Saturday, March 29, 2014

When God Is Pronounced Jeezes

By Luisa Sharpe


The notion of divinity keeps changing as new inventions through science disapprove traditional notions. This has ignited a debate in religious circles and heralded the emergence of a grouping where God is pronounced Jeezes. The answers provided by religion no longer satisfy the curiosity of humanity. Traditional theology has ceased to be the center of human thinking. These ideas are gaining momentum and being embraced by followers in different parts of the world.

The centers of the discussion include online and copied videos, public forums, books and blogs. Criticism is growing with a lot of the traditional notions about divinity being questioned. Death remains emotive with most members of this new school of thought unsatisfied at the unexplained demise of young people. It sends innocent children into a lot of pain and suffering. This is unlike the known portrayal of the Supreme Being as caring and all good.

The family that looses a young parent undergoes a lot of suffering immediately and in later days. There is a lot of hope that the young family will enjoy togetherness for long. Such a dream is then cut short by unexplained death. Children do not grow up with the joy of having both parents. Theologians are finding it even harder to explain such scenarios. They are in a dilemma selling God as all loving and all caring.

The long life enjoyed by evil people compared to the suffering and poverty experienced by good people becomes a contradiction. Continued living by the evil people becomes a bigger burden to the oppressed. Such scenarios cause the good people to loose faith in natural justice and even doubt the fact that divinity is good. This is a debate that continues to draw varied reactions in different quotas.

A pastor who has tried to explain the scenario is called Jeeves. He uses the example of this servant called Job. He had a lot of wealth that was wiped out in one instance. All this children and possessions disappeared. This, according to Jeeves, was supposed to test his faith. It should give humanity strength instead of weakening their faith.

The notion that God is perfect has become another point of contention. This is a claim that runs across religions in all societies. Those opposed to the notion claim that the idea would make sense if calamities like floods and earthquakes would stop causing immense suffering as they do. They take innocent lives with unfulfilled dreams.

The conflict has also revolved around the theories of evolution and that of creation. This is in light of recent scientific findings that seem to go contrary to such contention. There is more complexity to life than is indicated in sacred scriptures. Science has disapproved some of the notions and the younger generation is realizing that what they believed no longer holds. They are attempting to make sense of the idea of God.

Gradual replacement of traditional theology is creating a new image of God. The Supreme Being seems to have acquired a new image. Scholars are still trying to justify their positions to unyielding population that has access to more information than before. The debate is far from over.




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