God Is Loving Leader
© Surazeus
2018 02 12
When I was young, men of authority
convinced me that one supernatural God,
modeled after the father of our tribe,
had created the entire universe,
then established strict hierarchy of power
where I should obey the laws of those men
because that God appointed them to rule.
But when I saw them fight in game of thrones,
gathering armies and waging brutal wars
that kill millions of people they should rule
over which of those god-appointed men
has most divine right from our God to rule
vast empires of commercial enterprise
and gain wealth from the labor of our hands,
then I realized those men invented God
as weapon to control obedient minds.
Now I understand God is metaphor
that symbolizes power of rulership
which possesses each individual man
who obtains position of authority
through the means of inheritance, election,
or military seizure, so their words
establish laws that govern interactions
to ensure rich survival of the group
which gives life to the social institution
beyond the lives of all individuals involved.
God is the spirit of group leadership
which persists beyond individual leaders,
passing through their bodies as they appear
through the process of the selective game,
ascending through rite of apotheosis
to transition from mortal to immortal
who embodies the spirit of the group,
then discards them when tides of history shift,
and chooses another to rule in turn.
When I combine all history chronicles
that record the names and the deeds of leaders
of every social group, religion, nation,
empire, and corporation that appeared
the past ten thousand years of human life
I glimpse the basic principles of change
that govern constant flow of public actions
to calculate the causes and effects
which ripple in the waves of new events
in rise and fall of political groups
through the functions of material production.
The most successful groups protect all members
and provide each individual with role
to perform in daily ritual of action
in process of the production of food
so every person many employ their skills
to enhance the greater good of the group,
and benefit each one who does their part
and gets rewarded for their faithful work
with honor and respect in social rituals.
The worst god is the blind greedy tyrant
who tries to control the labor of each member
for their personal gain above all others
at the expense of those who work the most,
while the best god is the generous savior
who manages the roles of each skilled person
as good chief executive officer
to organize the labor of their hands
so every individual person thrives
and gains wealth from the vision of their minds
which benefits everyone in the group.
Religion displays myth of social action
through standard characters of God and Satan,
presenting them as models of behavior
to avoid or emulate in their actions
for tribal leaders who wish to reign long
when the group chooses them to play the leader.
We established good system of election
that allows every person to choose who
plays God with the power of life and death,
so men who want to play our empire God
must campaign by traveling to every town
where they stand before gathered congregation
to express with speeches their honest vision
that presents the principles of their program
showing how they will develop work roles
that will best utilize skills of each person,
then we elect the more qualified person
to manage productive functions of labor.
We choose the person with the better vision
to impersonate the spirit of God
and play the leader who loves every person
by judging our actions as right or wrong
to encourage behavior that creates
and discourage behavior that destroys
for we live and die together as one.
Now I am old, man of authority
who teaches that God is eternal spirit
of the Loving Leader who cares for all
as character in myth of world religion
who models best behavior of good men.
© Surazeus
2018 02 12
When I was young, men of authority
convinced me that one supernatural God,
modeled after the father of our tribe,
had created the entire universe,
then established strict hierarchy of power
where I should obey the laws of those men
because that God appointed them to rule.
But when I saw them fight in game of thrones,
gathering armies and waging brutal wars
that kill millions of people they should rule
over which of those god-appointed men
has most divine right from our God to rule
vast empires of commercial enterprise
and gain wealth from the labor of our hands,
then I realized those men invented God
as weapon to control obedient minds.
Now I understand God is metaphor
that symbolizes power of rulership
which possesses each individual man
who obtains position of authority
through the means of inheritance, election,
or military seizure, so their words
establish laws that govern interactions
to ensure rich survival of the group
which gives life to the social institution
beyond the lives of all individuals involved.
God is the spirit of group leadership
which persists beyond individual leaders,
passing through their bodies as they appear
through the process of the selective game,
ascending through rite of apotheosis
to transition from mortal to immortal
who embodies the spirit of the group,
then discards them when tides of history shift,
and chooses another to rule in turn.
When I combine all history chronicles
that record the names and the deeds of leaders
of every social group, religion, nation,
empire, and corporation that appeared
the past ten thousand years of human life
I glimpse the basic principles of change
that govern constant flow of public actions
to calculate the causes and effects
which ripple in the waves of new events
in rise and fall of political groups
through the functions of material production.
The most successful groups protect all members
and provide each individual with role
to perform in daily ritual of action
in process of the production of food
so every person many employ their skills
to enhance the greater good of the group,
and benefit each one who does their part
and gets rewarded for their faithful work
with honor and respect in social rituals.
The worst god is the blind greedy tyrant
who tries to control the labor of each member
for their personal gain above all others
at the expense of those who work the most,
while the best god is the generous savior
who manages the roles of each skilled person
as good chief executive officer
to organize the labor of their hands
so every individual person thrives
and gains wealth from the vision of their minds
which benefits everyone in the group.
Religion displays myth of social action
through standard characters of God and Satan,
presenting them as models of behavior
to avoid or emulate in their actions
for tribal leaders who wish to reign long
when the group chooses them to play the leader.
We established good system of election
that allows every person to choose who
plays God with the power of life and death,
so men who want to play our empire God
must campaign by traveling to every town
where they stand before gathered congregation
to express with speeches their honest vision
that presents the principles of their program
showing how they will develop work roles
that will best utilize skills of each person,
then we elect the more qualified person
to manage productive functions of labor.
We choose the person with the better vision
to impersonate the spirit of God
and play the leader who loves every person
by judging our actions as right or wrong
to encourage behavior that creates
and discourage behavior that destroys
for we live and die together as one.
Now I am old, man of authority
who teaches that God is eternal spirit
of the Loving Leader who cares for all
as character in myth of world religion
who models best behavior of good men.
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