Introduction
I've come to terms with my Christian background. See, for almost a year now I've been trying to practice Atheism and agnosticism, but something was missing. I've decided that there is a god. Just one. He is perfect. His personality is based on complete moderation. He is angry when it is needed, he is benevolent when it is needed. That said, he doesn't interfere with our lives.
So, why this drawn out revelation of sorts? Well, I was sitting in my backyard, just looking around at the pond, my mom's lovely garden, and the sky when I realized: science is too cold. There's no personality in it. If a god creating everything, that makes it, I don't know, somehow...communal? Everything is connected in someway. I've decided the strands of our lives are intertwined.
Life
Picture life as a woven blanket. My life is but a small, let's say red-orange, thread in this tremendous blanket. My thread, in this weave, passes over many other threads (lives). Let's just say (for personal and utterly superficial reasons) that my girlfriend's thread runs right next to mine (it's sky blue). Okay, that doesn't matter. Anyways, when we get to the end of the blanket, we die. It's a clean stop for some, but others threads are ragged, strung out and tattered for a great length, but they all end at some point in time.
Now, this blanket is going to have one odd, to say the least, shape, but just bear with me for a moment longer. Each thread is miniscule, frivolous, and seemingly unimportant, but without these threads, the blanket would be nothing. This living weave wouldn't exist.
People
Most people are inherently good. Modern ways have corrupted many people, though do not confuse this with technology, but rather modern ideals promoted by the wealthy, which are broadcast to the rest of the world through, of course, the media.
On to the God!
Okay, so this is just my view of things, but I see God represented in many things in this universe, but most importantly, I see him in the sun. Sure, they're are many suns depending what solar system you're on, but seeing as each person has their own God, each solar system in turn has it's own sun, etc. Think about it, you may call me a pagan if you like, but think about it, really. The sun provides us with almost everything we need for an empathic life. Without sunshine, we'd be but husks of our former selves. There'd be no true light, which would cut down plant life greatly, which could endanger human life gravely. So there's a physical aspect of it, as well. Now, I suppose you could have designated buildings with artificial sunlight for growing plants, and such, but these would have to be innumerous so that would be ridiculous (though important). Anyways...what I mean by true light is that sunlight is so much more inviting than say, the light that comes from one's lamp. It's literally warm, which induces relaxation (in moderation, which is a key aspect of my philosophies, if you hadn't picked this up already.), which promotes happiness, which can, possibly, promote feelings of well-being and benevolence.
Summary
So, in short: People are generally good. Our lives our connected like the weave of the life-blanket. God practices perfect moderation bent towards kindness. He does not interfere with our human lives, but he is represented through the sun.
Any thoughts?
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