If we accept, for a moment, the concept that man truly became a creature of distinction when he achieved sentiency, then we can accept the concept that all lower animals continue to live in God’s grace. We have, however, chosen to cast off that fate, and strived to become masters of our own destiny. Though it was appealing at first, we quickly became tired of the mundane awareness of our struggle to achieve the grace that is inherently bestowed upon those not aware of the presence of God. We struggle with this loss, trying to desperately recapture the moment of ignorant bliss, but our efforts usually fail.
Our nostalgia for our previous nirvana of grace left us with an empty feeling inside. We then chose to fill this void by recognizing God, begging his forgiveness, and worshipping him. As our level of sophistication increased, we were able to use our new-found reason to more succinctly define God, from a series of shadowy deities to the monotheist concept popular today. In this way, we have prepared a way for us to take God into the future.
I suppose that if we continue to do so, we are simply allowing God to evolve along with us. As man continues to grow and become more sophisticated, then the God we have brought along for the ride needs to grow with us. If we look into the distant future, the lines between man and God begin to blur: perhaps our destiny is to become more intertwined with God, and at a distant point in the future, we become God.
But this phenomenon lies in the distant future. We are nowhere near that point.
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