ONCE UPON A TIMELESS TIME...

ONCE UPON A TIMELESS TIME, a kid named Johnny came to God and asked how come he created things.  God said, “I didn’t create anything.  It was those other guys.”

Johnny asked, “Will you tell me how that works?”

God said, “Back when there was nothing but space and the potential for energy, energy came into being naturally.  Naturally means the nature or physics, or how energy works, meaning cause and effect, action and reaction.  Do you understand that, Johnny?”

“So you didn’t make space or energy or physics, or the laws of nature.  So you didn’t make cause and effect, action and reaction?”  Asked Johnny.

“No I didn’t,” said God.  “And neither did those other guys.  It wasn’t until space, energy, and cause and effect naturally–action and reaction–resulted in (or if you wish, created) me and them other guys.”

“So are you saying space, energy, and cause and effect are mindless?”  Asked Johnny.

“If you don’t use the word ‘mind’ we can get to the truth,” said God.  “Call creation a spontaneous natural happening.  The nature of how things work is innate to nature.  Physics, the laws of nature, are just words used to describe how creation happens, but here’s the cool part, it’s not like the laws of nature or physics sit around and think, “Hmmm, what should I build next.  Maybe I’ll build a planet.  No!  It’s not like that.”

“What is it like?” asked Johnny.

“It’s like this,” said God, “first there is space and energy, and then they start doing what comes naturally, meaning, they behave in certain ways without a thought, without intent, without purpose, and with no goal in mind.  An example would be how gravity and magnets behave certain ways.   It is the nature of space and energy to behave (mindlessly) a certain way.  It is the natural behavior of energy and space to combine and form complex forms or structures.  And when nature does its thing long enough, intelligence shows up, thinking show up, and then things really get wild, though not quite as wild until these intelligences mature enough to bring humans into existence.  Once that happens, all bets are off.”

“So is that how you came to be God?”  Asked Johnny.

“I’m not God,” said God.  Humans have it all wrong.  If humans want a God they might consider calling nature, God.  Name space and energy, God.  Call how thing work, God.  Call the natural movement that results in mindless cause and effect, action and reaction, God.  You, me, and them thar guys are the results of nature doing it’s mindless thing.  But the really cool part is, nature created MINDFUL beings, thinking beings, intelligent beings, and WE create things too, except we do it with intent, purpose, and reason.  I mean, look at pet rocks.  We did that. 

(to be discontinued, or not)