Relations

The LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and he was grieved in his heart. It is with much uncertainty that I ask "what was God's existence like before creation?" Did God create out of loneliness? Was he in need of the company of Adam? Or the company of Eve? Surely he was not in need of planets? Surely he was not begging to be worshiped? The verse from Genesis is profound because it not only makes me wonder about the past of God, but it also makes me think about relations.

Relations are, at least in a sense, pathways that lead to evil. This is not to be mistaken with the inference that relations are evil; I am merely asserting that without relations, evil could not be committed. Let us begin by looking at the human subject. The human can only commit evil through the recognition of separate objects. Recognition itself is a form of relation because it is an act of acknowledgement toward objects that are separate from oneself - this is achieved through consciousness. Without the recognition of separate objects, the human would be unable to commit evil. If the human was to begin in a state of true isolation, they could only direct their consciousness toward themselves. And by doing so, they would be unable to commit evil or even good for that matter, because there would be absolutely no authority outside of their own self. The only exception to this claim would be the possibility of the human conjuring up what is "good" and what is "evil" for themselves, but this would be virtually useless since these moral standards would not extend to any object outside of their own existence. Ultimately, God creates moral standards that the human ought to adhere to, thus when the human commits evil acts, these acts are made as bad relations toward God; the human is intended to relate to God through good relations.

When Lucifer gave up his identity as an angel, he did this through the recognition of his own pride and also God's majesty. When Peter denied Jesus, he did this out of a sense of shame for being a Christ follower - he denied the very thing he once followed, the very thing he once had a divine relation to. When the human commits evil, they hurt God. It is because of the relation that the human has with God, since they are one of his creations, that they are able to commit evil in his eyes.

Perhaps God can commit no evil because he once existed on his own? God was once without relations, in true isolation - this was his starting point. This was the starting point that the human never had. This is the starting point that the human lusts after.