We bear false witness against the most unlikely suspect: God

God depicted as expelling Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden

Weapon-bearing God is depicted on this cathedral window in Brussels, Belgium, banishing disobedient Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.

In a judge-not-lest-ye-be-judged world, perhaps so many of us are convinced that God will  judge us harshly because we so boldly and blithely do the same to God. Even more sassy, we actually bear false witness against God; so the expectation that something horrific will befall us is both reasonable—and reciprocal.

Imagine this: You answer your door and police announce that you’re under arrest on suspicion of mass murder.

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