{"id":4017,"date":"2018-08-22T14:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/?p=4017"},"modified":"2018-08-22T14:00:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T18:00:29","slug":"someone-invent-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2018\/08\/someone-invent-god.html","title":{"rendered":"Did someone invent God?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day, someone said that God was invented.<\/p>\n

Maybe. Although I believe pretty strongly that God is real, is divine Spirit. Power itself.<\/p>\n

I will admit however that if someone else hadn’t invented God, I would.<\/p>\n

I would do it for the simple reason that God gives me better parenting skills.<\/p>\n

If one of my children was acting meanly, I would say: “Hey, let’s take on the mind of God, of Love.”<\/p>\n

I wouldn’t have to say: “Can’t you be more like your kind sibling?”<\/p>\n

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