How Should God Behave?

Entry for December 29, 2005

On a discussion group it was asked recently, "How should God behave?" The discussion shifted to describing the perfect embodiment of a deity. I'm an atheist. I wrote the following:

The perfect god would exist to enlighten us through our own struggles. We'd forever be children pursuing understanding. He/she'd be ever-present and just when we'd grasp understanding, he/she'd shift our understanding. He/she'd be like the living walking/breathing realization of one of those old Richard Bach novels. Or a Peter Brook
explorative theatrical work (sorry if that's too obscure). He/she'd be an old professor and we'd forever be in school. Oh, and this professor would have an old casual suede jacket with patches on the elbows. I must, however, contradict the person who says this deity would make the rules, he/she wouldn't. Right and wrong exist as a constant. The deity would fully understand the concept of right or wrong beyond prejudices of certain relativities of the time, but would not control them. Right and wrong, however, would play no part in his/her teachings. Instead there would be unadulterated learning and sharing. The ultimate Socratic seminar for life.

How's that for a fantasy? Oh, and he'd make all food calerie free and
fast-food healthy. Oh, and I'd be an adonis or my current form would
(including the spare tire mid-section) would be considered perfection
and envied by all. ...eh, while I'm dreaming.

P.S. He'd never flood the world or write such a lousy book. He'd simply
have Shakespeare pen a story under his pseudonym. Greatest story ever
told? Apparently these folks are not so well read (then again that goes
without saying).

Thursday December 29, 2005 - 08:47pm (CST)