Wednesday, May 11, 2011

A "Transnatural" God

Wait!  Before you conclude I don't believe in God, PLEASE, understand that my problem is with the Orthodox-literal view of some "being" out-there, some-where.  I DO believe in God, but it takes far more faith than you might first image.  No one can scientifically or rationally "prove" there is a divine power "that makes for salvation" (Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan).  The death of Osama bin Laden, the composition of a poem, your first kiss - all of these could be explained in terms of natural cause-and-effect.  Viewed, however, from a much larger context, these things assist one in deriving strength otherwise lost in a debate over minutia and opinion.  The existence of a "transnatural" God interprets the above mentioned events as the accomplishment of divine ends; bringing justice, beauty, and love into the world.  Only a great deal of "kavvanah" (intention), joined by a persistent energy to living in harmony with the divine principles of the cosmos, can one know from personal experience how very real God is, conceived transnaturally.  JKH

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