Life Without God

Have you ever thought about what life would look like without God?  This may indeed be a new idea for some, but it is important to think about.  For the next few paragraphs I will explore what this means for us.

What this does not mean is a physical universe truly devoid of God Himself.  Certainly non-existence because there is not Creator to start the ball rolling is oxymoronic.  The idea that life began from non-life is statistically impossible.  So we are not talking about God's absence, but rather about our choice to remove Him from our personal lives either actively or passively.

What this does mean is a lifetime lived as a practical atheist.  Many people believe in God but live life no differently because of His presence.  If all God-lingo was removed from your everyday conversations, would it even change your ability to communicate or the substance of your dialogue?  What percentage of your 168-hour week would be affected if you took out any and all activity directly tied to the Big Man upstairs?  And what about the many thoughts that float across your conscious and subconscious mind?

Life without God would mean taking out of our cultural context certain words and expressions like "omg," "heavens to betsy," go to h--l," and a literal host of others.  It is true that we could get used to this in time, but it certainly would be difficult.

Life without God would mean removing churches, signs with Christian symbols, the 10 Commandments, and rewriting history itself to reflect merely a time in our past when we superstitiously believed in this particular higher power.  It would be a lot of work and maybe even nigh impossible to completely eradicate. 

Life without God would mean dealing with all of those who stubbornly hold on to the ideals of the Bible.  To allow them to die off would not be an option.  History has made it quite clear that a true Christian will strive to spread the Message to as many as are willing to hear and believe.  Killing the Christians off has been tried quite a few times and met with surprising results.  Whenever the Christians have been under the most persecution, they have grown numerically the most.  Tertullian said, "The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church."  It would take a large group of highly disciplined people a very long time to get the job done, if it would even be possible.

Life without God would mean doing life all alone.  Yes, you may have family and friends who support you in ways, but when the chips are down the number diminishes sharply.  For most people, the number would be 0-3 people that would stick it out, especially if you committed some heinous crime.  But more than this, you would be alone in the sense of any power to affect a miracle of any sort.  Praying would be completely pointless.  This pale, blue dot we call home would be a very depressing place during the lower points of life. 

Life without God sounds bleak...depressing...hopeless.  It is!  But there is a God who actually agrees that a life without Him is not worth living.  He knows that and has prepared the documents to give sufficient proof of His care for humans.  He created a world that is simply stunning in beauty and complexity, even though marred by deterioration and death.  He even put eternity in your heart.  Deep down you know there is more...and He wants to be connected with you.  He doesn't want you to live your life without God, so choose life.