title: The Trivialization of God: The Dangerous Illusion of a Manageable Deity
author:  Donald W. McCullough 
description: DR. DONALD W. MCCULLOUGH is president and professor of theology and preaching at San Francisco Theological Seminary. He was previously pastor of Solana Beach Presbyterian Church in California and Rainier Beach United Presbyterian Church in Seattle, Washington. He is also the author of Finding Happiness in the Most Unlikely Places and The Power of Realistic Thinking.
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  The End of the Dream  
    
  
  
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  # The End of the Dream
  
  
  ### John G. Neihardt
  
  
  
  
  
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  "I taught thee nothing is a trifle."
  
  
  — Tupper.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A MAN who has the deeper sense of God finds nothing unimportant; he who
  imputes insignificance
  
  
  to the most inconspicuous of objects or aspirations, not only belittles his
  God, but clearly defines the
  
  
  capacity of his being.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  It is merely subjective egotism that gives size to the object. Does not the
  small boy's careless step
  
  
  upon an ant hill mark an epoch in insect history?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  God is no trifler.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  There is as much of the epic in the unlyred and futile toil of the tumble bug
  as there is in the classic
  
  
  hopelessness of the endeavor of Sysyphus. It cannot be proven without the aid
  of egotism that the
  
  
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