God Is The Tribal Leader
© Surazeus
2018 08 19
Reality always remains the same
no matter how we use words to describe
complex vibrations of its molecules.
Since we humans first learned how to express
visions we perceive in sounds of our tongues,
to signify objects with varied qualities
performing actions that cause effects
of change, we have transformed our languages
from simple systems about actual objects
to complicated systems about concepts
of abstract ideas through ontology
of fundamental principles for laws
that constitute our more complex world view.
I deconstructed the over-used word God
to extract several meanings from its sense
which refer to different phenomena
that our minds can perceive as active forces.
Our use of word God evolved over time
from referring to political leaders
who seemed endowed with supernatural power
to referring to complete universe
of enormous clusters with galaxies
woven into vast web of streaming light
mirrored by neuron structures of our brains.
Just as Plato described each living tree
manifests in form-bound material
as replication from perfect idea
of The Tree that persists in realm of Heaven,
so the leader of every tribe and nation
manifests in form of the divine man
as replication from perfect idea
of God, concept of the most perfect person.
God is character conjured from our words
that describes the best way to be a leader
who cares about the people of his tribe
and helps each person become their best self
while protecting people from violent people
and ensuring that justice is served well
by protecting the weak and killing killers.
This aspect of God as the perfect Idea
of the wise man who leads their nation well
we designed based on our experience
in societies formed from human groups,
from roving tribes of hunter-gatherers
to sprawling empires of attentive priests
managing warriors, farmers, and craftsmen,
so this aspect we can term political
which presents God as benevolent king.
The other aspect of God as all matter
that constitutes the substance of existence
we extracted from God as tribal king,
but this concept must transcend human souls
and be modified to refer to atoms
that pulse as one in galaxies of stars,
though we should use a different abstract word
to refer to the entire universe
that may or may not be conscious with will.
If we can use two separate language terms
to refer to different aspects of nature
we can avoid confusion that results
when people endow the vast universe
with quirks of human personalities.
God is the idea of the tribal leader,
while White Whole is the cosmic universe.
The living pastor of your local church,
the president of your work company,
the mayor of your town, the governor
of your state, the president of your nation,
these are all manifestations of God
who should care about you as individuals,
and execute programs of social process
that support more creative interaction
between citizens who cooperate
in the food production machine of culture.
The White Whole that flares forth from the first flash,
the universe of matter pulsing atoms,
that constitute the substance of our bodies,
and the planet which transformed us from carbon,
has no consciousness except in our brains,
for nature is indifferent to our lives.
We are the concept of God we designed,
conscious beings who understand nature of things
so we manipulate matter with our hands
and become the Craftsman who creates Heaven
where we dwell in creative harmony.
© Surazeus
2018 08 19
Reality always remains the same
no matter how we use words to describe
complex vibrations of its molecules.
Since we humans first learned how to express
visions we perceive in sounds of our tongues,
to signify objects with varied qualities
performing actions that cause effects
of change, we have transformed our languages
from simple systems about actual objects
to complicated systems about concepts
of abstract ideas through ontology
of fundamental principles for laws
that constitute our more complex world view.
I deconstructed the over-used word God
to extract several meanings from its sense
which refer to different phenomena
that our minds can perceive as active forces.
Our use of word God evolved over time
from referring to political leaders
who seemed endowed with supernatural power
to referring to complete universe
of enormous clusters with galaxies
woven into vast web of streaming light
mirrored by neuron structures of our brains.
Just as Plato described each living tree
manifests in form-bound material
as replication from perfect idea
of The Tree that persists in realm of Heaven,
so the leader of every tribe and nation
manifests in form of the divine man
as replication from perfect idea
of God, concept of the most perfect person.
God is character conjured from our words
that describes the best way to be a leader
who cares about the people of his tribe
and helps each person become their best self
while protecting people from violent people
and ensuring that justice is served well
by protecting the weak and killing killers.
This aspect of God as the perfect Idea
of the wise man who leads their nation well
we designed based on our experience
in societies formed from human groups,
from roving tribes of hunter-gatherers
to sprawling empires of attentive priests
managing warriors, farmers, and craftsmen,
so this aspect we can term political
which presents God as benevolent king.
The other aspect of God as all matter
that constitutes the substance of existence
we extracted from God as tribal king,
but this concept must transcend human souls
and be modified to refer to atoms
that pulse as one in galaxies of stars,
though we should use a different abstract word
to refer to the entire universe
that may or may not be conscious with will.
If we can use two separate language terms
to refer to different aspects of nature
we can avoid confusion that results
when people endow the vast universe
with quirks of human personalities.
God is the idea of the tribal leader,
while White Whole is the cosmic universe.
The living pastor of your local church,
the president of your work company,
the mayor of your town, the governor
of your state, the president of your nation,
these are all manifestations of God
who should care about you as individuals,
and execute programs of social process
that support more creative interaction
between citizens who cooperate
in the food production machine of culture.
The White Whole that flares forth from the first flash,
the universe of matter pulsing atoms,
that constitute the substance of our bodies,
and the planet which transformed us from carbon,
has no consciousness except in our brains,
for nature is indifferent to our lives.
We are the concept of God we designed,
conscious beings who understand nature of things
so we manipulate matter with our hands
and become the Craftsman who creates Heaven
where we dwell in creative harmony.
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