Growing up I learned all about God. I learned how he could give me what I wanted.... I learned how he could make me feel better when I was sick... I learned how he give me blessings if I made him happy... I learned that he loved me and wanted to be my friend... I learned how he would always forgive me because of his grace, even if I was not really sorry... I learned all of this and more, and I learned it well. I knew that anytime I needed God, I could rub the lamp and he would show up and make me feel better and fix the mess I had created....... But I don’t think that is really God. It resembles him in some ways... but not really... if he really is the creator... if he really holds all power... if the Bible has any truth at all ... then he must be an awesome and terrible and dangerous and scary and good, yes good too, GOD. All of those lesser god’s are nothing but sophisticated stuffed animals which we create because they are cute and make us feel safe and in control... they are no more God, than I am... and we are not in control...
