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The New Theology
From The New Theology, by George Bernard Shaw:
When you are asked, "Where is God? Who is God?" stand up and say, "I am God and here is God, not as yet completed, but still advancing towards completion, just in so much as I am working for the purpose of the universe, working for the good of the whole of society and the whole world, instead of merely looking after my personal ends."
In that way we get rid of the old contradiction, we begin to perceive that the evil of the world is a thing that will finally be evolved out of the world, that it was not brought into the world by malice and cruelty, but by an entirely benevolent designer that had not as yet discovered how to carry out its benevolent intention. In that way I think we may turn towards the future with greater hope.
Comments
| Cornelius: My brother Eustathius told me that he thought this passage was beautiful, but also diminished the connection to the Sublime he felt when simply looking at the world itself. What do you think? |
| Miranda: I agree with Shaw's sentiment, but I don't know if the miracle of existence, the beauty of creation, is exactly the same as the human Sublime. If that makes sense. I don't want to look at the universe and see myself reflected, even a future me. |
| Miranda: OK, another attempt at explaining. The beauty of the universe and the beauty of what we can accomplish within it are two related but separate things, and the separation matters. Sorry, I'm not sure how to express this any better. |