What religion are you!?

[Madame Adequate]

Actually, if pressed, I would say I'm atheistic, but that I think something is going on. I don't know what. I don't propose to know what. But I was serious earlier when I said G'Kar has influenced me strongly.

If I take a lamp and shine toward the wall, a bright spot will appear on the wall. The lamp is our search for truth, for understanding. Too often we assume the light on the wall is God, but the light is not the goal of the search, it is the result of the search. The more intense the search, the brighter the light on the wall. The brighter the light on the wall, the greater the revelation upon seeing it. Similarly, someone who does not search, who does not bring a lantern with him, sees nothing. What we perceive as God is the by-product of our search for God. It may simply be an appreciation of the light, pure and unblemished. Not understanding that it comes from us, sometimes, we stand in front of the light and assume we are the center of the universe. God looks astonishingly like we do. Or we turn to look at our shadow and assume all is darkness. If we allow ourselves to get in the way, we defeat the purpose - which is use the light of our search to illuminate the wall in all its beauty and all it flaws, and in so doing, better understand the world around us.

*shrugs* I don't know what's going on in the universe and I won't proclaim to. If there is a God, or some pantheon of Gods, I would have to presume that they are so far beyond me that attempts to comprehend them just won't work without some direct observation or input on their part.

I will say this though: I agree with G'Kar when he said "We are the universe made manifest, trying to figure itself out". I agree with G'Kar when he says "Our thoughts form the universe. They are always important". That which is is important. That which feels is precious. But that which thinks, that which creates and dreams and builds? That is some far greater thing.

The universe, as far as I can see, came from a single point and has spread out to increasing complexity, always increasing complexity, and always doing so faster. The first stars took billions of years to live and die. The next generation, with the heavy elements needed for life and civilization, took as long. But life didn't take as long to arise, and from the creation of life to intelligent life was again much shorter, and from intelligent life to each of its many inventions is faster and faster. We are the complexity of the universe and we are adding to its complexity every day. God is not our origin, it is our future. And we are hurtling towards our future faster than people realize,