Dear Spinoza

Dear,
Spinoza

A mechanical god, one with nature, the laws of physics and the laws of morality---impersonal, unaffected, is not a god. Lucretius is my current muse. And I love every verse of his. Every part of his poems, masterfully translated into my language, is beautiful. The entreaty to Venus, or love, the entreaty to abandoning religion because of its immoral nature. These are things I cautiously accept as true. However, though morals, science and nature are self evident in itself, this is not god.

You say God is impersonal, and does not interact with human beings. I completely disagree. Every aspect of my life proves there's providence behind it. Sometimes I'm amazed at how well God listens to me. Sometimes I'm even paranoid that some force malicious is listening to me, and bringing to bear all my prayers. But, that's not so. Rather, God does interact with men, He does change and bend the laws of physics, and He does have a personal relationship with His subjects.

It may seem narcissistic to believe that God listens... when in fact He actually does. And blatantly, I see your god being believed in in the end days. And a great disorder it will create. Because, there's one problem with your theory. Just one. If there is no one to judge---and morals are self evident---why follow them? If no consequence will fall eternally upon the brow of a man who rebels---certainly, men like Genghis Kahn and Nero had far more exorbitant pleasures than any men in history. The Aztecs, likewise, committed cannibalism without censure. It was praised.

While Lucretius is right, that religion is often a guise to the worst kinds of evil---so would an evil of sorts be created by believing all god were, is the forces of the universe. For, then nothing but man could make man accountable, and therefore, law---whether benevolent or not---would be the sole arbiter. Thus, naturally, rich men would be better suited for this system than the poor. The prideful than the humble. The warrior over the worker. Some may say this is always been--- True. But, it ought not be. And because it is, something must hold it accountable, otherwise the outcome is misery for the masses, and sublime pleasures for the few who rule them.

With that, I've studied history, and it seems to me that God had shown the Laws we ought to live by in three stages. First, with Hammurabi. Second with Moses. And third, with the Messiah Christ. And each dispensation, the law was revealed slowly, never changing but rather reaffirming the truth. For, in Abraham's day it was simply the invention of law that needed to be. In Moses' day it was the necessity for man to have relationship with his Creator. And finally in Christ, it was the necessity of understanding men are Sabbath Breakers, and need to be forgiven. 

With that being said, the law hasn't changed. In the Torah, it says a man guilty of innocent blood ought to stop and change his ways, and he will no longer be guilty of innocent blood. With that, God will change and rend the times and laws and seasons to place you far away from the old man, so that you forget him completely. For, that is the mystery of the Prophets and law, is mercy. And God---being far more advanced in mind than any of us---is the only one who can arbitrate and therefore cleanse our souls from wrongdoing. For the world is apt to judge so harshly that a summary offense will become a fatal fault, and a flagrant capital offense will be considered perfectly justifiable. And should either offense be made, God will cleans that offense from man with the Blood of Christ, therefore, making that man like he had never sinned.