God, Truly the Only Cause and Creator

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I have so enjoyed reading and studying this week’s lesson and expanding my understanding of God and His absolute Allness.

Recently I have come across two things – one just a post from somewhere and secondly a joke – and both of these have really helped me understand even further, how God is, literally, everything, everywhere, the only Cause and Creator.

I hope it’s ok to share them here. I will post them as replies so this post does not become too long.

I’m afraid they were shared on social media and I do not know the author of either, but I’d love to thank them if I ever find them!

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I came across this on a Christian social media group, and I love it. It helped me discuss God with my young niece when she asked ‘I can’t see God, so where is He?’

Wise Teaching Of Elders:
In a mother’s womb were two babies. One asked the other: “Do you believe in life after delivery?” The other replied, “Of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later.”
“Nonsense” said the first. “There is no life after delivery. What kind of life would that be?”
The second said, “I don’t know, but there will be more light than here. Maybe we will walk with our legs and eat from our mouths. Maybe we will have other senses that we can’t understand now.”
The first replied, “That is absurd. Walking is impossible. And eating with our mouths? Ridiculous! The umbilical cord supplies nutrition and everything we need. But the umbilical cord is so short. Life after delivery is to be logically excluded.”
The second insisted, “Well I think there is something and maybe it’s different than it is here. Maybe we won’t need this physical cord anymore.”
The first replied, “Nonsense. And moreover if there is life, then why has no one has ever come back from there? Delivery is the end of life, and in the after-delivery there is nothing but darkness and silence and oblivion. It takes us nowhere.”
“Well, I don’t know,” said the second, “but certainly we will meet Mother and she will take care of us.”
The first replied “Mother? You actually believe in Mother? That’s laughable. If Mother exists then where is She now?”
The second said, “She is all around us. We are surrounded by her. We are of Her. It is in Her that we live. Without Her this world would not and could not exist.”
Said the first: “Well I don’t see Her, so it is only logical that She doesn’t exist.”
To which the second replied, “Sometimes, when you’re in silence and you focus and you really listen, you can perceive Her presence, and you can hear Her loving voice, calling down from above.”

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And this does really make me chuckle:

A scientist called God and told him ‘God, we humans don’t need you anymore. We have got everything we need, and we can do everything we need to. We can even make humans now, so we really don’t need you.’

God replied ‘Is that so? Oh my. Well, tell you what, let’s have a competition. Let’s see who can make a human the fastest. If I win then you’re stuck with me. But if you win then, well, you’re free to go without me.’

So the scientist thought whoopee I’m on to a winner here, and he gladly accepted God’s offer. He went off to his lab, popped his white coat on and picked up his stethoscope and his microscope and all his other equipment, and then said to God, ‘Ok, I’m ready’.

And God said, ‘You know what, why don’t I even give you a head start. Take ten minutes extra, go on, you get started. I’m interested to see how you create this human.’

So the scientist shuffled his papers and got busy. He leaned down, and picked up a handful of dust.

‘Whoa, whoa, whoa!’ God said. ‘What are you doing? You get your own dust.”

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