Traditionally and through historical discussions the process by which the wish to create and or defend God or the gods with reason, would turn invariably into a wish to displace god with the same reason , further on, the world's ability to continue making new discoveries and the advance of sciences in general were proof of more order in the universe, backed by our ability and confidence in our own powers. The fit between those powers and the natural world, looks more confidently to a future without the injustice and misery of the old regime, that someway or other, science and our intellect and morality would find the hidden link between happiness on earth, and in our lives, and virtue that past and current theocratic experiences failed and continue failing to materialize.
Isn't the world acting more intelligently all the time ?? Isn't it clearer that the gods whose only basic task was to create a perfect world might be in real and serious danger of disappearing from it, as well as from our lives. Shouldn't we fear an incompetent God as much as an omnipotent and omniscient and omnipresent one. Sapiens throughout had the tendency to assert the unbroken goodness of creation as it stands, through the various prophets and messengers, accepting through rote learning the existence of an order behind the appearances which assures that unbroken goodness. And a presumption of a disastrous ignorance of anyone who dares to suspect or suggest the world could be improved on its own.
For long centuries, humanity, through theodicy devoted a great deal more attention to divine freedom, rather than human freedom and liberty. Claiming that only faith can resolve our problems of evilness, and denying us the power of understanding ourselves, our passions, our morality, brutality and our possibilities. Many philosophers argued that a world which works according to general natural law and rules, is better than a world requiring constant interventions in its affairs. As it would turn the place into a chaotic situation, as indeed it was and is in our present times. The world historically lived and still lives in a state of permanent anarchy and irrational brutality and greed governing our lives.
We generally observe only two forces governing our lives in this universe, one of good and one of dark evil, and we don't always have sound explanations, Augustine gave humankind responsibility for evil, it seems more appropriate to assume he gave humankind the blame for evil. If humanity introduced evil in this world, and not God, then it might also be eradicated. We cannot deny that human beings developed over time, both as species and individuals, human nature has been altered, but not so much his or her behavior. We should work toward making our actions more intelligible without being totally determined, and we could aspire to a different world, where we are the authors of our own suffering and could and should be the source of our happiness.
God is benevolent, but we do not need him in our daily lives, we should be able to manage our own affairs and govern our lives all by ourselves, our morality and our laws. The need for god was when we relied on him to control the world and nature and even our bodies and instincts for us. God's role in the world is in decrease, he is more of a shadow than anything else, and as the Muslim prophet intentionally restricted the divine and humanity of coming up with a new messenger by declaring himself the last prophetic messenger, it is high time we end the entire message as well, and start anew on our own. It is time to admit that God would have had to arrange the world differently if he had been concerned about his creation and man.
Let's start by looking at and condemn some of the bigger actual problems threatening our world peace, harmony and advancement in this 21st century of our existence and beyond. Let's condemn all aspects of colonialism, fascism, apartheid, hegemony, let's condemn hatred and racism based on color of skin or ethnic origins, religiosity and different sects and denominations. Let's openly criticize adventurism and unnecessary wars and futile killings and mass stealing. Let's condemn dictators and dictatorships, and stop encouraging them and allowing them to increase in numbers, we have so many of them around our small globe, here in America, in Russia, in Hungary, in Israel and Syria, in theocratic Iran and Saudi Arabia, in Turkey and half of Africa, in fascist corners of Europe and south America, in Korea and elsewhere, plus of course all the aspiring ones mushrooming here and there.
Let's regulate and put limits on corporate power, and their uncontrollable ownership of the system and entire countries whereby they are the real political governing institutions and the real profiteers of the common wealth.
If we can eliminate these 21st century political and social ailments and deceases from our world, I'm sure we will attain and achieve a much better world, a more peaceful one and a happier future to us and many generations to come. Why is it that most of these serious illnesses are invariably hiding behind Gods and religious dogmas, and seriously trying to convince their populations that they represent somehow the Divine, and get their messages and policies from above, if it's only a coincidence, then what a damning coincidence it is.
As always, my many thanks to all, stay safe.
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