Blaming God

Had occasion to read someone's reason for believing in not believing in God. It went this way: "If there is a God, He wouldn't have ..." and that in condensed form, is why this person and lots of others say there is no God. I am not about to defend their stand; that's their decision. My "God" is real in my thoughts but it doesn't go around making things happen or not happen; simply, to me, "God" is. Now, fundamentalists and atheists will get all excited about such a statement, but I hold that my view is my choice and theirs is theirs. Saying that, calls for an explanation. There are those who run to the Bible and quote this and that to shape God into what they know as it. Others will argue that you can prove anything worldly or otherwise, with the Good Book, and I am sure they are right. Interpretation comes into the picture and that's where I become lost. Bible "Thumpers" expound for hours on small details, busily slicing and dicing to prove their points. But like a really good stew, it comes down to the essence which is what my mother-in-law used to call what was left in the fry pan after browning the meat. She'd scrape that stuff off and make, with it, a bit of flour and water, the best gravy you ever tasted. That was about all she cooked well, but that's another tale. It is all in the flavour and that comes from the meat of a thing. Vegetarians notwithstanding. The main message in the Bible is "Love one another." Very simple and straight forward even after reading all those skimpy pages from cover to cover and back.  But Love is not simple and hardly straight forward as the world has proven from day one with its wars and such. The essence is "God is love." Contemplate, pray, meditate or take a walk in the woods or a sail in the air or out on the sea, it is as simple as that and just as hard for the world at large to do. If you can't do Love, then don't blame God.