Kyle Berg

One of my favorite people here is Rogelio from Pacific Palisades, CA. He´s a heckuva nice guy and it´s interesting to hear him talk about his world travels. I´ve gone out to eat with him 4 times because he´s an expert on BA and is showing me all the great places. I´m also being introduced to different varieties of Argentine wine during our time together. They´re so cheap!

He´s excited that I´m spending a year here in Argentina and says I will learn a lot about myself and have a new view of the world. I do not doubt this assertion, but we have two different outcomes in mind. He sees me “cutting the umbilical cord” and possibly becoming more “worldly” or “open-minded” (whatever that means). He hasn´t said this per se, but it´s my best guess of what he has in mind. I, on the other hand, see this trip as not only a time to learn about myself and the world, but also a chance to hear from God and meet new people. These things have already happened and I hope they continue.

Rogelio posed a rather interesting question the other day, but we didn´t discuss it. He asked, “Did God create us or did we create God?” It´s not worth debating this question in this blog right now. I am surprised by less and less, so the question didn´t come out of left field for me. What continually astounds me, however, is the smug attitude required to even ask a question like this! What must happen to someone that they can look at the universe and its complexities and still think we created God? That we only need the idea of Him in order to make ourselves feel good or have something we can believe in? To me, the “creation of God” is the height of arrogance. May God (the real One) help me if I ever come close to this.