I remember seeing a little sign of a cute kid looking kind of vulnerable and the caption said, \u201cPlease be patient; God isn\u2019t finished with me yet.\u201d And it recently occurred to me that this applies not just to an individual child as it develops, but the whole human species. Indeed, in an act of creative mythmaking, using surplus reality, I imagined asking God, \u201cWhy is the world so very imperfect?\u201d And I imagined God responding, \u201cHey, what folks there don\u2019t realize is that the Universe as you know it is just a first draft!\u201d
\u201cI never did this before\u2014creating a 3-D universe with 1-D-forward-moving time. A universe with matter that requires energy to move and transform. It\u2019s been a great game creating stars and galaxies and planetary systems and life forms of various types and having consciousness evolve within these various combinations. But I admit, there are indeed innumerable imperfections. Worse (from the perspective of humanity\u2019s desire for salvation and perfection), I\u2019m not going to do a second draft. It\u2019s too much fun just to fool around, experiment, see what can be. So I enjoy the planning, blocking out the main themes, exploring to see what\u2019s possible, refining here and there, and refining again, but yet not bothering to be perfect. Sometimes I don\u2019t even refine much! Your creative genius and mentor Moreno said it\u2014something on the order of \u2018more important than the product of creation is the creative act and the experience of creating in the mind-body of the creator.\u2019 So that\u2019s what I\u2019m up to.\u201d <\/p>\n
God continued, \u201cOmniscience and omnipotence have been attributed to me, but what never occurred to most theologians is (1) that I wasn\u2019t really shooting for perfection, but rather just to experience through the media that I was creating all the experiences that went with this creation. (2) They didn\u2019t get also that I distributed both the delight and the power and responsibility for co-creativity to the creatures, so that in effect, I sort of got the game going and then let them work out the details. (3) The creatures\u2014such as your species\u2014are by my estimate only about 10% along in what needs to be done\u2014making good progress over 5% (several thousand years ago) but still you have a long way to go.\u201d <\/p>\n
In my imagined dialogue of sorts, God went on: \u201cBy that time, of course, when you\u2019ve got most of the rough edges off, you\u2019ll find there are all sorts of things you want to do extra. If humanity and earth\u2019s evolution were a box, we\u2019re just, as I said, getting the rough edges off. The sanding, inlay work, polishing, decorating, staining, etc. are processes that haven\u2019t even begun. I\u2019m hoping you don\u2019t extinct yourselves and much of more complex life on your planet in time to turn it around.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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