Gapfilla God

A conversation about a moving God
 

John	So you believe in God?
Mary	Yes. Of course. Can't you see him all around, in the birds and trees. Isn't it wonderful?
John	Quite wonderful. So God is in all the natural things around, even the ground. How do I tell him apart from the natural world? Sounds like you mean God is the wonder you feel when you observe that natural world.
Mary	No, no silly. God isn't the trees and bees. He's in them but isn't them.
John	Rather confusing really. So if I keep investigating the universe by looking further and further inside, I will come to God. We haven't got there yet. So, in the mean time, how can you be certain he is there?
Mary	Of course, he's not in there in a sense that science can find. He's in there sustaining the universe, beyond the reach of science.
John	Ah, a kind of force behind everything. Still, we've found them before. Must be a matter of time before we find him. Meanwhile, how can you be certain?
Mary	No. You've missed the point. You won't find him, because he's outside the natural universe. We can't find him with science.
John	Oh, I see. An unknowable God outside what we know and can know. Makes it rather hard for you to know he's there. If he's unknowable, he might be anything, like a large bird or a fart from a monkey.
Mary	Now you're just being silly. He's not either. He's God - unknowable and beyond the universe.
John	Still, you speak so confidently. As if you do know. Rather a contradiction, don't you think?
Mary	Not at all. God has revealed himself to me.
John	How?
Mary	Well, he wrote a book called the Bible. It tells me all about God.
John	Not bad for an unknowable God. How did you know it was God writing?
Mary	Of course it was. It says so in the book.
John	But it might have been a clever person masquerading as God.
Mary	It wasn't. It is inspired writing. No person could write that.
John	How was it inspired?
Mary	Well. It talks all about where the world comes from, who were the first people and their descendants and the wars and the travels.
John	That's inspired? Sounds like most history books and myths written by people throughout the ages.
Mary	No, God wrote it. In it he claims he is God.
John	Are you sure? Don't humans claim he is God, like you are doing.
Mary	But I know its God.
John	How?
Mary	God revealed himself to me.
John	OK. What was that like?
Mary	I had a moment of great inspiration. God said to me "I am here"
John	Wow. That must have been exciting. How did you know it was God?
Mary	He spoke to me.
John	But what if it wasn't God? What if were a trick or something in your head?
Mary	Of course I wasn't. It was God.
John	What did he sound like?
Mary	He didn't sound like anything. I just knew it was him.
John	So you just recognised him?
Mary	Yes
John	So, you must have seen him before.
Mary	Yes, all around me in creation. In the birds and the trees.