God

 

It’s reasonable to believe in god. Just barely. Maybe.

At the least, one can hope. The universe is big and mysterious. Who knows what’s out there?

Ont thing seems clear: Death is a moral abomination. A metaphysical monstrosity. A cosmic flaw and failure.

The inevitable termination of sentient life and consciousness shouldn’t exist. But it does. So maybe “god” can fix that. Maybe some supernatural entity can defeat death and grant good people an afterlife. Maybe even immortality.

But not killers. Not assailants and thieves. And not liars or betrayers either. No-one who significantly destroys life – their own or others – gets to live beyond the norm. This seems to be the divine standard and universal moral law.

Of course, “god” needs to be kept in a box. This creature or concept should be confined to a small space and never let out. It must be carefully restricted and controlled. God should never be allowed to harm real life or real people. These are sacred. God mustn’t touch them.

So a quiet belief and tiny hope that god might exist seems decent and reasonable. Possibly. But nothing beyond that.

Of course, there’s no evidence whatsoever that god exists. Virtually every part of reality we understand, and truth we know, indicates the exact opposite. God seems to exist in the same sense that ghosts, witches, and vampires exist.

And there’s no evidence that god has an impact upon events or people, or changes them in any manner at all. So belief in the power of god on real life and real people is entirely irrational. All the known facts and evidence reject it.

Still, a faint hope that god will emerge out of nowhere and nothing, and grant some of the good people of the Earth a certain amount of afterlife, seems plausible and reasonable. Perhaps.