This appeared to be the tag on an email I received this afternoon. “Wow,” I thought, “after all this time, someone had finally found out God’s email address and is passing it around, perhaps with an admonition not to break the chain or you will be struck dead by lighting.” On closer inspection, the email turned out to be tagged “submit your questions for the Golden Globes” a much less interesting proposal, since I barely know what the Golden Globes are.
I was so disappointed. I do have a few questions to ask God about. Some of them, not surprisingly, I can’t publish. But I think I could come up with a few that aren’t too personal:
Dear God, why won’t you just let us reach our goals and have some peace?
Is it really fair that those we love are free not to care about us in the least?
Why are there so many bad people in the world, anyway?
I mean, couldn’t we have gotten by with only about half the current number?
Could you at least get rid of half the bad people in my life?
And finally, could you just put to bed the question about whether there are dogs in heaven or not?
How about you, readers? Do you believe God may have an email address somewhere? If he does, do you think he had it ten years ago, before everyone else, or do you think he was a late adopter? Do you have any questions you’d like to ask God? If you do, would you dare to put them in the comments below?
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Hmmm… Questions:
Why do I have to be such a worrywart?
Is it possible to believe in the value of excellence without being an elitist?
Are criminals desperate, or are they just bad people? Or both?
Could you find me a suitable mate by the time I get my PhD?
Those are all excellent questions, Suellen. I have to say I am partial, for humor value, to that one about bad people — are they just bad or are they desperate? I tend to feel that many bad actions are motivated by bad situations, which peole get into by not taking care of things they should have. But these days I am filled with self doubt about anything that smacks of epistimology — so overall, unless someone comes up with God’s email address, we are probably going to be in the dark about a lot of this stuff. That last one, of course, you’ll eventually have your answer, but you have to wait to find out.
Why can’t God just talk like he did to all those leaders in the bible? Everything is so confusing and its like he doesn’t answer.
Indeed, it would be nice to have our own private burning bush in the yard — when God wants to led you know something, He would light it up. But then again, even for Moses, the burning bush was a once in a lifetime experience. Moses didn’t have God’s phone number either.
So, in the summary, we aren’t ever alone, really … we just feel like we are!