Greetings. I thought this had a snappier tone to it than 'In the beginning'. Yeah, I was cruising Monster.com, noticed there seemed to be a sudden vacancy so I thought-why not? You nailed it, this is God.

Since ascending to this lofty position, I've been doing several millennia of catch-up reading and I want to say just one thing: thank me for Evelyn Wood. I'm up to speed now. To clarify, the name that I prefer to addressed by is this-the Lord, so please humor me. Speaking of humor-

Q. How many angels does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A. None. Light is an attribute of my essence.

The others are: Spirit, Love, Consuming Fire. Please note the absence of a particular attribute that seems to be a point of controversy. This is not part of my essence.

Many contend that I don't exist. Others, that I exist but express non-belief and some, belief. Let's put this to rest immediately-what is the only sure-fire, 100 per cent accurate way to solve this little issue?

Any takers?

That's the great thing about this: none of you can prove that I exist, just as none of you can prove that I don't exist. Argument, opinion, theory, no matter how ardently felt and proclaimed, are not proof along with supporting material that would be classified as evidence. This is not proof. This will eventually be yours, but I'm getting ahead of myself. Wait-I'm infinite, how can I get ahead of myself? Sorry.

Central to my character are these things-holy, loving, wise, perfect. In view of these, it troubles me when I hear things like, "Well, how can God...(fill this in with whatever.)." That's what I want to address.

The following thinking is critical to keep in mind as one considers anything that might appear in the previous parentheses:

Would this really be the original intention of one who is holy, loving, wise, and perfect?

The account is familiar, so here goes. I was busy spinning up everything by the sheer force of my Will. The first humans, Adam and Eve, were encouraged to enjoy everything, EXCEPT the fruit of one particular tree. I took a breeze, and after a bit you-know-who snaked his way onto the scene. In his best used-car salesperson voice, he convinced Eve who convinced Adam and they chose to disobey me and eat the proscribed fruit. That's when it happened, an event known as "The Fall".

I returned, and they were hiding (like I wouldn't know where they were, right?) Anyway, it surfaced that they had eaten from the tree I told them not to, etc and I let them know the difficulties they would now experience in the human processes of farming and childbirth.

This is huge-EVERY human process was affected as well the ENTIRETY of the whole creation. Now, I am the essence of perfection and orderliness, The Fall is the "Anti Me". The Fall is the essence of random chaos in it's occurrence. So that's it! The Fall! Don't blame self, others, or me. The Fall is the culprit.

Yeah, I'll square it up in the future, but for now? Look to me, each other, inside yourselves for the strength, courage, and love to feel your way along. In a way, you are each alone, but you're not in this alone. I hope this helps. Just in case someone might be thinking, "What a bunch of baloney!", I have just one thing to say:

Prove that it DIDN'T happen this way!

Watch out for the other guy and don't be one. Forever yours,

Binarystar