A Short History of the World

In the beginning, a loving Father, walked and talked to the children he created. He is our God.
Eventually they chose a way of life that made it rather unlikely that His kind and benevolent presence could be with them. They became quite uncomfortable living with someone who's way of life was too different than their own. Though He loved them dearly He withdrew. Their were a few that yet sought His kind and loving presence. He would send some of those few in his service from time to time to the others who had turned from Him. The Father wished they would return to His presence so that the longing He had for them would be satisfied. At first they treated the servants with respect since they remembered how kind and loving their absent parent was. Eventually they became weary of hearing the servants and treated them with disdain. There were many attempts of the servants to teach the other children how not to harm each other and live so the Father could return. Soon they would not hear the servants at all. The children decided to choose one amongst them to listen to and required that leader to talk to the sent servants. The leader was not as kind as the servants and did not always return the message of the servants. Still they preferred the leader so they would not be so obliged to hear and respond to the servant. As time proceeded they realized they could not always trust the leader to respect the words of the servants. In fact the leaders said and did things that had not benefit for the children. They chose many leaders and tried to find schemes where the leaders would watch and control each other. All of this was very complicated and never seemed to work well. Instead of realizing the true situation and listen to the servants, they attempted ever more complex schemes of leadership. Eventually they became so involved in their schemes they forgot about the servants. They forgot about the kind Father that loved them and craved their return. The Father once sent His very best Servant who happened to be His Eldest Son. They actually killed Him. Eventually they chose worse and worse leaders as they lost the ability to recognize any thing to do much with the ways of their Father.
The most amazing thing about all of this is that the Father loves His children so much that He has promised that He would be with them at any time if they really wanted Him. By not harming each other is the simple and clear way that we serve notice to our Father we would like to return to Him.