Saturday, April 04, 2015

What does HE look like anyway?

If you were brought up Christian in North America, that does include Canada by the way, your image of him was some huge white dude with long white hair and beard. There may be other religions that share this image and many that have a multitude of images. Where did these images come from? Who determined what HE looked like?  We were told as Christians that HE created HIS only begotten son in the image of man. What would he have looked like if he hadn't been created in the image of man? Since no one has ever seen HIM and survived, how do we know for sure there is a HIM? If there is, how do we know he is a HIM?

Since we cannot ascertain a gender for HIM I guess it would be more proper to refer to HIM as IT. Again, since no one has seen IT it would be an impossibility to determine IT's pigmentation. Also, since IT had to create IT's son in another image, we would have to assume that IT did not have a humanoid structure. Perhaps no structure at all. That would leave us with a spiritual entity.

OK! So we have a spiritual entity that has messengers (angels). Our churches are full of images of angels that resemble man. Who determined the shape, gender and colour of angels? Who determined the need of angels? That would be like saying that IT required a civil service. That would  be a pretty scary thought if you ever thought you had a chance of getting into that holy place. You would have to make sure you had the right papers, signed in the right places and notorized by the right people before you would dare approach the gates. Come on! You were taught in Sunday school that IT was with you and everybody else every minute of every day, so IT knew what you were doing, and if IT sent IT's son here to die for your sins, IT knows what sins you are going to commit, right? So why the angels? If IT is with you already, why an extra expense of a messenger?

We now move on to the multitude of buildings for the adoration of IT, full of false images of IT and useless angels. Where the faithful followers of each denomination proclaims that only they will have the chance to show their papers at the gates to that holiest of places. They will fight and kill every last one of those other SOBs who try to forge their own papers.