GOD (3)

I think that when most people "externalize" God, they don't see him as so much of a parent figure... they view God as more like the "perfect" human. If people had to think of their father as "GOD" (which we actually do before we're taught about religion), and themselves as "GOD" and their children as "GOD", I think that it'd be a lot less easy to judge others. You couldn't look at someone and tell them they're not following God's law... because everyone's law would be different. Every God's law would be different.

Same can be said for internalizing God. When you do that, you tend to look down on others... detach from them.

If every "family" was a kingdom in and of itself... a "holy trinity"... I think that we'd tend to "mind our own business" more... that we'd judge a lot less and only come to the rescue when called.

I'd think that a lot of things like child abuse, elder abuse, neglect, and insecurity/low self esteem could be tackled a lot easier if people interpreted the bible like this.

Can you imagine how people would react if all of a sudden it wasn't "my kid is gay" but "God is gay"?

If you were God, do you think you'd have anything akin to Social Anxiety Disorder?