. Having no proof for God, we have little with which to even describe Him. But whether or not something exists does not depend on whether or not it can be described. If something exists, it exists independently of our ability to describe it. Things exist whether or not someone knows they exists, let alone accurately describes them. Religious belief can be thought of as circular: Because we long for God, such longing must imply the existence of a deity. One might as well say that because we long for immortality, immortality must be possible. As long as humans cannot bear to contemplate their own extinction, there will always be another Baal, and atheism will always be a minority stance. I respect the atheist position, since my own is based on no more evidence.
I absolutely admire your resilience.
I was thinking the same thing about your resilience during the Fort Bragg battle.
How prophetic and Ironic a title you chose.
Yes, I had a different kind of battle in mind.
As do I respect the belief in a "God" as it once was my position. I just find it all too convienient in a universe that is anything but. As history points out, religions have often replaced scientific explanation when there was a void to be filled. As our scientific understanding of the universe has increase, religion's effect on every-day occurances has shrank to merely explaining the creation of the universe, and what happens after death. The first, will eventually be explained in solid scientific theory. However, the latter will prove to be something that no theory or person can explain unless, of course, people come back from the dead. I hope that doesn't happen, as I imagine they would be quite cranky. I must admit that when somone posts on here something religious I tend to become irritated as I feel as though a religion is being pushed on to me. One might defend themselves as voicing their joyous faith, but to me it seems more like an insecure cry for approval and support. Based on your arguments, however, I don't think this applies to you. I suppose it comes down to that the people who need religion believe, and those who don't are comfortable with this life being thier only existance.
My faith in God is not always âjoyousâ but it is âan insecure cry.â People who need religion believe in God, as you say, but some people would rather not have religion, and still they believe. I envy atheists for their ability to disbelieve.
âThose who don't believe in God are comfortable with this life as their only existence,â as you say. But I am also comfortable with only this mortal life. I see no connection between believing in God and explaining what happens after death. I admire your faith that creation of the universe âwill eventually be explained in solid scientific theory.â My faith does not extend to such grandiose achievements.
I like your wording. It's very considerate to us believers. Your not insistant that we should have the same view in the way you present your ideas. Just ignore the posts that make you irritated, that's what I do. To me the zealots appear over secure. I'm mean they figure they got God on their side. I get very nervous when I'm driving next to one of those people with the plastic crosses hanging from their mirror or those Jesus on board bumper stickers. I mean they figure their going to heaven anyway. I'm not that kind of fanatic believer. I'm just more like an optimistic believer. I think it's just a very attractive idea and I have this need to believe there's something better to look forward to than what we've found we can expect through science. I have this saying; "God spoke us into being so that some day we might return the favor." Basically what I mean is man has this wonderful ability through time to fulfill his own dreams. One of the lines in a sonnet I posted was "We are the messiah of our dreams". What if some day we could have our brains plugged into a virtual heaven right before we die and our thoughts and wishes would effect it's reality. Not only could we meet our virtual God, we could actually be him if we wanted to. I think we'll some day figure out how to bring back the dead, I mean in a small way we already do. I think that the God we dream of today could be a reality in the future or at least a close proximity to it but for know my optimistic heart will go on believing in a natural God, you know, just to be on the safe side.
Your day of rest is over, eh? Have a Happy Easter.
Back from the dead and not a bit cranky but my back is sore as hell.
Here's an Easter gift I googled up for you: http://www.ctinquiry.org/publications/re
Thanks. Itâs interesting that two of the primary developers of physics were deeply religious. Isaac Newton spent almost as much time writing a commentary on the Book of Revelation as he did on the laws of physics. Einstein was more of a loner: âMy consciousness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has preserved me from feeling isolated. The most beautiful and deepest experience a man can have is the sense of the mysterious.â âMy religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior Spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds.â
When asked if he believes in Jesus, Einstein said, âUnquestionably! No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life."
He talks of the incomprehensible qualities of God too. Sound familier? I think some of the people here think I just make this stuff up as I go.
"The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein
I hope you make this stuff as you go. That's waht I do. Otherwise, you'd be thinking like somebody who thinks differently from somebody else. Kaleb thinks differently.
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