There are some good points in this article about how many men think of God and how they treat God in order to gain popularity or make themselves feel better about losing, but there are some disturbing thoughts in this in this article as well... I beleive that this article brings God down to a level where man can feel equal or superior to Him. Men do not want to acknowledge God for Who He is, for then they are responsible to obey His commandments. It is easy to praise a God that is just a buddy... But men praise a God they do not know, a God that they have built in their thoughts. In reality, God cannot be molded to man's thought; rather, man must mold Himself to God. God is not simply a goofy tag-along that can be left out of one's "serious" business, He is a God that knows every man's thoughts and the intents of his heart. Also, why is it that talk about God must be jocular? We read many articles that treat God as a buddy or a mythical thought, but deep in a man's conscience He knows that there is a God, and that God is sovereign. Man has a very difficult time accepting this because that would mean he is under someone else's authority and accountable to all the laws of God (which are impossible for man to keep). Yes, this article has some good points, but creating it in such a way to make God seem petty and silly is not proper for such a God as the God who created this universe and owns all that is contained within.
posted by nbritt1611 at 10:45 AM on August 09, 2005
A message from God
There are some good points in this article about how many men think of God and how they treat God in order to gain popularity or make themselves feel better about losing, but there are some disturbing thoughts in this in this article as well... I beleive that this article brings God down to a level where man can feel equal or superior to Him. Men do not want to acknowledge God for Who He is, for then they are responsible to obey His commandments. It is easy to praise a God that is just a buddy... But men praise a God they do not know, a God that they have built in their thoughts. In reality, God cannot be molded to man's thought; rather, man must mold Himself to God. God is not simply a goofy tag-along that can be left out of one's "serious" business, He is a God that knows every man's thoughts and the intents of his heart. Also, why is it that talk about God must be jocular? We read many articles that treat God as a buddy or a mythical thought, but deep in a man's conscience He knows that there is a God, and that God is sovereign. Man has a very difficult time accepting this because that would mean he is under someone else's authority and accountable to all the laws of God (which are impossible for man to keep). Yes, this article has some good points, but creating it in such a way to make God seem petty and silly is not proper for such a God as the God who created this universe and owns all that is contained within.