The intent behind considering whether God created us to use for divine ends is to call into question the belief that God selflessly created the universe for us to inhabit. This means we’re going to question the real reason for our existence.
We’ll suppose God is more than an altruistic go-to savior to beat back death’s door or for vanquishing our enemies. Nor will we assume we were created to be rewarded for good works or our talent or punished for our bad behavior.
Rather we’re here to help solve a particular problem that’s inherently in God’s very nature.
While it is reasonable to assume that an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-present God needs nothing from us, we’ll daresay it is for that very reason God created this universe including us. All aboard?
We’ll theorize that because God has it all, God suffers from an incurable embarrassment of riches. What this means is that God’s wholly-other wealth creates a peculiar divine problem. It is an affliction we’ll never experience because it is based on an infinite imbalance.
It is common knowledge that too much of a good thing whether it is sugar, alcohol or whatever can become toxic. Because with God the imbalance is beyond comprehension that divine misery translates into an unimaginable agony.
Look at the super-rich. Many create philanthropic foundations to give away their wealth. Others go to Los Vegas.
Others own more mansions than they’ll ever hope to occupy. But why?
Perhaps the Native American potlatch culture can shed some light whose intent is to destroy wealth by the rich competing to see who can out-give one’s opponent. It appears there’s something inherently problematic about having too much rather than the right amount of anything.
Is that because having too much of a good thing like too little is inherently distressful because it causes an imbalance?
If illness is distress and the root cause is imbalance, then the intent of rebalancing any situation should be to destroy the imbalance. For instance, having the right amount to live on should necessitate rebalancing both wealth and poverty.
If so, a super-rich God is no exception. Let’s entertain the notion God realized that something had to be done to help alleviating the unimaginable suffering caused by the imbalance of ultimate wealth.
Here’s where we “jump.” As suggested, what if God intentionally created us to use as a way to help offset the imbalance of having infinitely too much?
Few theologians have a plausible reason for why God created the universe let alone us. Science is yet to figure out why there is something rather than nothing.
Did God create because God is good, bored, nice, or just could? Who dares to imagine because God is incurably ill?
While it may be satisfying to believe God is an altruist, what is to prevent God from being an egoist? Doing something for egoistic reasons need not be confused with egotistic reasons.
An egoistic reason for why God created this world could be to solve the suffering problem. Egotistic reasons could be because God needs to show-off having ultimate power or the ultimate artist needs fans.
Why though would an all-knowing, all-powerful, all-present God beyond our creature comprehension need to show-off anything? Rather such a God with an embarrassment of riches seems to prefer hiding from view right under our noses.
What we’re proposing is that we’re here for God’s benefit more than God is here for ours. That we were created to serve God rather than the other way around.
What if it dawned on us that the real reason why we’re here is to help relieve God’s unbearable suffering?
If God’s agony is ongoing, it would then need to be continually addressed. If the bare bonez wands ritual is one way to do it, the smart money may be to give it a try. No doubt there should be additional ways, maybe even better.
How sacrilegious is that?