The Concept of It Always Was:
Part II of IV
...Philosophy and religions have their work cut out for them. We know now that we developed in a universe which was not always in existence. We also know the date of origination of the universe. With this knowledge we realize we were predated by “something”” else. We now realize we are neither unique nor essential to what existed before. It logically follows that whatever preceded us will follow us. Humans cannot be the ultimate of beings. Religions and philosophy come to the same conclusion: we are not essential to the existence of the universe we occupy. We are expendable; we are an insignificant being in the vastness of the universe and what lies beyond.
Coming to terms with the realization our reality had a beginning was predated by something else, is not easy. Understanding and accepting that our reality is accompanied by a second, parallel universe composed of antimatter makes things even worse. Now we realize all material substance, including ourselves, can be reduced to pure energy. We hang tight and cling even tighter to the concept that we must have been created to glorify our Creator. Why else? Theistic religions are strengthened. Our faith in our subservience, our lower status, is intensified and with it comes the further entrenchment of the conviction that we were created by something greater. We clutch tightly to our old concept that a Creator has created status levels of significance for all things in the universe: rocks, grass, trees, insects, snakes, fish, birds, dogs, biomes, planetary bodies, humans. We are at the top of it all. We are only one step below the magnificence of God. We are willing to fight to maintain our status. We become even more united as a species and agree we will join in a united front to secure that status against any intelligent life form we may encounter. We are on a quest to spread our influence, the influence of God, throughout the heavens.
Hidden within this system, hierarchies of significance are subsets of status. We have status subsets of our own of color, gender, sexuality, intelligence, religious affiliations, physique, ad infinitum. We know our place in society. We unite on the surface, but quietly below the surface, we individually compete to move whatever minority group we belong to a higher level of status.
We use the resources God provided us to expand our influence throughout the universe. We roll in turmoil beneath the surface of tranquility. We feel the urgency of time. We drive for the heavens in search of other intelligent life forms, which must be shown “the truth and the light.” What a glorious a purpose we humans have. We are on a mission of establishing a choir of multiple life forms to sing the praises of a Creator that has infused the universe with the precious gift of life and, in return, expect nothing other than appreciation. We are on a mission to create a choir that will raise its voice as one until heaven resonates from one end of its boundaries to the other.
We stand at the right hand of God. We are undoubtedly God’s most loyal servant and the religious, political, legal, corporate, academic leaders, who have lead humankind to this level of glory for God, will surely reap the benefits as they enter God’s Kingdom. The leaders of humankind expect to have others follow them through those gates, looking up to them in appreciation for their influence in having the gates of heaven flung open for all the loyal servants. The leaders believe they will reap the fruits of their labor in eternity to follow. They believe they are to be held in high esteem, placed upon pillars of adoration, as the masses group beneath them singing their praises in addition to God’s throughout eternity to follow.