Where would we be without God? Or, perhaps, where would God be without us? Without us, God would be nothing--He would have no one to worship Him, or follow Him, and He would utterly die. God needs us to sustain and convey His word, for it is we who have kept Him alive through time. He is extant only through our doing, and, therefore, He depends on us. We as humans have made Him who He is today, who He was in the beginning, and whoever He may become hereafter.
In consummation, we are each our own God, for we all perceive Him in perfectly different ways. You create the image of God in your mind, and there He becomes a part of you. You are God: We are ALL God! We think and believe and act and feel in a way that somehow reflects our faith in Him, and we use that as a guideline to suffice the contentions that are otherwise left unanswered.
He is our escape from the truth; He shields us from the very light that He ostensibly emanates. He is who He has been for centuries past and centuries to come: Our Father, the One who attempts to hold us back from our natural passions for "our own good;" the One who tells us, "No," because He doesn't agree. As children mature and begin to understand that not everything their parents say and do are right, we have the opportunity of life to break free of this condemning God we have created, and to search within ourselves to discover what we truly love the most.
Remember, you are God. It is you who bears the power to adjudge what is right and what is wrong for yourself; you have the capacity to learn and form your own opinions, make use of your bounty! As you now have it, it may surely someday leave your possession... So, which will you choose: Freedom, or fascism? Will you follow those who have endlessly bowed down to others, or will you create your own path through the vicious ambiguity of the shadows, ultimately satisfying God more than any dutiful idolization ever has, or ever will? The discretion is in your hands, the time is now, and the truth shall certainly set you free.
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You should read "Small Gods" by Terry Pratchett!! It explores exactly this idea, that the power of the God is proportional to the believers. (Barrie implied something similar in Peter Pan.) Unfortunately, Small Gods is crazy humor, and might be offensive to, well, a serious philosopher.
K
Oh man, I just now read this comment. Haha, thanks for the recommendation, I'll have to remember that one! And, no worries, I'm quite the comical philosopher--I can take a joke! ;)
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