Wednesday, May 23, 2012

We see that all the questions can be summed up with the question of the meaning of life. Some of us, I would argue a small minority, are able to push this question to the back of our mind, and accept that there might be no answer, and continue to live in a way morally acceptable to mainstream society, and in a way morally acceptable to most religious groups.

Some of us, however, cannot live without an answer, and have long used spiritual answers for this question. These answers have organized and moderated entire societies, and the structures that have sprung up around this search for meaning continue to affect us to this day.

The first part of the reckoning that we absolutely must recognize that providing spiritual meaning for ourselves is completely separate from how we decide our individual moral code.

Spiritual meaning here is concepts of things like heaven and hell in the christian religion, or karma in the hindu religion. For example, those who abide by the orthodox catholic moral code will be rewarded in heaven, and those who do not will be punished in hell. There must be a separation between the concept of spiritual meaning and how we decide what the orthodox catholic moral code will be. Now, catholic's will tell you that their moral code is absolute, from "God" and interpreted from the bible. Here we must remember, the very first concept I introduced, which is that there are things in the universe which humans cannot understand completely, and that it is impossible for humans to try. Absolute morality is one of these things.

Humans cannot know what absolute morality is, and each human will have his own interpretation, subject to error. Even when using the bible to determine one's moral conviction, we must remember that the bible is written and compiled by human hands, which means the bible itself is subject to error. When interpreted by a priest or human, again there is the possibility of error.

Here I must stress the importance this realization. We must be completely objective about morality and build morality from the ground-up, not from the top-down. Every system of belief has different moral values and spiritual motivations. Here, in the 21st century, especially in a world where we are getting closer to each other, we must open our minds and allow ourselves to accept that our traditional value system needs to be changed, and contemplate the possibility of a new and better system.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

I want to address two other questions that spring from the "origin of the universe" question. The first is the origin of life question.

Unfortunately for the religious, the origin of life question, a sort of extension from the origin of the universe question, has no "something from nothing" contradiction, and can be scientifically explained. But even if it could not be, this question would simply be one that can be left unanswered, as the theories of evolution can still be observed and applied in real life.

The second question, however, is a question usually requires an answer. This is the question of the origin of morality, and especially in the past, and now, unfortunately for the irreligious, this answer always had some spiritual element.

Actually, the origin of morality can also be entirely explained scientifically. But humans are so intelligent, and have enough memory, that they can overcome the built in safeguards of morality and do things without considering the benefit of their own species or even themselves. One often cited example is the Holocaust. Most humans view will the Holocaust as an atrocity, but it is possible to draw another, completely amoral conclusion. We can question the purpose of morality, by asking ourselves why humans must abide by a moral code to ensure the genetic diversity of their own species, or go even further, by asking ourselves why humans should ensure the survival of their own species at all. This can be summed up by the fourth question of "what is the meaning of life". If we assume that the universe is completely random, we cannot come up with any specific reason for such meaning, leading to the answer that there is no meaning. And when there is no answer to this question, no amount of torture, murder, and on the opposite end, helping the poor, living in harmony with nature, is meaningful, so it leads to the inevitable conclusion that humans can do whatever they like.

The result is that because humans are able to pass on their acquired memories and behavior, entire societies can be built around such thinking, albeit societies that are probably, but not necessarily, less stable and more prone to self-destruction. Here, one must point out that it cannot be said which kind of society is ultimately better. However, everybody must admit, no matter what they think about religion, that religious societies have been more stable and have lasted longer throughout history, because virtually every society that has survived to modern day has had a religious factor. Even modern seemingly atheist countries like China have had their own spiritual and semi-spiritual figures which have moderated their society, such as Confucius.

So after addressing the four questions, we come to a reckoning.




Friday, May 18, 2012

Are you Christians, Muslims, or even Atheists shocked to hear that Jesus is actually a lesbian woman? Don't be. And after you finish this spiritual journey with me, I think you won't be.

I want to make it clear again that this blog is inspired by Jesus, and is not an attempt to ridicule or mock Judeo-Christian religions. This is a serious and important undertaking I have accepted to bring humanity closer to "God", as the world continues to change with the advance of technology and science.

