All of existence is non-simultaneously apprehended interacting processing.

All of existence is infinite regression.

All of existence is.

Infinity.

Therefore…
All of non-existence is not? Or is it?

Is the universe justified?

According to most theology the world is only justified if it is seen as right in the eyes of God.

But what if the universe is inherently justified in itself? How then could we say that certain things in a justified universe were un-just? Can certain objects of a unified “good” whole be “bad”? no they must all have equal weight in the whole since the whole cannot exist without them. And since the whole is justified then nothing contained within the whole can be distinguished as un-just.

So how can the universe be justified?

It seems that things that happen within the world are unjustified, “evil” BAD. So since these things exist can’t we conclude that the universe is inherently unjustified? and that as a cause everything within the universe is unjustified? So then why does the universe exist?

It seems that a universe that has no justification should have no reason to exist.

These are all interesting problems that God easily solves. This is why many people perceive God as too easy an answer and dismiss the idea of theology. I’ll even admit to doing this myself but only because I like asking these questions too much. And believing in God obviously doesn’t allow you to ask these questions… Because God hates people who think and rains down justice on those who try.

“This debate flares each December, but in recent months the outcry has gotten louder than ever. They even have a term for this supposed anti-Christmas bias: the “war on Christmas,” named for a new book by Fox News Channel anchor John Gibson, whose subtitle is, How the Liberal Plot to Ban the Sacred Christian Holiday is Worse Than You Thought.”

Read more at the Salt Lake Tribune.

Why is it that most older religions are polytheistic and most newer religions are monotheistic? Could it be the collective unconscious slowly moving towards the concept of the unity of everything? In the past most people believed in many gods, now most people believe in one god. I think pantheism is probably next. That’s just taking the concept of god to a whole new level. Of course this isn’t a new idea, but it’s certainly not mainstream.

In a slightly related topic, I recently read a great short story by Isaac Asimov called The Last Question. You should check it out because it’s really good, he’s a very clever person and he describes the cosmic evolution of humanity brilliantly. It leaves me with the question: is our purpose here to create god?

A week ago I checked out a christian youth group at my school, but I didn’t find it at first and stumbled upon a Muslim service. They were very welcoming, and I ended up discussing face recognition with a very pretty shrouded egyptian computer science graduate student. I was able to relax and was served copious amounts of food. At the end of the service, they prayed, and I sat to the side and meditated while they prayed. The melodic prayers were enchanting and empowering. I observed that the women were behind a partition, but the partition was aligned to make it more sybolic than any thing else. It made me think completely differently about what we call the unjust treatment of women of Islam. The seperation makes sense; I hate when people act like there are no differences between men and women especially when t comes to their social roles.
Confidently I leave the Muslim group to find the Christian group upstairs. I enter a room where an overvealous annoying guy is playing a guitar and ranting about Jesus. Man, I love Jesus, but this guy loves Jesus. I thought the song would be over in a minute, so I shrugged it off in anticipation of some good bible study into which we could debate about David and Bathshebba, and Judah and Timar and all the rest of those cool guys. Instead this man decides to sing each verse about 6 times before moving on, and the singing went on for well over 45 minutes. After the singing was over, I talked to this African girl about comparative literature, then this fucking guy starts to talk to us. I though it’d be like a minute, then open it up to the group, but this man went on. After that, he fucking gets on his guitat again.
This is where things change, the other people start freaking out. One guy was on the floor crying. Another girl was a complete mess in the arms of this other huge woman. People just spread out over the room and just get it go. You would think I could get down with it, but it was the most uncomforatble I’ve felt in a long time.
I couldn’t relate to the people who shared my language and the religion of my household, yet I could to they people I could hardly talk communicate with and who’s traditions I am completely ignorant. I say that I understand and can relate to any belief systems and any faith, and I still believe it, but I just felt so hypocritical when I was with the more familiar set.
Should I become Muslim? Na, it probably won’t be so cool when I learn Arabic. Should I say I believe in no religions? I think I’ll have the get the skeletons out of my closet. But it just so happens that I misplaced them. Can anyone help me in my tressure hunt?