“The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. I pray while I am engaged at my work in the laboratory.” Louis Pasteur
I am becoming increasingly skeptical of “God” in the bible. Or any book for that matter. Books and words were created by man. The only evidence of God is that for which we have no explanation: The material, invisible even to the eye in which it inhabits, composed in such a beautiful form, is the only answer we should ever need
I’ve never quite understood why we see God in nature when it’s Man that is His greatest creation. I guess it’s because nature doesn’t talk back and we can destroy it or preserve it by an act of our own will. And yes, it’s beautiful as is sex, good food, a glass of wine, a nice house, money in our pocket, all of which can be abused by God’s greatest creation. Humans seem so imperfect that it makes us wonder if God could have had a hand in it. We’ve often tried to destroy them or change them, but somehow Man always survives the worst of man on man crime. Humans are unpredictable. The homeless look terrible in their rags and smelly clothes, while the rich look beautiful in their expensive clothes, fine jewelry, and beautiful homes.
We look at a deformed tree and call it beautiful. We look at the destruction of the land by a river as it cuts a canyon into the earth and call it beautiful. The most important thing is to see God in every one of his creations. Jesus said, “Whatever you do to the least of these, my brethren, you do onto me.” We need to see Jesus in every man and admire the beauty of all God’s creation.
By the way, there is something to be said about some of the things written in the Bible. Much of what is in the Old Testament might be rather self-serving for those who wrote it. But since you have not read the Bible, you are not in a position to criticize it. Jesus talked about how the prophets of the Old Testament were killed because they spoke the truth about Man’s evil deeds. He never talked about the destruction and genocide which may well have been people of that time trying to justify their evil deeds. I have no way of knowing, so I accept the Bible as the inspired word of God rather than the Word of God. In addition, I only pay attention to the parts where God criticized his Creation for their evil deeds to one another or tried to guide them to do good.
The New Testament, on the other hand, is about loving one another and it’s hard to argue with that. And as it always seems to happen, society has a way of doing away with those who tell us we’re on the wrong track. We act like misbehaving children.
How else do you explain the killing of men like Ghandi, Jesus, Abarham Lincoln, Martin Luther King and the many whose names we do not know or remember?