Blog 2, Is There A #God?
I have to wonder what has happened to the world since Charles and I left it! I have to conjecture whether mankind has not sunk into yet more depravity than when we were alive. I have observed the appalling scale of slaughter and tyranny and starvation during the twentieth century and beyond, the increasing practices of torture, genocide and oppression, which lead me to think that man is regressing rather than progressing. Charles however begs to differ. Man, he says, has always been a primitive and violent being because of his inherited self-protective instincts. The difference now is that his acquired technological skills, so far exceeding those in our times, have enabled him to wreak havoc in a far more widespread and deadly manner, and furthermore to instantly broadcast the news of such torments far and wide, which was never the case in our day. The imbalance between man’s technical accomplishment and his emotional development is, says Charles, the greatest challenge he faces. It is survival of the fittest taken to ever more radical extremes. I ventured to suggest that if things continue in this vein it will be survival of the whole planet which is at stake, and he did not demur!
Well I mentioned in my last ‘blog’ that I would try and have word with the Lord about my concerns when I was next able to see Him (one only has limited access – His agenda is naturally extremely full). I did presume to mention my qualms about the future of mankind, and He humoured me to the extent of agreeing that He was a trifle worried on that account (He has of course innumerable other planets and life forms to worry about, so is not nearly so preoccupied with ourselves as we so arrogantly assume). He reiterated His point that He interferes as little as possible in our affairs, preferring to wait and see whether we can redeem ourselves from ourselves, if that makes sense – all as part of His grand experiment to see whether progress is ultimately an unstoppable force. And in that context He informed me that He fully applauded my Charley’s gigantic exploration of the means of development of life on earth, as being a valiant part of that experiment (although He did not comment on my husband’s disbelief in His existence – is this an unsolvable conundrum, I ask myself?).
I must say I left His presence in an even more confused state of mind than when I entered it! If even He refuses to cast more light on the great enigma, then where is one to turn? One always assumed that all would become clear upon entering this place, but it seems that the ultimate answer may ever be just out of reach, unless it is that there are yet more dimensions, or universes, of existence to attain, where the truth becomes little by little more evident (as the scientists of the modern world frequently conjecture). Intriguing possibility. But far beyond my simple brain to accommodate.
Well, I look forward to writing my next report from whichever universe it is I have found myself.
ED
PS To learn more of my and Charles’s existence in your present universe go to http://sbpra.com/robinhawdon
