creeds

Millions of people go to church n Sundays to worship an oxymoron. No, that's not the name of the preacher! Ir's a god who is said to be two quite contrary things. The Apostles' Creed sys he is 'Almighty', while all the way through the New Testament we think of God as 'love'.  How can this be?  'Almighty' implies omnipotence - tortal power to intervene in all things. But many of the things that happen in real life are bad. Would not an all-powerful father intervene if it were seen that his family were suffering in earthquales, wars, famine? The God we speak of cannot be almightty AND love, because the two words mean contrary things and so constitute an oxymoron. Progressive Christians see the point of ceasing to refer to God as 'Almighty'. He not only fails to prevent bad things happening, he is absolutely vulnerable to them himself, viz in Jesus having to face the cross without any intervention. God is 'love' in that he somehow enables people to cope with the worst that life can throw at them.  We are all vulnerable to the perils and dangers of mortal life, but reliance on the ever-present Christ spirit we can face whatever comes with what the old hymn rightly calls 'blessed assurance'. So no more praying to 'almighty' God to change the weather or find us a car park space.