Pondering God, one might consider that He is in everything, everywhere. Another perspective, is that He is a supernatural being, aware of all our thoughts, words, and deeds. There are and have been many schools that assert that God is a female principle. God is nature, or as Crowley asserted, God is the sex instinct. Perhaps, God is nothingness. Some have taught that God experiences all of life through our actions. God is Alien. God is the universe. We, a creation and manifestation of the universe are observers of the universe, and if God is the universe and all therein, lives vicariously through us. It is clear to me, that the God concept is a portal to madness. I do not believe in God unless God is the dharma of Namu-myoho-renge-kyo or the divinity ascribed to extraterrestrial or inter dimensional beings that have visited here.
This essay was inspired by the Fort Hood massacre and an incident at work. I was approached by a nicely dressed man outside our business weating a crucifix who told me a story of his daughter dying and he needed to buy her a flower. He told me how he sat at her bedside while she passed away. He had just travelled by bus here from Georgia and had no money. He claimed to be a man of God, but had no money for that flower. He wept emotionally. I reached into my pocket and gave him $10.00 which he insisted he must work for, so I had him pick up cigarette butts outside our restaurant. I told him it was a gift from God and to go in peace. What the man didn't realize was that he pulled this exact same scam on me last year - perhaps his daughter was ressurected and died a second time. It was at that time I discovered that it was easier to pay him to leave than reason with him or call the cops. God sent me a very nutty disciple, so I gave him a ten-spot in name of the Lord. The whole incident made me think of how many other whack jobs there are in the flock? Praise the Lord and pass the Lithium.
Consider all the wars and atrocities committed in the name of God. If God experiences life through us, don’t you think his thirst for cruelty and blood is more devilish than benevolent? I do. When one considers the actions of the Fort Hood murderer as he screamed “God is great!” while slaughtering his fellow soldiers, it would seem that people like this murderer have betrayed God, or their God relishes the horrors and suffering of murder - don't blame it on diablo as he is a creation of God as well. My suspicion is that belief in a delusion such as God has the potential to foster madness in the minds of people who have an unfavorable predisposition for mental illness – it may actually hasten evil acts.
Let me just state for the record that I have no objection to people believeing in God as it certainly gives them comfort and strength. They turn to God in times of trouble and to grant or reject their wishes, no matter how great or small. Fine, believe as you will. Over the next week or so, I just want to explore how people use God to justify their evils, how God apparently listens to some people and allows others to suffer - a lot. Take off the rose covered glases because God has no problem with you twisting in the wind, He may even enjoy it!
Over the next week or so, I will go further into this idea and hope that no more people are killed because their God is so great.