ellenjanuary
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Evolutionary Deism: the prophecy of ellenjanuary.
Tenets according to the gwynnite hypothesis:
The tale of becoming:
On the job site one night in August of 2005, a speck on the wall caught my attention. I considered, this speck; came from the origins of the universe...
I visualized a surface covered with mathematical equations and diagrams; the calculations necessary to guide that speck through 13.7 billion years of cosmic evolution in such a way as to land on the eighth floor of this office tower, to be before these eyes, moving at the speed of the earth's rotation...
I considered being a proto-human; caught in the act of dying of freight, as I gazed at a vast and terrifying form I knew instinctively to be the creator of the universe...
I looked around, and saw myself on the deck of a starship; an interstellar research craft a la Star Trek, where beings in white coats busied themselves with routine tasks. Then I found myself in a hallway of metallic planks; cylindrical, with steel tubes running down the ceiling and walls. Before me, there was a man. And I knew this man to be the creator of the universe, along with the hallway, the beings in white coats, the ship itself, even the images on the viewscreens; all of this I understood to be the creator of the universe, to whom, for simplicity's sake, I gave the appellation, god.
And god gave me that certain look, and said, I have need of a prophet...
Thus began a five year journey; one more of mind than of time and space, one where I researched the term prophet and its religious connotations. One where I considered what such an archaic title could possibly mean in this day and age. One where I took every precaution to minimize potential cross-contamination lest I have been endowed with occult power of which I was consciously unaware; to insure that my status did not impinge on the faith of others.
Now I am ready to formulate an hypothesis. One which, I assume; at best will make me a figure of hatred, ridicule, and disdain. At worst, one which will see a prophecy fulfilled that I will be ripped apart by angry mobs. But before I express this inevitably controversial hypothesis, I would like to explain some factors that have gone into its formulation.
One god essentially left it up to me as to how I would fulfill the duty of prophet. Writing is the obvious choice. I have no idea if indeed I am endowed with what I call the paranormal taint, but I have conclusively dismissed any notion of preforming any signs and wonders. This, to me, seems more like showmanship that promotes the showman rather than god. I remember one time reading on a forum a discussion of these prophet-types doing faith healing in a tent revival setting. One poster asked, If these guys have been given the power to heal, then why aren't they down at the ER instead of trying to make a buck? That would be my question; for an answer, if one hears of emergency rooms mysteriously emptying in the valley, ellen might have got promoted. It is not my will to put on a show, but if god desires his marionette to dance, then I will be a good little monkey, and dance. But, until such a time, I shall translate prophet as one who writes concerning prophetic imagery.
Two I came to understand that rather than the whole creator of the universe, what I experienced was the avatar of the scientific aspect of the creator of the universe. An avatar, I was given to realize, is the largest amount of divine that can exist in the universe without occurrence of a nasty case of divine interference. What seems to be to be most remarkable, however, is scientific aspect. After many false starts and trips down blind alleys, I can only conclude that the will of god concerning this prophet is that I become as scientifically aligned as possible. Which means, in a nutshell; to speak for god as if there is no god. From personal experience, from interaction with others, and from the opinions of scientists working in the field; it is my contention that religion can now be seen as an evolutionary dead end. Every time an individual probes the secrets of the universe, that individual comes across the limits of intellect and imagination; if there is religion in this individual, this tends to be a self-fulfilling prophecy. I can only see so far, the mind seems to state, beyond that must be god. A declaration of defeat, which others of the same religious persuasion tend to capitalize upon and invert, calling it a victory. Doing exactly the opposite of the usual doctrines of faith, and proclaiming such to be proof of god. This is a travesty. The benefits to the sect are small even as the detriment to human endeavor is large, and yet a sense of self-satisfaction and instant gratification allows these harmful assumptions to propagate. If there must me a limit to me, let there be no limit to mankind. This is what I believe. That knowledge comes not from being right; but from being wrong, only then learning a way that is more right. And of all what I do in my life; let it be entirely wrong, let it show others a way to be more right. I don't believe I am a man, I believe I am mankind.
As for god, I picture a shadow on the horizon; one that as I approach, remains, a shadow on the horizon. There is a Biblical passage I seem to realize beyond the conception of my contemporaries Thou shalt have no god before me. I see religious sect and church promoting names and messiahs and prophets; but how can this be true? How can there be god but god? Therefore, I cannot but contend that terms like Almighty, Omnipotent, Eternal; all serve to indicate that there is something to compare to god. My religion is but two words god is. There is no need of capitalization, there is no need of name, there is no need of denomination nor congregation nor continual reinterpretation of sacred texts. Despite what I feel that is a direction all religions must find offensive, I am turning away from religion. Just two words five letters but once the mind conceptualizes god; everything else in terms of traditional religion is the bitter taste of ash. There is no limit to god is; it is not a cage for god and man, it is a ladder to the stars. I don't believe in God the infinite, I believe in god the infinitesimal.
Three Nothing I have read in any book comes close to what I have seen in a single instant of August night five years gone. Nothing I have read in any book concerning the power of god comes close to the potential power of the human mind advanced with an abstract hypothetical I call LNC. I have had discussions with believers who strive to describe the kingdom of heaven, as I relate what a future human being may be able to accomplish with LNC; and the differences are astounding. They cannot even conceive of the scenarios which I describe, not in the physical world; not even in the supposedly glorious kingdom of god. Yet what I consider is something any human being may be able to do; there is no supernatural being necessary, and it is not inconstant with the frontiers of quantum theory.
Tenets according to the gwynnite hypothesis:
- God is.