Our journey starts with two fundamental truths, which in my view, are best described by the Bible. It is not to say that other religions have not discovered these fundamental truths, its just that the Bible provides a simple, easy to understand story with which to impart the knowledge of these truths. The Bible is also the most read book in the world, so this story should already be known by many, and I will not have to tell it again in great detail. I would also like to mention that there are good reasons why the Bible is the most read book in the world and why people should study the Bible, but they are not the reasons most orthodox religious people might think, but I want to save that topic for a later discussion.

Some of you may have already guessed that both my fundamental truths come from the first story of the Bible, the creation story. After all, they are truths from which the rest of the book, and by extension, all the Judeo-Christian religions are built on.

The first truth comes from Eve and her eating the fruit from the forbidden tree. It means that humans are not perfect. Christianity will refer to this as original sin but I feel that that the term destroys the greater meaning of the truth, which is that nothing is perfect in the universe. The implications of this truth are great, but I want to discuss the implications of the second truth first.

The second truth comes from the first thing that happened to Adam and Eve after they've eaten the fruit, which is that they've lost their ability to connect with "God". This connection is not in the literal sense of walking and talking with "God" but rather the sense of understanding "God". Again, there is a much greater meaning in this truth, and that is that some things exist, like "God", that humans simply cannot understand. In fact, the second truth itself is a truth which cannot be completely understood. This second truth occurs all the time in real life.

For example, we have imaginary numbers in mathematics. We use imaginary numbers in various calculations for fields like quantum mechanics or electromagnetism, but can you bring me 3i apples? The point here is that even though we can't possibly comprehend 3i, we can still use this number, and produce relevant and real results. Or take paradoxes like Russell's paradox or Cramer's paradox. Even though these paradoxes exist, they do not undermine the application of mathematics in the real world. From our experience here, the second truth can be encompassed by an even greater truth which is that there are things that we don't understand, but also are not necessary to understand. And this is the truth that most religious people, at least fundamentalists, refuse to admit. There are things that don't have comprehensible answers, and humans just have to learn to accept it.

The question that most often is unnecessarily answered is the question of the origin of the universe. People who follow orthodox religions, often fanatically, will claim that something cannot spring from nothing, so "God" must exist. But claiming "God" exists just leads to another question of "who created God", another something from nothing contradiction. At this point, the people who follow orthodox religions claim that "God" exists outside of space and time, and that humans can't possibly understand such a concept. But this truth could have been invoked earlier and produced exactly the same answer-- that humans do not understand the origin of the universe, whether "God" was responsible for it or not. Though we can conclude  "God"'s existence is neither relevant nor necessary, we must admit the grounds of relevance and necessity does not disprove the existence of "God".

Instead, if we come to realize that there might be no answer to the origin of the universe, and furthermore, that it is not necessary to provide one, then we realize that when asked the question, "does God exist" there is only one answer. "I don't know, but it doesn't matter".



For my first post for my first blog ever, I just want clear things up and let you know that it was Jesus (suck on it, Atheists) who has, in person, visited me to inspire me to write this blog. So everything I say here not only must be true but also must be read. Also, because Jesus forgot to bless me with perfect writing skills, if any of you people find me mangling the English language, or would like to give me editing advice, or if you just want to respond to my blog, please feel free to leave a comment or write me.  Jesus would want you to. Jesus would also want you to read my blog. So read my blog!!!

Now I want to clear some things up about my meeting with Jesus. Most people have an image of Jesus as a Jew who needs a shave and whose hair is much too long for a man. Well it turns out everyone was wrong. When Jesus came to see my last night, Jesus was a rainbow-colored female with shoulder-length jet-white hair, stood 1.618 meters tall, and had a perfectly sculpted 21 year old body according to the golden ratio. Of course, I was completely confused, because I too expected that Jesus would be a 30 year old middle-eastern man. But all Jesus had to do was blow me a mysterious God-kiss and it made me realize that she was the real Jesus in her true form.

Unfortunately, instead of repenting all my sins and expressing my devotion and preparing myself for the afterlife, all I could think of when I saw Jesus was how great her tits were. Oops, I meant her eyes. But Jesus just smiled, saying in a throaty voice, "Sorry, I don't swing that way." Jesus then gently touched my face with her hand, her mysterious God-touch making me understand she was actually a lesbian and that I had no chance in hell. And before I could feel completely emasculated or ask what God thought about her homosexuality, she was gone, leaving me behind to start this blog.