A/theist Creed

As we age into the faith, I find that honest consideration of our beliefs, occurs less often than necessary. I present the following, for the purpose of starting a conversation. If you disagree, then why and on what is it based?

There I was, eating a sandwich at 11:20ish AM Leap Wednesday morning, when my eyes did exactly what happens as a lovely woman walks by. Captivated by the message "Know Thyself" up on a wall nearby, there appeared further wisdom scattered about it. The glass between I and it served as no barrier. Opening the double doors and submitting to my urge for consumption, I read:

A/theist Creed

I don't believe in a God who is safe, gentle and passive.

I don't believe in a God who calls His people to all things comfortable and easy.

I don't believe in a God who is not good in every way.

I don't believe in a God that in His entirety, His intentions, methods, feelings, will and works can be bound between leather.

I don't believe that God's Word, the Bible, is itself His answer to our questions.

I don't believe in a God contained with or limited by man's ability to reconcile His (God's) seemingly contradictory and paradoxical nature.

I don't believe in a God that I can understand.

I don't believe in a God who created a broken world only to leave it behind and watch it from on high, indifferent to its struggle and strife for life.

I don't believe in a God who compromises His justice to accommodate a man who has done "good" but not accepted God's means of salvation (Christ).

I don't believe in a God who desires anything less than our deepest well-being and joy.

I don't believe in a God who isn't awful, fearsome and even dangerous.

I don't believe in a God who is anything short of wild and crazy to love.

I don't believe in a God who isn't love, a God, with whom my relationship could be anything less than a love affair.

-Jon Geniesse