If a shadow exists - it is not "real" but an effect of something that does exist. It, in and of itself, then seemingly causes another effect..... namely it can protect, hide, and cool one down. But, it still is not what is the "thing" which exists. The shadow is two dimensional at best and can only exist simultaneously with the thing which caused it to manifest.
Should something happen to the "thing," the shadow would disappear.
Consider this as evidence each time God is mentioned or not mentioned. The above words (as idea) ..... come right out of scripture.
Framing God in context of "thing" or "source" and in context of existence or not, is only useful when dealing with "unexplainable" or profound considerations too awesome for human or animal minds. NO ONE has yet to know or discover all the secrets of the universe of which we find our existence.
One should not confound effects - with "reality"....... In seeking evidence of God, spirituality, love, - the very essence of all there is.... it may be that "effects" ARE the evidence.
What is, however, most peculiar - is that once "science" deems something observable, it claims that as evidence - capable of measurement & sensory data at human levels.
The peculiarity goes further as all of man, earth, creation - the universe, are deeply the embedded effects of God. All we study, all we are, all we think we know - are effects of God & NOT God! Who can know the mind of God? Only God.
Studying shadows can, however, give us some understanding of the "original." One can sometimes determine structure, or shape. But, then the shadow is illusive through another effect (time) ....... the shadow becomes stretched, distorted, and worse, at various "times" (i.e., high noon) - the shadow does not appear to exist at all. Time - a bizarre effect on its own - wreaks havoc on everything. Time is sequential motion - a revolution of interacting pieces of the universe.
But, it does not exist in God. The path to God is convoluted by design. There is no Occam's Razor in God. And, to assume the simplest explanation suits the "evidence" - assumes the simplest mind. By discluding God as the cause of all that exists, one forces extreme explanations that God is "merely" a delusional psychological (simulation) virtuality - at best, an anomaly or exception.
In turn, these assumptions wrongly conclude that the "real" study of shadow, light, time, & atom-splitting IS reality and "evidence" that man exists & God does not.
Yet man, like a shadow, keeps disappearing. Those who nearly die often report back that they were in a strange universe & the persistence that life continues.
Is the effect of time once again wreaking havoc? Is it only that our life appears to end (death) - but in reality, it is still very much there..... just as the shadow appears to not exist at high noon.
Regardless, of either "effect," the original - God - who causes all, is not seen & IS hidden in His own effects that He created.
Belief vs. experience has very blurred lines. If God, is - in fact - IMPOSSIBLE to know.... one therefore does not claim Him non-existent through simplicity. That illogic is obvious. To know God - would also be by design..... seeking God is the beginning to know - and wondering is the beginning to seek.
When you see a shadow - Light & Dark are in contention...... for weirdly Shadow can only exist because there is Light! It is the light source which one seeks. The Light is God.
For those who are content, happy, filled.... with their own wonderment of the universe.... & trusting their own sense - living, perceiving, & feeling effects through natural phenomena occurring in life...... - then seeking God may seem silly.
However, simply by the limiting definition or no definition - God IS God - however man defines God - or not.
The effects are here to examine as the evidence to lead anyone to God. An effect of time is useful in giving us opportunity to learn. Only over time can anything change.
Being a shadow effect of God allows us to understand separation from God. Though one may continue to believe existence is NOT contingent in God - no one can refute that shadow exists only as an effect of something else.
All the Heavens & Earth declare God! Let the evidence speak. Study the EFFECTS.
