All Very Simple, Really.

So what is it about religion and this need to separate all into different branches, customs and versions. If there really is belief, then surely it is simply Faith. Faith, as a belief, in a supreme being, who created all. Mind you some religions divide each act into a separate deity. Each deity having a specific relationship, to each other. There is a rank and structure that each deity has, and in some cases, deities have gone up against each other in a war. In the religion, not even in the name of religion. Now whose confused? It is this sort of storytelling, which over time, demonstrates how humankind has applied their fears and hopes to a concept, to explain what they do not understand. They started to create rituals to explain the occurrences. They then decided to call it ‘Religion’. They then formed rules of their religion. They decided what was to be. Sure there are many instances in different religions where the various ‘Gods’ had ‘allegedly’ provided the actual original rules and outlines to one or two specially selected ‘prophets’. And they were apparently written down exactly as was dictated to them? Have you ever done dictation? Trying to keep up with exactly with what was said as a person speaks it? There is no way you can do it unless the speaker slows down completely. I can just imagine ‘God’ waiting while Moses chiseled out the Commandments. Both times. Since he smashed the first lot in protest to the celebration of a newly formed religion which had occurred while he was getting the first lot (40 days, to write ten commandments? Maybe he did some practice carvings each day before doing the good version?). Then there’s the Koran as told to another prophet. That’s a lot of writing. Even for a moment assuming ‘Gods’ do not ‘speak’ in the sense of vocalising, there is still the actual task of writing out what God had said. But, my argument is, show me a religion, where the influence in the writing is not based upon humankind’s thinking. How could we possibly understand the thoughts of a ‘creator’. Except, do good or not. It is that easy.

So why are they so insistent on making everyone call this religion, but only in a particular way? Only in their particular way. Surely ‘Faith’ is all that is required. Belief or non-belief. I fall into the second category, but have no objection to those who want belief. I won’t force you to stop believing. So don’t try and force me to believe.

But, we were discussing time, the slowing down of, or, the speeding up. Maybe when it came to dictation, ‘God’ had slowed time down for those he was dictating too. Or created a temporal pocket around the one he was communicating with. Hey, if it was a ‘God’ then what could be simpler?

Time rules our lives regardless, and despite all of our wishes (at this point in history) we can’t change it. We can however draw out the emotion associated with good times. Bad times, such as me sitting through the afternoon’s class, waiting for the outcome with Mr Walsh, still felt very drawn out.

(Continued tomorrow)