The God Concept

Whether “God” exists or not is not the subject of this moment’s consideration.

The concept I’m pondering is about whether or not humans need a conceptual structure to be good humans.

If there is a God, this means there is something “Greater” than us. If we are to believe scriptures are “His” laws, our duty is to follow them.

Ah! There are so many avenues to travel in discussing and exploring such related aspects!

Having a God creates a psychological box, within which humans are contained.

Only God dictates who comes and goes, and we are not allowed to question. Certainly, we can expect little in direct guidance and/or answers.

I know we can then discuss the merits of prayer, meditation, and “listening for that quiet, inner voice answering inside you…”

But, at some point, great minds push against the threshold of perceived barriers.

Consider exploration of the physics “String Theories.”

We could say these discoveries may, in fact, prove the existence of God – or at least indicate some level of innate, interactive intelligence governing everything in the background of matter and energy.

Fascinating! and Exciting!

But, what I want to know is can the human mind self-govern well and healthily without the God construct?

At times, my mind feels so isolated while gazing at the night sky as the stars just keep expanding their numbers into farther and farther galaxy universes.

What a terrifying thrill to think of folding the “fabric” of time and space and journeying through wormholes to other existences!

But, in all of this, does God truly exist?

And are we as humans merely captives in His all-encompassing petri dish?

Or are we, with our evolving intelligence, meant to outgrow the need for a parent?

Are we meant to take the guidance given, and to expand upon this into becoming an even greater species – beyond that which God, itself, could even imagine?

I pose that God must hope for this, given our adaptive capabilities interwoven in our genetics.

I think we are able to overcome our base limitations to become more than we’ve originally translated.

i think the answers are there in the scriptures by what is not being said, but that in reading leads the mind to quest for by its absence.

And if you observe and listen closely, it isn’t “God” stopping us or plaguing us in our attempts to improve ourselves.

It’s other humans, and what their agendas impose on us.