For centuries, society has wrestled with the question of how to reconcile a good God with a not-so-friendly universe. The Greeks seemed to think that the gods were similar to us in character---flawed, capricious, and at times overly cruel. More modern conceptions suggest that God is all-good and free of error. This view naturally leads us to question how problems arise in our lives and why so many countless people suffer. My belief is somewhat in the middle of those two theories. While many experience a good Creator in their lives, they are also confronted with countless difficulties, many of which are perceived as some sort of test for their still-evolving awareness. I have often felt that suffering was in some sense tied to karma. This often made the most sense to me. For example, a child born with some neural disorder was suffering from some past life negative action, which resulted in early problems throughout their life. The Western view of one birth-one death did little to satiate my belief that an omnipotent, loving God could impose such a travesty on an innocent young life.
However, my new view assimilates a bit of both Western and polytheistic thinking. It seems unlikely to me sometimes that a good God would impose such heavy karma on so many humans (ie., events like the Holocaust). And with over 10 years of study into Hindu astrology (its ability to accurately depict events in my life has shown to me to be uncanny), I have become convinced that the old gods like Aries and Venus are real beings in some nearby astral world. In my book, The Ajnir, I describe how how Sana, the Creator, is warded off from doing all that is just and right in the world by latent, very intelligent, unfriendly forces and by less capable gods, less benign and perfect than himself. I suppose you might say it questions the notion that God is omnipotent and free to do as he likes with his imperfect creation. I suppose it is one theory to help resolve this age-old question of suffering. To me, it makes the most sense of the many different variables we can ascribe to our lives.
However, my new view assimilates a bit of both Western and polytheistic thinking. It seems unlikely to me sometimes that a good God would impose such heavy karma on so many humans (ie., events like the Holocaust). And with over 10 years of study into Hindu astrology (its ability to accurately depict events in my life has shown to me to be uncanny), I have become convinced that the old gods like Aries and Venus are real beings in some nearby astral world. In my book, The Ajnir, I describe how how Sana, the Creator, is warded off from doing all that is just and right in the world by latent, very intelligent, unfriendly forces and by less capable gods, less benign and perfect than himself. I suppose you might say it questions the notion that God is omnipotent and free to do as he likes with his imperfect creation. I suppose it is one theory to help resolve this age-old question of suffering. To me, it makes the most sense of the many different variables we can ascribe to our lives.