God is not dead. Then again, God was never alive to begin with. God exists in the realm of pure thought, a construct molded by millions of minds, split into infinite egos with each different set of thoughts used to temper its bounds. This is a natural occurrence. Everything in this universe tends to chaos, as should the concept of God. Ten of thousands of years 
before we were much simpler constructs. At that time we only needed the most basest of deities, such as the sun, the moon, and the absence of both.
As we become more complex beings, our beliefs folded out into more complex objects. We created many gods each an aspect of something more ethereal, something we could not just make from our hands experience with our physical senses. Even as we consolidated deities back into more central beings, we made them more complex. As the christian god has stated, I am not to be understood. So even as we fight to constrain the godhead, we make it more unfathomable. People of all faiths often speak of the mysteries of their chosen one or ones. God cannot be simple if it wants to encompass all that we have become.
Some faiths advocate moving toward unity. This also is unattainable. Once a system becomes complex it does not tend back to simplicity. Things can be assembled into themes. A theme is a gathering of similar complexities. Themes help make sense of the chaos, making it appear simpler, but this is just an illusion. Things have not become simpler, we have just become complex enough ourselves to see patterns, which are just like themes. Patterns are the physical manifestation of themes.
May 23, 2008 at 11:09 pm |
My goodness, you did a lot of thinking, as of recent
I can’t or am afraid to go down your brave path of thought; for fear I’d never exit.
May 26, 2008 at 6:42 am |
As we evolve we become more complex, but not in a way to make us more complete. God is a crutch that far to many people lean on. I believe that if God truly exist, he or she or it would want us to enjoy all that is given to us and not spend our precious little time worshipping them. We are not advanced enough to understand our thoughts, but as a group mentality we struggle to become one with something that I believe only wants us to enjoy life, for it will be gone before we ever knew it was there.
June 10, 2008 at 12:17 am |
There was a time before humanity was capable of abstract thought. Sometimes I think it might have been a nicer time, but then I remember the horrible cruelties of ancient civilizations…
I have no point.
June 10, 2008 at 4:39 pm |
I have a feeling the complexity is purposeful. If it’s complicated, the people in power can convince the followers that the followers can’t exist without the leadership of the people in power.