The Unchanging God in the Changing World: Myths and Possibilities of Inter-Faith Harmony and God's protection in the face of the current Pandemic

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The considers the possibilities and otherwise of inter-faith harmony in the face of the Covid19 pandemic. It notes that man from the beginning of consciousness has been trapped by one challenges or the other, which his restless struggle gives birth to magic, religion and science. As societies progresses, magic and science remain bastard brothers of religion. This is because when magic and science failed, man turn to religion. It further notes that man's attempt to interrogate the existence of God and the origin of the world raises ontological and cosmological debate. As a result various concepts of God has been arrived at such as agnostic, pantheism, polytheism, Deism, Atheism and monotheism. In short,  names of God revealed in the scriptures has protective and therepauthic potentials and value as the paper argued. God is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent and could protect. While humanity are God's children by creation, Christians are God's children by adoption and are entitled to the fullest promises of God including protection. While God may protect, the paper concludes that God cherishes orderliness. Therefore, Covid19 protocols should be scientifically observed.

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