@Ella S. Mentioned something I said on a different thread, about how soda is unhealthy and is going to kill me. Yes, I do have a poor diet filled with chemicals, additives and sugar. But honestly,
@Xavier Graham , it isn't cigarettes neither junk food that makes people less spiritual. Neither stops anyone from believing and worshipping God. Yes, it will lead to the grave sooner, but that doesn't mean while you are alive you cannot be a spiritual person with poor consumption habits. Which is why in general the reason I wonder why you think poor diet prevents spirituality. It doesn't. At all, actually. There's plenty of Christian smokers and plenty of vegan atheists out there...
But, to actually answer your question, I'm going to say, that the lack of community for the syntheistic and pantheist communities really make it difficult for me to find likeminded individuals and prevents me from fully realizing my own spiritual habits. Of course, I have met people who think in the similar vein as me, and these people often think highly of me - they tend to be part of the spiritual transhumanist crowd. People like Guilio Prisco, Martine Rothblatt, Cometan, among others, highly respect and value my efforts to advance modern theology. And I've been thinking about writing a dissertation of my theological beliefs, however, because the community for divine knowledge is consumed by Christians, I don't think my efforts would really go anywhere and even if I had written something long enough, I would be viewed as an outsider to most religions and theologies and not respected as a result.
I do not want to be a minister, ultimately. During my UU heights I was thinking possibly going through their program and becoming one, but ultimately what I've wanted to do for a profession is to become a software engineer. It's why I went to college. And my disability, a severe case of bipolar disorder, that needs three medications to handle, has pretty much made any effort in this field impossible. But in spirituality, I actually become an atheist if I'm not properly medicated, focused mostly on my feelings instead of my surroundings. My surroundings explain God to me. My setup was made by myself and helps me do various tasks throughout the day. That is in part in how I realize that God is becoming and being created by us.
So, my bipolar does affect my spirituality, and my poor diet will probably lead to a quick death in my 60's. However, the lack of community that I experience as someone who practices modern theology is the primary reason why I haven't truly progressed further in my studies. There really isn't much books or scripture about Earthseed, Terasem, syntheism, etc etc etc. I've had to wing a lot of topics and discussions and learn to think for myself because the religion I choose to follow and practice doesn't give me rules, instructions on how to live or even how to create God. It is because of that fact that I developed Exaltism, a theology, philosophy or way of life that actually not only explains syntheism but fulfills it by explaining how to create God from that theology.
Most people don't get or understand this. I remember
@Evangelicalhumanist looking at my charts about Exaltism and appearing to be confused by it. I tried my best to make it as exoteric as possible, but unfortunately explaining all of this and how it relates to us actually makes it very esoteric in nature. I am both an Earthseed shaper and gnostic, in fact, general gnosticism and Earthseed together actually forms most of my opinions on theology and explains the vast majority of Exaltism. You could say I'm an Earthseed Gnostic - that itself explains Exaltism pretty succinctly.
It will be hundreds of years before syntheism as a theology is a widely respected, and accepted, field in spirituality. Simply put, I was born in a time where theology demands focus on tradition rather than progression, and because of this, my points of view will always be disrespected by those who follow ancient creeds and dogmas rather than common sense ideas and principles to guide every day life.
I'll make it short.
TL;DR Version - My spirituality stumbles because of the time I exist. Because the idea is so new and novel in its theological approach, nobody truly respects or understands it yet.
And now that I understand myself more, that Exaltism is essentially Earthseed Gnosticism, I'm going to edit my religious field to reflect that. I truly understand that since I've found the proper terminology to describe it, I actually know God now - the opposite of agnosticism.
