Who started this, anyway?
What did God mean by “creation of heaven” as we read in the Genisis account? If it was to mean the entire universe, as some say because of how one may read the Genesis account, then what of the idea that God began mortal life like Adam; a man like him, and like us; and Eve, a woman, like women today? That, as a man, God the Father, too, had a God as a fatherly figure, and that this paradigm continues into infinity in both directions, like a mathematic line, as opposed to a ray? Then “heaven,” in biblical creation description, may include only our galaxy; the so-called “Milky Way,” and that other galaxies we observe from Earth may be the creation of older generational gods, with children, like us, and including once God, himself, as a mortal child like us. This, then, infers there're mothers in heaven, too. This actually makes more sense than a limited beginning that reaches an end point, thus a segment, or a fixed beginning, and an endless future, thus a ray, and not an eternal line. I prefer the eternal line of past, present, future.
Therein, within our as yet imperfect galaxy, may exist a perfect place that is God’s perfect domicile, from which he observes the comings and goings of stars and planets… and residents, like us, in imperfect places, becoming, ever so gradually, potentially, perfect, like our mother and father in heaven.
Then, “Who started this, anyway” has a longer answer, and the story would like to be fully told finally, someday. Here's a hint to achieve "someday:"
"The most important decision we can make is whether we believe in a friendly or hostile universe." - AlbertEinstein
Yes, Einstein did believe in God; many scientists do. But, let's not try to justify any religion on the basis of his belief as compared to, for example, Stephen Hawking, whose commentary on God was an impersonal god, at best, and not even a creator, and probably, because there were and are as many religious interpretations of who God is as there were and are scientific theories on the origin and structure of the universe, a subject of intense interest by both physicists.
However, regardless of how one acknowledges God, there is this dichotomy of universal consideration of being friendly, or hostile, and has much to do with whether we accept free will or universal determinism. When we are in the friendly universe camp, it is far easier to accept the free will camp along side it, but the opposing hostile universe camp will not easily observe such a condition, siding with determinism; that our lives are already defined, cataloged, and set in stone.
So, is the universe friendly, hostile, or something else?”
What did God mean by “creation of heaven” as we read in the Genisis account? If it was to mean the entire universe, as some say because of how one may read the Genesis account, then what of the idea that God began mortal life like Adam; a man like him, and like us; and Eve, a woman, like women today? That, as a man, God the Father, too, had a God as a fatherly figure, and that this paradigm continues into infinity in both directions, like a mathematic line, as opposed to a ray? Then “heaven,” in biblical creation description, may include only our galaxy; the so-called “Milky Way,” and that other galaxies we observe from Earth may be the creation of older generational gods, with children, like us, and including once God, himself, as a mortal child like us. This, then, infers there're mothers in heaven, too. This actually makes more sense than a limited beginning that reaches an end point, thus a segment, or a fixed beginning, and an endless future, thus a ray, and not an eternal line. I prefer the eternal line of past, present, future.
Therein, within our as yet imperfect galaxy, may exist a perfect place that is God’s perfect domicile, from which he observes the comings and goings of stars and planets… and residents, like us, in imperfect places, becoming, ever so gradually, potentially, perfect, like our mother and father in heaven.
Then, “Who started this, anyway” has a longer answer, and the story would like to be fully told finally, someday. Here's a hint to achieve "someday:"
"The most important decision we can make is whether we believe in a friendly or hostile universe." - AlbertEinstein
Yes, Einstein did believe in God; many scientists do. But, let's not try to justify any religion on the basis of his belief as compared to, for example, Stephen Hawking, whose commentary on God was an impersonal god, at best, and not even a creator, and probably, because there were and are as many religious interpretations of who God is as there were and are scientific theories on the origin and structure of the universe, a subject of intense interest by both physicists.
However, regardless of how one acknowledges God, there is this dichotomy of universal consideration of being friendly, or hostile, and has much to do with whether we accept free will or universal determinism. When we are in the friendly universe camp, it is far easier to accept the free will camp along side it, but the opposing hostile universe camp will not easily observe such a condition, siding with determinism; that our lives are already defined, cataloged, and set in stone.
So, is the universe friendly, hostile, or something else?”
