THE REASON FOR THE INCARNATION
An omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent Spirit has power a body cannot have, but a physical body has the power of human intimacy. H. G. Wells’ famous story The Invisible Man brought this home to me. In Wells’ fantasy a man finds, through science, a way to become invisible. Who hasn’t dreamed it–being able to overhear any conversation, sneak into any private place, do things without being noticed? Who hasn’t dreamed of the power of being omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent? Being invisible is the closest we can imagine to having such qualities while still being ourselves. But in Wells’ story the drama turns into a nightmare. To get what he wants in the physical world–money, food, clothing, for example–the Invisible Man must touch what is visible. When he does this, his powers become useless, for he can be discovered. When he eats, the food shows until it has digested. When he steals money, the evidence floating down the road gives him…
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