Faces of God
God is a paradoxical figure.
This Being isn’t a person
But the Creator of the world
God isn’t only anthropomorphized
But a multiple of personalities
God is a Creator, Destroyer, Advocate,
Deceiver, Trickster, Father,
Woman, Protector, and Friend
In these combinations God often acts
Indecisively, erratically, and moodily
God destroyed his descendants
In a flood that consumed the entire world
This Creator-God saved Noah and animals
Before showing a rainbow in the sky
Promising not to flood the earth again
Later God showed up as a warrior
Leading the Israelites out of Egypt
Across the Red Sea from Pharaoh
But God was vindictive
When He caused the Israelites
To wander for years in the desert
Bringing death and destruction
To those who disobeyed Him
“God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob you present
believers with a polytheistic worldview of who you are. Yet the faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and
Islam attest to being monotheistic. Why
did you tell mankind to be fruitful and multiply but you went back on your own
promises? Help us to understand your nature.”
Amen
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