Letter to Doug Giles
June 4th, 2006 -
Dear Doug,
I’m a Born-Again Apostate. I do believe in One Omnipotent, Omniscient God though, and I believe God to be the Author of All Creation.
I have a hundred disturbing questions; I hope you will indulge me as I address just one to you today.
Given that we owe our existence, our prosperity, our joy, our opportunities to learn, everything, to God, and given that our greatest goal and Joyful Burden is to discern and perform God’s Will:
Does Jesus’ existence (or his torture and attempted murder by the multitude) increase or decrease that Joyful Burden? No. If I’m right in my assertion that Jesus was neither more nor less Anointed than any other of God’s Children, is our Duty to discern and vigorously perform God’s Will less or more? No.
I certainly don’t disparage Jesus, he did great things. I simply think he was wrong to say that the only way to God is “through him”. Hey, we all make mistakes.
I hope you don’t mind that I took the liberty of answering my question(s) above, by saying “no”, and I sincerely invite your thoughts on this matter. Then if you’re still interested, I have 99 more disturbing questions.
May God Bless and Keep You,
John Ray