How big are your problems?
Consider this quote from Walter Henrichsen’s Disciples Are Made Not Born:
Every problem a person has is related to his concept God. If you have a big God, you have small problems. If you have a small God, you have big problems… When your God is big, then every seeming problem becomes an opportunity. When your God is small, every problem becomes an obstacle.
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perspective….perspective…..perspective…..
In light of the fact that I have recently taught both Freud and Nietzsche, I thought I’d bring a bit of outside perspective to this troubling quote. Why not just take the quote and replace the word “God” with “drug use.” You would find that it still holds true.
Now, I’m not saying, as the two above philosophers have, that God is simply an “opiate” or drug, but that the quote treats God as such. I have a hard time with those who would “use” God simply as a means to their own emotional well-being, which is also the reason I have a hard time taking this quote seriously.
Just another “perspective” ;)
Oooo, Mark, dat’s a good one to chew on.
So, here’s a question back atcha… How do YOU view God? What is your personal/biblical paradigm?
alright, i know i’m not exactly on the same plane as you guys…but you must not be drug users. cause, in my experience, small drugs may have meant big problems, but big drugs meant even bigger problems.
no, really….i think replacing “god” with any other “opiate” would make it false. i know god is much more than my means to an emotional well-being….but i don’t think the quote suggest that.
then again, i just spent the day playing with play-doh.