What if … the world really is 4.5 billion years old and has been populated by humans for 6.5 million years? Does that mean that God doesn’t exist?
What if … Jesus isn’t really the son of God? What if he was just a man who may, or may not, have had a special relationship with an unseen Being?
What if … the Bible isn’t the certified, authentic word of God? What if it’s just a collection of writings by men whose minds wandered beyond the cosmos? Is there any hope for us?
What if … some of us got the plan of salvation wrong and end up in fiery eternal torment? Just because we didn’t say the magic words or believe the right stuff?
What if … it turns out that doctrine isn’t important and God just wanted us all to get along and help one another?
What if … God is testing us to see how we will handle access to both good and evil?
What if … we fail the test? Are there no do-overs?
What if … life goes on after death, as we know it? Is it important for us to know in advance?
What if … there is a rapture (Christians disappearing suddenly) and we find ourselves still here? Can we handle the terrible realization that we have been LEFT BEHIND?
What if … we continue to witness hatred and crime, especially such visited on children, and there is a God, but he let’s it happen anyway? Can God be evil?
What if … we find out that, with enough faith, more of us could have cured our diseases simply by invoking the healing power of God?
What if … the SHEEP are the many who can’t seem to figure out life or overcome its multiple troubles, and the GOATS are the slick preachers who sell the (supposed) answers and line their pockets?
What if … when we look at a newborn baby and suddenly understand that most of the what-ifs don’t really matter? That the amazing miracle before us, with its tiny fingers and toes, is completely relying on the givers of life to supply the love and care needed to encourage and sustain this new beginning? And they look to the Giver of Life to guide them on this journey?
Yeah, I’ll go with that one.
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