GOD'S WILL OR MAN'S WILL ?
The Unknowablity of ultimate truth about our existence and our universe does not stop people from devising answers; often these answers involve a God. Because God is a human idea, mental energy flows from the people to the God and defines the God. What the people interpret as the will of God is, in fact, the collective will of the people projected onto their God. The directionality of the relationship is deceptive. Both the believers and their God believe that the will of God originates with God and He imposes his will upon the people. In fact, it is exactly the opposite. The will of the people originates with the people, and the people devise their God accordingly.
In the modern, increasingly secular world, where we understand much more about how nature works than the Bronze Age people who first conceived the God of Abraham, the definition of God and God’s will is unfortunately being left more and more to the most extreme and ignorant religious elements—people who still do not understand that modern science has explained the forces of nature and the origins of living things. This is because they are the ones focusing their thoughts on God while everyone else is thinking about worldly concerns. Thus, religious fanatics, religious extremists and religiously motivated terrorists have a disproportionately large influence on the will of God. Self-righteous people who lobby to change civil law to represent their narrow minded, religiously derived views on social issues or to give religious mythology equal standing with science in classrooms have disproportionate influence on the nature of God. God is not a God of love, compassion, or even justice. He is simply a God of whatever we collectively think about him as being. God loves fanatics and terrorists because they were focused on Him while most of us were not. He loves them because their actions are driving people toward more intense religious devotion, no matter that this devotion is becoming more and more divisive and laced with prejudice, ignorance, and fear. From God’s perspective, all that matters is that more thoughts are directed towards Him; the thoughts of the faithful are His only existence.
One only has to listen to the news of religious strife from around the world to see that God is stronger than ever. Religion is a human endeavor, which is likely imprinted on our brains and in our genes; most people will not be able to live happy and fulfilled lives without reliance on a belief in something larger than themselves. The Double Triangle, which is discussed in the final section of this book, is an attempt to formulate inspirational secular beliefs based on real truth about the life and civilization we humans have created for ourselves. The unknowable may be a source of awe and wonder, but it will always remain unknowable.
In the modern, increasingly secular world, where we understand much more about how nature works than the Bronze Age people who first conceived the God of Abraham, the definition of God and God’s will is unfortunately being left more and more to the most extreme and ignorant religious elements—people who still do not understand that modern science has explained the forces of nature and the origins of living things. This is because they are the ones focusing their thoughts on God while everyone else is thinking about worldly concerns. Thus, religious fanatics, religious extremists and religiously motivated terrorists have a disproportionately large influence on the will of God. Self-righteous people who lobby to change civil law to represent their narrow minded, religiously derived views on social issues or to give religious mythology equal standing with science in classrooms have disproportionate influence on the nature of God. God is not a God of love, compassion, or even justice. He is simply a God of whatever we collectively think about him as being. God loves fanatics and terrorists because they were focused on Him while most of us were not. He loves them because their actions are driving people toward more intense religious devotion, no matter that this devotion is becoming more and more divisive and laced with prejudice, ignorance, and fear. From God’s perspective, all that matters is that more thoughts are directed towards Him; the thoughts of the faithful are His only existence.
One only has to listen to the news of religious strife from around the world to see that God is stronger than ever. Religion is a human endeavor, which is likely imprinted on our brains and in our genes; most people will not be able to live happy and fulfilled lives without reliance on a belief in something larger than themselves. The Double Triangle, which is discussed in the final section of this book, is an attempt to formulate inspirational secular beliefs based on real truth about the life and civilization we humans have created for ourselves. The unknowable may be a source of awe and wonder, but it will always remain unknowable.