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“The idea of God is a pseudo-religious anthropomorphication of an extra-dimensional force of nature.”
- Xenocrates
y very first blog entry delved into the concept that we live in a very logically structured mechanised universe. My second entry sought to explain the nature of the master of this domain. Now considering all things, neither entry delved any deeper than our common understanding of these things. I say “common”, because those are ideas that anyone, given some careful observation of the world around them, could have derived on their own. The truth of the matter however, is that our understanding of God and the Universe is still a very human one. In the post immediately before this one, I explained that our obsession with love is not much more than our obsession with ourselves. The same can be said of our understanding of God and the Universe. What is really going to blow your mind, is that for the last 10,000+ years of recorded human civilization, we’ve always imposed a human image upon our understanding of our universe. Everyone from the native American Indians who worshipped the great spirit right back to modern day Christians have always worshipped a humanised God.
What this post is going to do, is to throw everything you think you know and understand about God and our universe out the window - and start with very simple ideas, layering them with progressively more complex ideas, until we have a logical explanation of that concept we collectively refer to as God. Eventually, you will realise that we’re not doing anything different today from those who worshipped forces of nature that they barely understood. Now follow me closely, as this is going to be a very deep mind assault of epic proportions.
“There’s no such thing as true love - only a conditional expression of affection.”
- Xenocrates
This one is dedicated to Aporia, and the naive little person I used to be 5 years ago. It’s about Love; the single most powerful emotional expression humans are capable of. People just love to talk about love. That’s why they keep inventing these inane stories about it. Relationships between human beings have gotten so much attention from pop culture. In fact, even though every single “chick flick” from the 1940’s right back to the 21st century shares exactly the same plot, studios keep churning them out and updating them as though there’s some kind of cookie cutter production line designed explicitly for such. Love is the subject of gossip columns, television, interactive entertainment, magazines, toys - you name it. We’re all obsessed with it. But why are people so fascinated by love? The answer is pretty simple. What most people fail to realise is that they’re not so much enraptured about love as much as they are about themselves. Love is the single most subtle form of self interest, and the only reason why people love is because people are intrinsically selfish. Love is selfish, and if you read on, I will clearly demonstrate how.
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