Do you believe in unicorns? Me neither. Dragons, then? Thought not. Alright then, how about an all-powerful creator of the universe who pervades time and space and can witness every thing that you do and every thought that you think? Whoa Nellie – let’s just stick with horned horses and firebreathers for now!
Even at their comparatively short remove from plausibility, too few people believe in unicorns to muster a respectable congregation of horned horse worshippers. But consider how much further removed from plausibility God is. Unicorns are not assumed to interfere in human affairs. A Unicorn that did would be a more implausible beast than one that simply trots around the forest munching moss. Now, more implausible still is the Unicorn that, not content with simply sticking its nose into towns and villages from time to time, interferes in ALL human affairs. Busy Unicorn, but nothing compared to one that not only interfered in all affairs, but has power over them. If that isn’t bad enough, here comes the next one, who not only has power over them but guides and ordains them to the last detail. Still, even he doesn’t last long, being displaced with a swift kick from a Unicorn that, despite being the puppetmaster of all, is somehow able to invest his human puppets with choice and responsibility for their actions.
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