Whose God is it ANYWAY?
This is the title of a book trying to answer young people’s questions on God and how he is worshiped and thought of. However, that's a question we adults tend to ignore. We generally think he is just a Christian one!
A couple of incidences that piqued my interest prompted this thought. A clip from the TV show, hosted by the Irish comedian Dave Allen made me think.
A man goes to heaven and is being shown around by Gabriel. “Over here you will see a group of Jews, and over there Hindus, next there are Muslims. These are Christians.” The man asked what the wall was for, and Gabriel replied, “That’s to keep the Catholics happy, so they can’t see the others, as they want to believe they are the only ones here!”
This opened a door to me that heaven isn’t just for us Christians and that God covers all those who do good.
Then I was in a taxi where the driver apologised for being late, as he (a descendant of Afghan Muslim refugees) had just come from the mosque, having done his Friday prayers. In the following chat, we agreed that we both worshipped the same God but in a different way and that we needed to stand up and tell our leaders we want the same thing: peace on earth and friendship with other religions rather than war.
So may your God be with you and lead you so we can achieve PEACE on Earth.
Taken from the March edition of The Record