A God-Shaped Vacuum Cleaner?

Triforce asked:
My pastor said that there is a hole in all of us, and proceeded to draw a square, then said that God was the only shape that would fit the hole in us. Is it scientifically correct that God is in the shape of a square?

Ok, I have to confess something here; I heard this analogy when I was younger, only the term used was vacuum, not hole. Whenever I heard the word vacuum, I thought of a Hoover or Dyson. I know, it’s kinda weird, but that’s what I always thought of. God looks like a vacuum cleaner (probably not).

Your pastor’s illustration is interesting. I’ve never known many pastors to be overly-artistic people, but I’m sure the world holds its exceptions. Can God be scientifically proven to be a square? Seeing as the scientific method normally requires empirical data and testing, I’m not sure that question can be answered. I can, however, tell you what shapes God is not.

1. God is not in the shape of a mass of spaghetti. As tempting as it is to declare one’s deity as a foodstuff,  The FSM is just too modern. If spaghetti was so sacred, I’m sure there’d be a recipe in the Bible.
2. God is not a unicorn. His strength, however, is compared to that of a unicorn’s. Wycliffe, in his 1382 translation of the Bible, translated rhinoceros to unicorn in Numbers 23:22:  The Lord God ledde hym out of Egipt, whos strengthe is lijk an vnicorn. This carried over into the King James Version.
3. God is not a household appliance. As much as some people like to worship their new televsions and kitchen setups, and as intelligent as some Roombas appear, God is not an electronic appliance. (Not even a vacuum cleaner.)

So there you have it; I hope that sheds some light on the situation.

Happy 22nd Anniversary of Namibian Independence!
~XK

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