God Too
I’m the power in your sun
The atom and the wind
Giving light its speed
Its colour
And its spin
Arising out of nothing
To make your sunset glow
Organising your bodies
To your neurone flow
I give life its mystery
Creating all the laws
That keep it all in motion
Its perfection
And its flaws
You make me into Gods
Religions and Holy books
But I evade all your
Interpretations of my looks
You will not find me concerned
With how your life should run
Providing you with morals
For what is
Or is not done
I am not a human
Apart from the cosmic flow
I connect you to the mystic
That you cannot know
Your religions try to capture me
As I appear to you all
But I spiral through the words
Of the prayers that you call
Everything you think is real
You create it from the void
And you are doomed
To live the life
With which your dreams have toyed.
Opher 8.2.99
I suppose I think there is some mystery, some mystical element behind the universe. It comes out of nothing in a big bang – from nothing to the universe in a fraction of a second; atoms out of nothing. There is energy flowing through the universe. There is size beyond comprehension. There is infinity and the void from which it comes. There are atoms that cannot wear out and energy that goes on forever. But is there a plan or purpose? Is there a God that is concerned with morals and human destiny? Is there an after-life? That is too human to me; too convenient. If there was a God it is one God; the God of all religions – no one special sect. The morals and the dogma do not hold with the mystical. I ridicule it. Religion is the biggest tyranny. It has held us back for thousands of years, stopping progress, inhibiting ideas, constraining thought, filling us with dread and fear, sin, evil and paradise, Heaven and Hell. It is human concocted rubbish that does not hold up under scrutiny. It merely moves you on to a series of other questions. So what happens after Heaven? Where did God come from? What purpose could there be to eternity? Mysticism I can equate as some flow of energy but religion is a pathetic attempt to explain things that are beyond human imagination and god is a construct.
Exactly the way I feel about a “god”. The only exceptions is on “morals”. I agree they can not be laid down by what is out there but I reckon it is probably our “duty” to set our own moral standards to avoid suffering. But both your poem and text rings very true with me. I also believe sufficiently advanced intelligence can become “gods” – at least in terms of abolishing suffering through technology and improving the condition of sentient beings. So nice to read all this from a similar mind. Sometimes one feels a lone voice in the wilderness, especially in front of the truly awful hard line bible bashers out there. Totally agree with all of what you say.
That’s good to hear Anthony. I agree with you. We do need to have a moral code – I believe we can base it on the best of human nature and nurture it through good questioning education (not brainwashing). Caring, compassion and empathy are the basis of living right – sometimes it seems that is the opposite of what our society and religion is based on. I see all religion as man-made and hypocritical. Religious fanatics are a scourge.
Yes, works for me.
Cheers John.