On the brilliance of God

God is absolutely, mind bendingly, computer explodingly brilliant. His capacity for multi tasking knows no bounds. Furthermore, we cannot even begin to comprehend His capacity for anything.
That said, I’d like to flesh out some of this brilliance.

Often times people say “Thank God,” or “The Lord provides.” People give thanks to God and attribute events in their lives without even considering what has happened in its entirety.

The world extends way, way past our perceptions. Even if we know absolutely nothing about them, there are still people all over the world living their lives and exploring their existence. Everything we do has an effect, as for the most part a cause, that ripples throughout the entirety of the world.

Now, God does not heap on more than we can bear. He is always there with us, keeping us going. Whether or not one is a believer, He still plays a very important role in our lives. He occasionally urges this course of action, or that response-- Without disturbing free will. All of which serve to contribute to the greater whole.

If there is an event that serves to save us in our time of need, such as a miraculous job offer, we really have to think of where it came from. There are millions of billions of interactions out there, all of which we have no knowledge of. People are living their lives and making their own decisions. For that job offer to open up there had to be a lot of shifting going on that we didn’t know about.

The job was, likely, occupied by someone else before it opened up. Whether or not this is because they were fired or otherwise, there was a massive balancing act going on. God will not give us more than we can bear, so He has to constantly balance every situation and every series of interactions for all involved. He does not take direct control, that violates free will, but He may plant an idea or open up a door, even if we do not recognize or refuse to recognize His presence.

All this serves to create a world that works miraculously well together. People are free to live their lives and go about their ways, completely oblivious to the immensely complicated systems working around them, though they are still effected and intricately linked by them.

When someone gives thanks to God for a happening, they are not merely lifting up a working of nature and probability. They’re giving thanks to the Lord of their lives, though they may not understand just how much work was done. God works with and through us, whether we are or are not aware of it. He brings balance to this world so as to provide for all his children-- He keeps track of every one of us, as well as other happenings in His creation, and possesses the knowledge to know each and every minute effect a person’s actions.

God is infinitely intelligent and has an absolutely unreal capacity for multi-tasking. He remains true to us and loving while still maintaining a world that is balanced and free of His direct control and support. The next time something amazing happens to you and you say “Thank God,” think about it for a moment and consider the full implications of what happened. Think on His workings. It’s hard not to find yourself standing in awe of Him.

Human Nature

All too often we find evangelical atheists denouncing the evils of religion. Attributing much oppression and hatred, wars and genocides, to the great lie of religion, many people, not just atheists, find more and more reasons to loathe belief. More likely than not bringing up the discussion of religion in any group setting will result in someone voicing there “well founded” belief that religion is evil and stupid.

All in all, this silliness amounts to saying guns are solely responsible for school shootings.

Guns don’t kill people. People kill people. People, using a tool, introduce bodily trauma that forces a human body to go into some kind of shock, forcing it to die. Shock kills people. People induce that shock in others. A gun is the least of the problems in this equation-- A container of an explosion that forces a small piece of metal to eject at high speeds. Who aims the gun, pulls the trigger, willingly chooses to push trauma onto another, other than man?

Religion is much the same. Some choose to go on thousand mile marches to crusade against those who disagree. Others spend all their lives humbling themselves before God and choosing to do His good work. Some become moral-crazed lawyers that attack an industry which it sees to be the source of pain and sin in the world while claiming to do it in the service of God. Others work in orphanages, bringing affection and care to the helpless.

All the pain that “religion causes” is entirely dependent on the humanity of the practitioner. An unfortunate byproduct, it’s true, but something inescapable in a world of sin. Religion knows the flaws of humanness-- much is founded on that very concept. Christ came to forgive us our sins, to die for them, to sacrifice His blood so that the sinners of the world may find redemption. He, above all, knew.

Those with a bone to pick will find one. They can throw whatever they want at religion, call it all sorts of names. No matter what blame they assign where, however, there is no escaping their own nature. The very nature that brings about the atrocities they fight against.