We Need More

 

God is not enough, so why do we force people to think that way?

I read something earlier this week that pointed out God is not enough for us and it’s by her own admission.  She said that it was not good for Adam to be alone.

The creator of all was not enough for their creation and they knew it so a companion was created.    

There is a lot of argument on the evolution side of this and I’m with you.  For the purposes of this post though, just run with me and think of a literal first man and first woman; it really helps my point.

After reading this, I posted it to a group and the first comment was from a friend who asked how this should be thought of in the terms of lifelong celibacy and it’s really got me to thinking.

Perhaps it wasn’t the fact that God lacked the conversational skills to keep Adam engaged.  Notwithstanding the asexual community, the vast majority of people crave and even require human intimacy.  Perhaps God created us in this manner to ensure we would feel connected to one another and feel just a bit of the love that he feels toward us.  

By creating a companion, God was admitting that people needed more than God in all their glory could offer.

But this begs the question, if God is not enough for a human, then how can a priest or a nun be “married to the lord”?  Why have we created a system where a man must forgo his primal needs and desires in order to become a teacher and leader of Christians?  

Yes, Catholics are Christians, you'll have to accept that.

How do we expect someone to be counsel to people on all matters when they simply do not have the experience or vocabulary to do it. 

And what about our LGBTQ+ friends?  Many denominations of Christianity will actively say that while it’s not ideal, it’s ok to be gay, or bi, etc. just so long as you don’t act on it. 

So now we’ve decided to weaponize a book and stories from thousands of years ago, with debatable context, solely with the intent of forcing individuals to be alone.  It is more desirable in the eyes of many Christians that an LGBTQ+ individual be lonely their entire life than it is for them to be happy and fulfilled. 

We must stop believing the narrative of God is all I need.  God didn’t say it, it’s not realistic, and it’s not, dare I say, biblical.