Searching For The Strawman: What God Is Not

“I don’t believe in God. It’s absurd and far fetched.”

Of course, our idea of God is comically simple. It’s a non-physical abstraction that has to be embodied in a character of our story. We have to somehow represent it within our perception of the world.

Whatever God is, it holds together the entire universe and all of reality. Do you think that the thing that created and regulates the physical universe would just exist among itself as a physical thing in the world? This is as absurd as a magical man in the sky.

When you think of God, if your idea is something similar to the Easter Bunny, Fairies, and the Boogeyman, then perhaps your view of God isn’t as rich and comprehensive as the ultimate and eternal power of the universe really is.

It also seems like people want to turn any idea of God into something so laughably simple that of course a serious and meaningful discussion can’t be had. Let’s stop searching for the strawman and actually entertain the foundational ideas at play. When you keep making a strawman out of God, you become a strawman yourself. And it’s no coincidence why the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, a strawman for all intents and purposes, didn’t have a brain.