Hi. I'm not sure if I missed a joke or not. It's not the melue that i swim in.
I would be interested in your viewpoint though.
Peace.
As far as 'when' the world was founded (referring to time) I'm going with 4+ billion years science has been able to determine. When our universe (the physical realm) was created, that's beyond my scope- science is still working the question, and I defer to the experts on that sort of thing.
As for 'how the world/universe came about' I go with the Big Bang. I have my own take on what caused it, but you might want to take a deep breath and sit down. It helps if you have some background of Gnostic and Manichaean ideas.
Simply put, I believe in a Duality- equal and opposite Principles of Good and Evil (or Light and Dark, however you want to look at it) with God representing the Good and Satan representing the Evil. Both God and Satan dwelt in the spiritual realm, and balance was maintained. At some point Satan decided he wanted it all, and made war on God. Satan was defeated, but his defeat was so cataclysmic that he created the physical universe and he escaped into it to avoid God's wrath. Along with him, Satan took a great number of spirits, both of those that served him in his war and those he stole from God.
Satan settled upon our world, and saw what had evolved here (billions of years to us, perhaps an instant for Satan?) and desired his own worshipers. He settled on one creature, but he couldn't make it 'work' until one of the spirits was placed within it. Man was the result. (I don't think of it as Man springing forth fully formed and fully aware- I see more like the proto-Man creature touching the Monolith in the film
2001- self-awareness and Knowledge being imparted. Modern Man- and his intelligence- comes later down the evolutionary line.)
From here, the story is pretty mundane, following (other than the ridiculous Garden of Eden story) the early history of Man as recounted in the Pentateuch. The problem, though, is that the 'God' of the Pentateuch is Satan masquerading AS God in order to deceive Man as to his spiritual nature and thus be the Big Man On Campus. Hence all the jealousy, the genocides, the nuking of cities, and this fake 'God' generally acting like an a** while demanding that Man worship him. This continues on through the entrance of the Hebrews, who buy into the fake God and receive a boatload of rules and regulations- some of them decent, and some insanely ridiculous. (This does not in any way imply that the Jews themselves are evil; they're just recognizing the wrong God but could not have known any better.)
Fast forward to the New Testament times. Enter Jesus (in whose body the spirit of Christ has been placed- one of the powerful Good spirits that was swept up in the God-Satan war) and his message (Christ speaking through him) of the Good God.
Now the game is REALLY on, because the message Jesus/Christ brought started waking people up to their nature and spirits started escaping the physical realm, thus weakening Satan's grasp. Satan counters this with a number of plays ranging from convincing Man he doesn't exist (and God doesn't exist either) to distracting Man with riches and power and all manner of seductions- anything to keep us in the dark, or at least keep our souls weak so they can't escape.
Fast forward again to the last chapter: When the number of spirits returned to God surpasses the number remaining in the physical realm (on earth or in holding or on other planets, for all we know), the physical universe will cease to exist. Satan will be returned to the spiritual realm to await whatever sort of beat-down God has in store for him, and the remaining spirits will be utterly destroyed or otherwise cut off from God's grace. So it's a good idea for us to recognize our divine connection and strengthen our soul and spirit so we can get off this rock (the physical world IS essentially Hell for our spirits) and not miss the Last Bus to Paradise. It's in our spirit's best interest as well, because the physical realm is painful for them and they don't want to be here any longer than necessary- unless they've been totally corrupted by Satan, that is- so if you want a chance at what's behind Door #3, be kind to your spirit and to yourself and GET RIGHT WITH GOD.
