God is Watching Us… From a Distance?

One of the major things that bother me about the Bible is that it is filled with contradictions. Forgive everybody; No, don't forgive them, stone them to death, but forgive everybody else.

That's why people, who aren't religious professionals, don't know which of the multiple "truths" to believe.

Take Bette Midler for example. Bette Midler sings a lovely song that says God is watching us from as distance. But wait, isn't God always with you? How can God be watching you from a distance when He is always with you?

Is this one of those deals like when Christians say the seven days in which God created the Earth are actually "Bible Days," which are longer than the days we know today?

Basically you just Christians just say whatever justifies the validity of the Bible in your own mind and don't worry if it's a reasonable explanation or not. It's a fact that most Jewish and Christian people say that God is with them. "I scored a touchdown today because Jesus was assisting me break tackles," the star running back will claim.

"I'd like to thank God for this Academy Award, who was with me from the moment I read the script to the moment the director said 'that's a wrap,'" the Jewish entertainment superstar will announce to the world.

So it is definitely confusing when Bette Midler says God is watching us from a distance. How far away can He be if He's helping us break tackles on the football field? I'm confused; please enlighten me…

You can't enlighten me because there are too many contradictions. Nobody knows which contradiction to believe, which is exactly the reason Ms. Midler sang about how God is watching us from a distance. When you think about it from a Christian point of view, God is with Ms. Midler when she sings about Him watching her from a distance.

If you're right and there is a God, I have to think He gets pretty upset when she sings that song in concert. "What do you mean I'm watching you from a distance, I'm right here by your drummer."

Ms. Midler is not the only one who suffers from the contradiction problem.

Take the mealtime prayer said by many children: "God is great; God is good, let us thank Him for our food."

Which is He: Great or Good? Don't you think He gets a little upset at being calling "good" just because it rolls off the tongue in a manner that is pleasing to the ear when spoken so soon after the word "food."