kanedotca writes:
Let me propose the thought that god is growing and thus had to grow from something lesser to become the being capable of creating what we see around us. This leads us to the thought that an immature or inexperienced god could have created our planet in its most primitive form. This showing that creation is true but happened billions of years before our understanding. Now this childlike god continued with creation in an orderly form and continued to practice, as a any professional begins with tiny menial tasks in their trade to learn the more complex works that they will later be known for. In the time that it took for the earth to cool and life to spring forth and pass through it’s ages, our god was able to learn and mature.
Hey kane, welcome to this little corner of a series of tubes.
A long long time ago, I suggested this very thing, that if we psychoanalyze god based on the events in the bible, there is no doubt that while man was growing so was god.
Before the events of genesis, there was nothing but the presence of god. How could any intelligent being develop mentally being all alone? It couldn't. And so, the god that created the universe and every animal on earth was a child.
God separated the light from the dark. Any parent would tell you that one of the first things when a baby play with his toys is make patterns based on his own thought of what his toys should look like. God created every animal on earth and proceeded to name each one of them. Again, any parent would tell you that this is a very child-like act. Children like to put a name on things. god then felt lonely and created Adam. A young child will eventually seek out a friend.
Now, here comes the immature part. Adam went against god's wishes with the forbidden fruit and god literally threw a temper tandrum.
If anyone here is old enough to remember the old twilight zone series, there was an episode where a 8 year old kid had the power to do anything he wanted. Every adult around him had to keep him happy all the time or else. This episode explored the scenario of what would happen if omnipotence falls in the hands of a child. And that's exactly what we see happened in the bible.
Casting Adam and Eve out wasn't the only temper tandrum that god had. When man didn't turn out to be what god wanted, he sent a flood and wiped out everything. Only a child with immature moral base could do something like this.
Anyone here ever had an ant farm? Well, I never had an ant farm, but I had something better. I had a tertarium where I'd catch insects and put them in there as a child. I used to spend hours looking at their behavior in my glas box, how they interacted with each other and the food I put in. Sometimes, I dug tunnels for them. Sometimes, I put houses in there for them.
The point is that's exactly what happens in the old testament. As if the whole world was a tertarium and god was a child trying out different things with its creation.
I just find it curious that as the old testament progressed, the less temper tandrum god had. In fact, when we got to the new testament, there was no temper tandrum. And now in modern times, we don't see god interacting with us at all. Did god finally grow up?
So, that's my rambling for the day. Enjoy this very new idea. Who knows, I might start a religion out of this idea and make millions in the process.
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