DWQA QuestionsCategory: CreatorSam Harris said: “Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes, or he doesn’t care to, or he doesn’t exist. God is either impotent, evil, or imaginary.” What is Creator’s perspective?
Nicola Staff asked 2 years ago
This is a common default of the atheist or the agnostic who is doubtful and quite skeptic about the literal existence of the divine because we are not obvious and visible through ordinary senses as being a continued presence, let alone a steady influence on your world as is the actual truth of things. Our work is hidden from view, and that is purposeful to keep you in the foreground, at the forefront, because your gifts of free agency and free will are only meaningful if that is enforced strictly by the rules of engagement to put you in charge and in the lead with us on the side, not interfering and only involved when requested specifically to do something on your behalf. That is your birthright as it was never our intention to ignore you and leave you stranded but rather to give you greater authority to act independently and make the most of it as a way to expand your reach, gain greater strength, develop muscles you would otherwise never need to use in relying on us to do things. This has set up conditions where belief in the divine itself is a challenge because we do not come out in the open to claim credit when we might do something to assist someone. We want you to have the credit and, indeed, anything that happens must be fueled by human intention and yearning for that to take place, or making an active request through prayer to us directly for assistance in a way that would allow us to take such action in answer to that prayer. It is an interesting complexity that after millennia of there being a prominent religious practice and emphasis, even by many societies of humans around the world, such doubt has crept in that people are leaving formal religion in increasing numbers and adopting a secular view, having been persuaded by science in many cases that religion is "improbable" at best and "a ridiculous notion" at worst that might even be harmful and certainly can be perverted to dark aims by zealots claiming to do the work of God, and so on. This, of course, taints the whole subject in the minds of many and complicates things for the true believer who would like to be allowed to continue with those beliefs unhindered, and certainly not subject to criticism or ridicule by non‑believers who, in their way, are every bit as zealous in their non-belief as religious believers sometimes are in being advocates for their religious dogma and its veracity. The fact that religion has been corrupted has a lot to do with the relative ineffectiveness of much religious practice and teaching. It lacks precision, it lacks rigor, it lacks deep understanding of true mechanisms and the meaning of human existence and the Plan of Creator and purpose of your existence, and what is possible to obtain in the way of divine support, healing, inspiration, guidance, and protection. Without clear understanding and explicit instructions, people have been fumbling along throughout the ages and this has given prayer a bad name because it is highly questionable to many that there are any benefits, and even among believers is often considered to be "a long shot" and "a last resort" in people’s thinking when something arises they cannot handle readily and think of asking the divine for assistance. So it is no wonder that individuals like this can be so negative and categorical in making a sweeping condemnation from their own personal lack of witnessing a miracle to conclude there are none, and that all is wishful thinking or a deliberate manipulation of some kind to make people believe a falsehood. This is most unfortunate because we perform miracles every day. They are largely on a small scale and highly personal, and that is done many times in order to not interfere with the right of humans to disbelieve and be atheists if they choose. We will not interfere with human choice even if it is wrongheaded and working against their interests. We are quite scrupulous about honoring human free will, and that is the downside of having that power, that if you are ignorant about the ability to reach the divine and how to go about it, you will suffer the consequences because we will not override the rules of engagement even when a person is in a state of ignorance—that is because we expect more of you and it is part of the challenge underway for you to learn and explore, and learn from that exploration how to do things better, how to get more divine support, and what that might entail. We leave that burden to you at the risk of many becoming cynical and in fact quite hostile to any idea that the divine is real. This is most unfortunate because we are in fact your lifeline, literally, and you cannot live without us. We are supplying the life force energy that animates your body on a continual basis, and that is whether you believe in us or not but, at some point, if you give up your belief and darken over time as a consequence, to become out of divine alignment to a severe extent, you risk being cut off from us entirely, and that is the fate of the dark spirits but will become the fate of the extraterrestrial species, who are harming humanity each and every day, because their becoming atheists has led to their degradation and are now sociopaths suffering a loveless existence and have become evil predators of other worlds including yours. So it is ironic that a cynic can be so blithely negative about the possibility of God existing while, at the same time, their very life and existence is in peril from that lack of belief on the part of interlopers wanting to destroy them and we remain the only force that can save them and all of humanity to continue your existence. And, indeed, we have saved humanity from annihilation multiple times through the ages but this cannot go on without enough human participation and offering of their intention for our assistance. So in that context, when your lives are hanging in the balance, the negation of us with such a description about the existence or value of the divine is breathtaking in its unawareness of reality and a sad commentary on the helplessness of humanity in being so manipulated by outside forces of darkness to corrupt their thinking and putting them at risk.