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.

An Argument for you

If nothing proceeds from nothing
And matter is created through light---
Then it is perfectly logical
That the first thing God must say is
"Let there be light."

For the light proceeds from God,
And by light all matter was formed.
Therefore, God is the eternal force
From which all other things spring.

If the Omniverse is eternally recurring,
And multiverses merge within multiverses,
And universes are constantly being formed and dying,
And the Big Bang is an eternally recurring thing
Throughout the infinity of Space and Time,
Yet Time is a relative construct,
What exists outside of the known dimensions of Space/Time?
From there, it is where God said,
"Let there be Light."

For here, eternity is different
Than where time does not exist.

The Noble Lie

The Noble Lie ought to be understood
That it is a lie. That George Washington
Cut down a Cherry Tree and never lied;
That Abraham Lincoln travelled miles
To return a halfpenny, or Santa
The Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, so
With the Hero Christopher Columbus
Who was incessant that the world was
Round, or Thomas Edison inventing
The modern world, or that mental woes
Turn up in innocent people. It ought
To be understood these lies are not true.

Yet, men ought to so live like they were true.
George Washington teaches us honesty;
And Abraham Lincoln taught equity'
Santa, the Easter Bunny and Fairy
Teach us that good behavior reward us
Christopher Columbus taught persistence
Thomas Edison teaches us genius
And believing mentally ill people
Are innocent cures them of the ailment.

Yet, we ought to walk knowing these lies;
In school, as young children, it ought to be 
Child's play, where then into adulthood
It is understood the things learned as youth
Were the G rated stories we needed.
For, Genocide, Rape, Political lies
Are not things we ought to teach our children.
And as adults, we ought to know what was
True about the Noble Lies we were told.
For, reality ought not be what we
Mimic, but rather the ideal world.
For, who knows? Maybe one day, knowing the
Lie is only a lie, but a noble
Lie, we can live like the lie were true, and
Then build a better state for our children.

The Truth

Mental illness is caused by guilt.
Or, it is caused by trauma associated with guilt.
Or, it is caused by self-love.
Or, it is caused by fear.
Or, it is caused by hatred.
Or, it is caused by excessive grief.
Or, it is caused by sexual immorality.
Or, it is caused by neglect.

Psychosis is caused by guilt.
OCD is caused by guilt.
Narcissism is caused by being abusive.
Depression is caused by loss, and then associating the loss with a guilty conscience.
Paranoia is caused by guilt.
Anxiety is caused by guilt.
Bi-Polar is associated with sexual sin.
Anti-social personality disorder is associated with causing severe trauma to someone else.
Borderline Personality Disorder is caused by delinquent behavior and disobedience to authority.

It is not what goes into a man that causes uncleanliness
But what comes out of a man. That is what defiles the soul.