http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2008/05/11/absent-and-present/ A Church of Ireland Priest in Dublin Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:06:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2008/05/11/absent-and-present/comment-page-1/#comment-3953 Baino Mon, 12 May 2008 20:53:36 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=1228#comment-3953 Isn't the presence of an interventionist God a human construct? We wrote and rewrote the Bible, not God. It's strange, we choose to ignore God most of the time but when under pressure we pray and thank God when the 'intervention' is positive. Can't have it both ways I feel which is why I struggle so with the concept of 'faith' and the portrayal of God as something 'humanish' rather than ethereal. Isn’t the presence of an interventionist God a human construct? We wrote and rewrote the Bible, not God. It’s strange, we choose to ignore God most of the time but when under pressure we pray and thank God when the ‘intervention’ is positive. Can’t have it both ways I feel which is why I struggle so with the concept of ‘faith’ and the portrayal of God as something ‘humanish’ rather than ethereal.

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