Creation in Fanciful form

[Woody]

I just read this in a book called Disappontment with God by Phillip Yancey ... He was quoting William Irwin Thompson in "The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light" p. 24-25. I thought it had some good points even though not all of it matches our belief of God. See what you think:

"Imagine God in Heaven surrounded by the choirs of adoring angels singing hasannahs undedingly ... "If I creat a perfect world, I know how it will turn out. In its absolute perfection, it will revolve like a perfect machine, never deviating from My absolute will." Since God's imagination is perfect, there is no need for Him to create such a universe: It is enough for Him to imagine it to see it in all its details. Such a universe would not be very interesting to man or God, so we can assume that the Divinity continued His meditations. "But what if I create a universe that is free, free even of me? What if I veil My Divinity so that the creatures are free to pursue their individual lives without being overwhelmed by My overpowering Presence? Will the crearures love Me? Can I be loved by creatures whom I have not programmed to adore Me forever? Can love arise out of freedom? My angels love Me unceasingly, but they can see Me at all times. What if I create beings in My own image as a Creator, beings who are free? But if I introduce freedom into this universe, I take the risk of intoducing Evil into it as well, for if they are free, then they are free to deviate from My will. Hmmm. But what if I continue to interact with this dynamic universe, what if I and the creatures become the creators together of a great cosmic play? What if out of every occasion of evil , I respond with an unimaginable good, a good that overwhelms Evil by springing out of the very attempts of evil to deny the Good? Will these new creatures of freedom then love Me, will they join with me in creating Good out of Evil, novelty out of freedom? What if I join with them in the world of limitation and form, the world of suffering and evil? Ahh, in a truly free universe, even I do not know how it will turn out. Do even I dare to take that risk of love?"

[Gerr]

Sounds great except for the next to the last sentence. It seems to deny God's omniscience.

Gerry

[Woody]

Sounds great except for the next to the last sentence. It seems to deny God's omniscience.

Gerry

I agree with you Gerry ... Because of that next to the last sentence ... I made the statement that it does not reflect OUR understanding of God. But, I find the rest of it interesting.