- The purpose of god is for the individual to find comfort in god.
- The purpose of god is for all individuals to find unity in god.
- No purpose shall be accorded to god in conflict with the scientific method.
The tale of becoming:
On the job site one night in August of 2005, a speck on the wall caught my attention. I considered, this speck; came from the origins of the universe...
I visualized a surface covered with mathematical equations and diagrams; the calculations necessary to guide that speck through 13.7 billion years of cosmic evolution in such a way as to land on the eighth floor of this office tower, to be before these eyes, moving at the speed of the earth's rotation...
I considered being a proto-human; caught in the act of dying of freight, as I gazed at a vast and terrifying form I knew instinctively to be the creator of the universe...
I looked around, and saw myself on the deck of a starship; an interstellar research craft a la Star Trek, where beings in white coats busied themselves with routine tasks. Then I found myself in a hallway of metallic planks; cylindrical, with steel tubes running down the ceiling and walls. Before me, there was a man. And I knew this man to be the creator of the universe, along with the hallway, the beings in white coats, the ship itself, even the images on the viewscreens; all of this I understood to be the creator of the universe, to whom, for simplicity's sake, I gave the appellation, god.
And god gave me that certain look, and said, I have need of a prophet...
Thus began a five year journey; one more of mind than of time and space, one where I researched the term prophet and its religious connotations. One where I considered what such an archaic title could possibly mean in this day and age. One where I took every precaution to minimize potential cross-contamination lest I have been endowed with occult power of which I was consciously unaware; to insure that my status did not impinge on the faith of others.
Now I am ready to formulate an hypothesis. One which, I assume; at best will make me a figure of hatred, ridicule, and disdain. At worst, one which will see a prophecy fulfilled that I will be ripped apart by angry mobs. But before I express this inevitably controversial hypothesis, I would like to explain some factors that have gone into its formulation.
One god essentially left it up to me as to how I would fulfill the duty of prophet. Writing is the obvious choice. I have no idea if indeed I am endowed with what I call the paranormal taint, but I have conclusively dismissed any notion of preforming any signs and wonders. This, to me, seems more like showmanship that promotes the showman rather than god. I remember one time reading on a forum a discussion of these prophet-types doing faith healing in a tent revival setting. One poster asked, If these guys have been given the power to heal, then why aren't they down at the ER instead of trying to make a buck? That would be my question; for an answer, if one hears of emergency rooms mysteriously emptying in the valley, ellen might have got promoted. It is not my will to put on a show, but if god desires his marionette to dance, then I will be a good little monkey, and dance. But, until such a time, I shall translate prophet as one who writes concerning prophetic imagery.
Two I came to understand that rather than the whole creator of the universe, what I experienced was the avatar of the scientific aspect of the creator of the universe. An avatar, I was given to realize, is the largest amount of divine that can exist in the universe without occurrence of a nasty case of divine interference. What seems to be to be most remarkable, however, is scientific aspect. After many false starts and trips down blind alleys, I can only conclude that the will of god concerning this prophet is that I become as scientifically aligned as possible. Which means, in a nutshell; to speak for god as if there is no god. From personal experience, from interaction with others, and from the opinions of scientists working in the field; it is my contention that religion can now be seen as an evolutionary dead end. Every time an individual probes the secrets of the universe, that individual comes across the limits of intellect and imagination; if there is religion in this individual, this tends to be a self-fulfilling prophecy. I can only see so far, the mind seems to state, beyond that must be god. A declaration of defeat, which others of the same religious persuasion tend to capitalize upon and invert, calling it a victory. Doing exactly the opposite of the usual doctrines of faith, and proclaiming such to be proof of god. This is a travesty. The benefits to the sect are small even as the detriment to human endeavor is large, and yet a sense of self-satisfaction and instant gratification allows these harmful assumptions to propagate. If there must me a limit to me, let there be no limit to mankind. This is what I believe. That knowledge comes not from being right; but from being wrong, only then learning a way that is more right. And of all what I do in my life; let it be entirely wrong, let it show others a way to be more right. I don't believe I am a man, I believe I am mankind.
As for god, I picture a shadow on the horizon; one that as I approach, remains, a shadow on the horizon. There is a Biblical passage I seem to realize beyond the conception of my contemporaries Thou shalt have no god before me. I see religious sect and church promoting names and messiahs and prophets; but how can this be true? How can there be god but god? Therefore, I cannot but contend that terms like Almighty, Omnipotent, Eternal; all serve to indicate that there is something to compare to god. My religion is but two words god is. There is no need of capitalization, there is no need of name, there is no need of denomination nor congregation nor continual reinterpretation of sacred texts. Despite what I feel that is a direction all religions must find offensive, I am turning away from religion. Just two words five letters but once the mind conceptualizes god; everything else in terms of traditional religion is the bitter taste of ash. There is no limit to god is; it is not a cage for god and man, it is a ladder to the stars. I don't believe in God the infinite, I believe in god the infinitesimal.
Three Nothing I have read in any book comes close to what I have seen in a single instant of August night five years gone. Nothing I have read in any book concerning the power of god comes close to the potential power of the human mind advanced with an abstract hypothetical I call LNC. I have had discussions with believers who strive to describe the kingdom of heaven, as I relate what a future human being may be able to accomplish with LNC; and the differences are astounding. They cannot even conceive of the scenarios which I describe, not in the physical world; not even in the supposedly glorious kingdom of god. Yet what I consider is something any human being may be able to do; there is no supernatural being necessary, and it is not inconstant with the frontiers of quantum theory.