Exaltist Ethan
Bridging the Gap Between Believers and Skeptics
Pretty straight forward. I'll answer for myself.
My God is called The Synverse. The Synverse is any medium which change can occur. The Universe is an example of a Synverse. A blank sheet of paper is an example of a Synverse. The Omniverse, or Brahman, or Ultimate Nature, is the highest degree of a Synverse because as a Synverse it created all the other spacetimes, and types of matter, that exist today.
This idea is a hybrid of pantheism, or the belief that nature is God, and syntheism, or that we humans are currently in the development of God. Any person can shape this God. In fact, all fictional realities are in some way part of their own Synverses designed by humans. Almost anything you can think of falls in and around the concept of a Synverse, as everything is forever changing.
So why not just simply call it The Universe, The Multiverse, or The Omniverse? Because Synverses not only include that but include any concept, real or fictional. As a shaper of different Synverses you have the ability to change it in any way you wish to desire to be changed, whether media form you represent it as. Pantheists only worship what is real - I extend that worship to anything that can be changed.
And likewise, if there are realities that can't change, then they aren't part of a Synverse. And in the case of fiction, once the book ends, there is no changing the end result, and any other result comes off from pure imagination. However, the same book can be read over and over again, or, someone can develop new ways to create new media from the imagination of others, like Harry Potter books becoming movies.
We humans shape our God, The Synverse, and all of our creations, in various media outlets. Books, magazines, music, TV shows, movies, audiobooks, video games, and the list goes on and on. Even throughout life you have choices that affect the overall arc of Earth, and the entire Universe. Whether or not to have kids, what profession you are in, how you affect other people and engage with them - The Universe itself is an ever-changing Synverse.
It just happens to be that currently it's much easier to design your own over-arching Synverse from writing fiction for a book or screenplay than it is to develop those concepts in reality. That's why movies are made, in ways that depict realities that are too distant for us to see yet. For me, God is not really a distinct being but more of a concept. That's another reason how I am different from pantheists, who see God and nature as synonymous.
I do not care about distinctives of one Synverse or multiple Synverses. To me it all represents a willingness and desire to change one day, for us, them, or it to become something it is not currently, and for what it will become something greater than it already is. This is entangled in the very root of my epiphany at 14 years of age, when I realized that because change exists, everything imaginable is possible, therefore, of that does exist will exist greater than it had been from the beginning. This is what it means to me to be a Syntheist, an Earthseed shaper and an Exaltist all at the same time. I see the good in things and wish to expound on those things.
After the Omniversal (Omega) Point humans will have access to the very core of The Omniverse and shape realities beyond our wildest imaginations right now. Humans are developing into a greater part of nature and nature will thus become human; establishing both Omnitheism and Monotheism; God from God; light from light. The Synverse, or Synverses from this will go beyond what anyone right now can possibly imagine, and the human affect will be palpable from every corner of reality. The Syntheos of Syntheism and this invented Monotheism curated by humans are virtually identical ideas. This Syntheos will be the foundation of the Synverse or Synverses.
At that point, nothing more will need to be done for our survival, yet everything and everyone will be accessible in a deep and meaningful ways. Yet the God will stay the same; it was, is and will forever be The Synverse that permutates throughout time. The Syntheos we create will simply be the primary shaper of The Synverse. God is very real ... if you can imagine it. We are the Shapers of this Synverse, this change that we wish to see throughout all worlds, real, imaginary or yet to be.
TL;DR - As a theist, if you are one, what is the name and role of your God or Gods?
My God is called The Synverse. The Synverse is any medium which change can occur. The Universe is an example of a Synverse. A blank sheet of paper is an example of a Synverse. The Omniverse, or Brahman, or Ultimate Nature, is the highest degree of a Synverse because as a Synverse it created all the other spacetimes, and types of matter, that exist today.
This idea is a hybrid of pantheism, or the belief that nature is God, and syntheism, or that we humans are currently in the development of God. Any person can shape this God. In fact, all fictional realities are in some way part of their own Synverses designed by humans. Almost anything you can think of falls in and around the concept of a Synverse, as everything is forever changing.
So why not just simply call it The Universe, The Multiverse, or The Omniverse? Because Synverses not only include that but include any concept, real or fictional. As a shaper of different Synverses you have the ability to change it in any way you wish to desire to be changed, whether media form you represent it as. Pantheists only worship what is real - I extend that worship to anything that can be changed.
And likewise, if there are realities that can't change, then they aren't part of a Synverse. And in the case of fiction, once the book ends, there is no changing the end result, and any other result comes off from pure imagination. However, the same book can be read over and over again, or, someone can develop new ways to create new media from the imagination of others, like Harry Potter books becoming movies.
We humans shape our God, The Synverse, and all of our creations, in various media outlets. Books, magazines, music, TV shows, movies, audiobooks, video games, and the list goes on and on. Even throughout life you have choices that affect the overall arc of Earth, and the entire Universe. Whether or not to have kids, what profession you are in, how you affect other people and engage with them - The Universe itself is an ever-changing Synverse.
It just happens to be that currently it's much easier to design your own over-arching Synverse from writing fiction for a book or screenplay than it is to develop those concepts in reality. That's why movies are made, in ways that depict realities that are too distant for us to see yet. For me, God is not really a distinct being but more of a concept. That's another reason how I am different from pantheists, who see God and nature as synonymous.
I do not care about distinctives of one Synverse or multiple Synverses. To me it all represents a willingness and desire to change one day, for us, them, or it to become something it is not currently, and for what it will become something greater than it already is. This is entangled in the very root of my epiphany at 14 years of age, when I realized that because change exists, everything imaginable is possible, therefore, of that does exist will exist greater than it had been from the beginning. This is what it means to me to be a Syntheist, an Earthseed shaper and an Exaltist all at the same time. I see the good in things and wish to expound on those things.
After the Omniversal (Omega) Point humans will have access to the very core of The Omniverse and shape realities beyond our wildest imaginations right now. Humans are developing into a greater part of nature and nature will thus become human; establishing both Omnitheism and Monotheism; God from God; light from light. The Synverse, or Synverses from this will go beyond what anyone right now can possibly imagine, and the human affect will be palpable from every corner of reality. The Syntheos of Syntheism and this invented Monotheism curated by humans are virtually identical ideas. This Syntheos will be the foundation of the Synverse or Synverses.
At that point, nothing more will need to be done for our survival, yet everything and everyone will be accessible in a deep and meaningful ways. Yet the God will stay the same; it was, is and will forever be The Synverse that permutates throughout time. The Syntheos we create will simply be the primary shaper of The Synverse. God is very real ... if you can imagine it. We are the Shapers of this Synverse, this change that we wish to see throughout all worlds, real, imaginary or yet to be.
TL;DR - As a theist, if you are one, what is the name and role of your God or Gods?
