Miracles – C. S. Lewis (1947)
Religion is often based on the teachings of some impersonal God, one that is subjective, a formless force identified with within the heads of followers. There is a lot prophesy written and surmised about second coming, but what will it all mean if God had a presence on earth?
Every religion exists under the concept that their God is the right one to follow so each religion would have a different take on this. However, if there is only one God then He would surely have the same take on all religions, and if there were more than one God then this would compound the religious divisions already in existence.
If there is more than one God, which one is The God and would that mean that the others were false prophets, because if so then by the presence of one of these Gods on earth would do nothing to make the whole religious scenario any clearer.
Many religious works elude to the existence of only one God, the true God not being the only spiritual power. There is also the concept of the devil, and his fallen angels playing an important part in the creation of various other religions to turn people away from the main one. However, as most religions class themselves as the true one then there is no way of distinguishing which are the charlatans.
So to my mind, if one true god does exist then as the all-powerful divinity surely it was about time that things were made clear.