THE MOST CURIOUS THING BEING...:

The Great Delusion: I am God! (Monsignor Dennis Clark, Ph.D., 2/18/11, Catholic Exchange)

The first eleven chapters of Genesis develop a grand theme, namely, our need for God which is hidden under our illusion that we ourselves can be God. That was the issue in the story of Adam and Eve’s fall, it was the issue in the tower of Babel story, and it’s the issue that keeps resurfacing in our own lives: Pretending and even believing that we can be God.

It’s the ultimate delusion, bordering on madness, but it recurs reliably in every generation in every human being. For some reason, ego irrationally whispers to each of us, just as the snake did to Adam and Eve, ‘You can be god.’ And fools that we are, we believe it.

...that God shares the belief.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 19, 2011 8:14 AM