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Of course God is going to have to have some contact with Man if he wants us to listen. The lessons of Sodom would be lost if he just destroyed the place and didn't say anything. Don't you think that was a lesson on how bad the place was when he had to go find "good" people?Then, knowing that their God saw it as bad and then seeing him destroy a whole city would be even more incentive for the people left to be good people.

Without some interaction with God we just make stuff up, which half of us do anyway. The more believable that interaction is, the more credence it has, hence the Bible. If there is a lesson to be learned or a statement to be made on his power, he must let man know or it is just lost. That is not to say that it is required, I am sure he does plenty without telling anyone. "He guys! That meteor coming to Earth that will wipe out half of Asia, that was me, just so you know."

All the dominion means really is that he gave us free will. We are ulitmately responsible for the care of the earth, but if we destroy it, well that is our problem. Animals are driven by instinct to fit somewhere in the pattern of life, but as humankind we can make choices that might be contrary to perpetuating our own kind. This is a double edged sword as we can accomplish great things, good and bad.

On a side note, I believe God CAN lie. We were created in his image with emotion and free will and so we and He are capable, but He chooses not to. Of course, no one would want to believe in a God that would lie so that is kind of a gimmie.

Even further on this topic, God as the omnipitent being can do as he pleases. Of course no one would like to think of God as an entity that would just screw with our lives just for fun, (I am sure he made Murphy for that so he wouldn't take the rap) be he can do anything that he likes when he feels like it. He may have given us dominion, but not ownership. We are caretakers of Earth, as a physical being and he a spiritual being we are uniquely able to handle this, sort of like landlords. However, the owner can come down, tear it down, change the rules, and do what he likes when he pleases, no permission needed.

"The human spirit is possessed by this desire to dominate, rule, and control his personal private world and his environment. Man is search of the ultimate governing power of dominion. The desire for power is inherent in the human spirit."

I found this quote to be very interesting. What exactly is this power that we have? To make the choices that would make us feel like we have the power over our lives? To make a choice in a religion or belief, truly believe that we are right, and then all is right in the world? "My plans for the future are secure, if I was to die today, I would be ready."

Your dominion is secure in that you get to choose your God. This is the ultimate in power, the ultimate control, and it has no restrictions or rules. You can choose to believe anything you like, truly believe it to be true and no one can deny you the freedom of choice. You can believe in anything and the more commonly accepted the religion, the more justifiable it is for you to believe that you are right. "Millions of people can't be wrong can they?"

The quote is right in one thing, Man wants to have control over his life. However, most people are not comfortable with the concept that you create your own religion or beliefs. The morals of right and wrong are unique to everyone, therefore the concept of sin is unique to everyone. You will choose your beliefs based on your structure of right and wrong. You may change you views after you are exposed to different beliefs, but they are still your own and therefore a unique belief/religion. This give Man control over his life, and future, which humankind must feel that they have in order to survive.