By Vincent Van Ross

I have always worshipped God. I have always turned to him in times of trouble. I have always prayed to him. I have always thanked him for all his goodness. That is because I have always thought of God as being almighty. That is because I think he is the one who runs the whole universe.

I have always thought of God as being omnipotent. That means God is all powerful.
He is so powerful that he protects us whenever we are in danger…whenever we call upon him. If he is so powerful, can’t he protect himself?

God is also omnipresent. That means he is present everywhere. That means he is all pervading. Such was the image of God in my mind. So, I always considered human beings as being lesser beings although they are made in the likeness of God.

But, over the years, Man has grown powerful…very powerful. Much more powerful than God! So, he has arrogated to himself the job of protecting God.

Many religious organizations are being formed with the singular aim of protecting God. It is as if God is growing weaker. It is as if he is not safe. After all, who needs protection? Only those who feel insecure…isn’t it? Is God feeling insecure? When I see the boundary walls of come temples belonging to different religious denominations rising, I feel scared.

Why does the boundary wall of a house of God need to be so high? Is God not safe in his own home? Or, does he want to keep away his followers and believers? In the olden days, temples used to be on hilltops. They used to be a little inaccessible. But, that inaccessibility was to test the resolve of the devotee. However, they did not have any boundary walls. They were open from all sides.

Why, then, do we have such high boundary walls for temples now? Is there something fishy going on in these religious places in the name of God? Why do we need to hide God from this world? What is there that we want to hide from this world? We need to address these questions. If we do not do address these questions now, we may be compelled to do that later.

Not only that! People are now taking up arms…ostensibly to protect God! I wonder how weak our Almighty God is growing that he needs to be protected by Man.

God created the heavens and the earth. He created the birds and the beasts. So far, so good. But, after that, he committed his greatest blunder—he created Man.

Now Man has taken over all his powers. Man tries to please God the way he tries to please another man. He makes monetary contributions to God. He has almost brought down offerings to the level of bribes. He says: God, if you do this for me, I will contribute so much. Or, he drops a little money into the collections box and requests God to do something in return.

As I said: Man has become all powerful. Man has brought God down to his level.
Now, Man is trying to play God. Has Man turned God into a weakling?!