T.: Can I ask, G, why did you refer to “us”,
in reference to yourself and apparently some other person or deity, in Chapter
1, verse 26 of Genesis, when you decided to make man? You saying “let us…”
makes no sense to me, as you had been referred to only in the singular
previously. Do you or did you have a companion god with you?
G.: Look, T, you have read the Bible, and,
if the ‘creationists’ are to be believed about the things and powers they have
attributed and ascribed to me, then I am capable of doing anything, including
taking on the persona of a “I” or a “us.” I also know that you have read an
English version of Quran. You will know, therefore, that the Bible refers to me
in the third person, and not the first. There is no mention of me being
recorded as having told anybody this or that. Rather, there are mention of
people saying I said this or that or having told them this or that.
In other
words, I, whom the creationists have ascribed great powers to, have not
authenticated any of their reputed holy books or records of what they say about
me. Neither have they, taking it upon themselves to speak for me, have, through
them, used me to give authentication to their stories.
Now, regarding the matter as to whether I
am singular or plural, whether there is
only me, one god, or ‘us’, more than one god, I will say this. The Christians
speak of the ‘holy trinity’, which they define as ‘The Holy Ghost’, Christ the
Son of God, and ‘God the Father.’
Do the ancients continue to imprison our intellect and blight our lives with their tales of the gods?
Now, using their narrative, I could tell
you that it was this concept of ‘the holy trinity’ that the unknown narrator of
Genesis was referring to, and that Christ the Son of God, had been there at the
very beginning when I reputedly created the world. And that it is to that fact
that reference was made to “us”, instead of “I.” Of course, if I were to make
that argument, it would weaken my earlier argument that I created Adam, Eve and
the earth and heavens because I was lonely.
Consequently, I am not able to give you a
definitive answer as to why there is this reference to “us” in the Book of
Genesis. It might have been that the narrator made a mistake, or deliberately
intended to speak of more than one god. After all, T, am I not the creation of
the creationists, and are they not the ones who would be better placed to
answer this question? Of course, with the original author and narrator of the
Book of Genesis not being alive, it is difficult to see how this matter can be
clarified.
You know, T, it might very well just have
been what you humans call a ‘typo’; a mistake made by the scribe who alleged
what is said in the account you refer to.
Anyway, T, does it really matters wheter the gods
of you humans are one, or more than one? Do the Jews not claim their
own god, or claim me as their own? As do the Muslims, who refers to me as
Allah? As do the Christians, who also place their own emphasis on the things
that suit their perspective?
And how is it that you humans are always
fighting, when your gods clearly are not? As I have said, in the end it makes
no difference, because you humans have become very skillful at self-deception,
and putting your own words into the mouths of your gods. Which is, as might be
expected, since you have also created us, or me.
T.: Thanks for that, G. Are you actually saying
we humans have created you and place our thoughts, our desires and hopes and
fears in your mouth/s?
G.: Yes, T, that is exactly what I am
saying. I am saying that I did not create you humans; it is you who have
created us and then ‘have us creating you’; at least, according to the ‘creationists.’
You humans, it seems, have convinced yourselves that the gods need you, when it
is clearly the case that it is you who needs, or, have convinced yourselves
that you need us. Think, T; how much better it would be if you humans did not
choose to divide us and make us more than one, probably to create schism within
us, in much the same way as you have divided yourselves and take sides against
yourselves.
T.: Ok, G. Thanks for your words of true
wisdom.
To be continued.
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