The Rival Conceptions of God
Let's now talk about what Christians do not have to believe in. If you are a Christian, you do not have to think that other religions are wholly wrong. You are free to think that in all religions in the world, there are hints of truths. While in an atheist's point of view, you do have to think that the whole idea of religion is a huge mistake all through. When you are working on a mathematical problem, there is only one right answer to the problem. However, some wrong answers are nearer to the correct answer to the others.
Humanity is divided into two big categories: the majority who believe in God or gods and the minority who do not. Christianity, Hindus, Greeks belong with the majority. The next big division is Pantheism and Christianity. Pantheism believe that God is beyond good and evil. They believe that is is wise to see whether or not a thing is bad or good in a point of view. For example, cancer is bad, but the doctor who kills cancer would also be bad. It depends on the point of view. Similarly, they would say that God is a God who loves love and hates hate.
Pantheism also believe that God created you according to how He created the universe. And that the universe itself is almost God. If the universe does not exist, so would He. The Christian idea is different. God created the universe just like we painted a picture or composed a piece of music. We are not the painting nor piece of music and we do not die if our creations are destroyed. Our idea of beauty reflects in our painting, and so does God's in His creation. This does not mean that He is the creation itself. We also cannot say some things are bad when we claim that God is good, because these things are a part of God. We must then think that God is separated from the whole creation that we see and that they go against His will. He created things like men made up stories. The stories are great, but they have gone wrong. And God insists men to bring things back to the right track.
And here goes the big questions, "If God is good, then why would He created a world that can go wrong?", "Isn't it much simpler to think that this world was not made by an intelligent power? Why avoid the obvious?" But this thinking lead us to another difficult thought.
