A Thought Experiment

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I’ve been thinking lately about just what sort of “god” might have created our universe. Mind you, that doesn’t mean I’m leaning into theism. Living in a nursing home leaves me with just a bunch of idle time. My mind has been wandering off into strange places. So let’s do a little thought experiment, shall we?

I don’t for a moment give any credence to the various man made religions like Hinduism and Christianity. They’re just too weird. Talking snakes, 40-day floods, four-armed gods, etc. This kind of nonsense could only come from primitive men trying to explain what they did not understand. And apparently some still don’t understand. How many atheists do you see that buy into the flat Earth BS? Zero. All of them that I have encountered are theists. Same goes for anti-vaxers and moon landing hoaxers. Not all Christians are this gullible. But too many are. And they breed. And vote.

So if there is a creator god, what would he be like? Certainly not the raging, white robed old graybeard we see in various depictions all over the world. No, an entity like this would be far more sophisticated. Think about it – we’re talking about an entity that not only created life but thought up DNA and figured out how to create it. He didn’t just say, “poof, here’s Adam.” He had to engineer Adam. And engineer elephants. And walruses and penguins and the flu virus and dinosaurs. He would have engineered millions of life forms both plant and animal.

It goes even farther than that. He had to design and create what we call “the laws of physics.” He had to find ways to implement those laws and apply them all over a vast, ever-expanding universe. Then he rolled it all up into a tiny little ball of immense mass and weight and tossed it into the void. That ball burst open and began what we call the Universal Expansion. From that “Big Bang” 13.8 billion years ago came everything that exists today – including Planet Earth which is 4.5 billion years old.

So again – what sort of entity could / would do this? And why would he do it (I’m using “he” as a convenience. He may not even have a gender)? He’d have to be a genius. He’d have to have a level of intelligence that’d make all humans look like insects by comparison. He’d be in a white lab coat, not a robe. As to why he might have done it…

When I was a kid I had an ant farm. My Dad and I made it one weekend. It was interesting to watch the little buggers crawling around, digging tunnels and all the stuff that ants do. But eventually I got tired of it and dumped it out in a dry creek bed near my home. You know where I’m going with this, right? Are we just a side project of some mysterious creature that exists on his own separate plane? It certainly would appear that he’s lost interest in us. Given the runaway crime rates, homelessness, hunger (globally thousands die of starvation every day), you’ll have a helluva time convincing me that some loving god is watching over us.

A friend of mine had an interesting (if unlikely) idea. What if “God” was actually the entity that blew itself apart to begin the Universal Expansion (aka “the Big Bang”)? The universe is after all expanding from a central point. So, if we could find that point, would we find evidence of a Creator? Or is the universe itself His only legacy? Are our own bodies just fragments of an all powerful being who martyred himself? I kinda doubt it, but it’s a cool thing to think about.

If indeed we are the work of an intelligent creator, then I’d like to confront him on a few things. Things like:

  • Bone cancer in children
  • A parasite that burrows into our eyes to lay its eggs. Click here if you’re curious.
  • Global homelessness and hunger
  • Religious wars that have killed tens of millions of innocent people over the centuries
  • A.I.D.S. (fanatics claim this was punishment for homosexuality)
  • The Crusades
  • The Spanish Inquisition
  • Mass pedophilia among religious leaders (and it ain’t just the Catholics)
  • Centuries of slavery around the world (Exodus chpt 21)

Given the horrors in our world, I rather doubt there is some supernatural being watching over us. Or if there is, then he’s a first rate asshole who enjoys watching the suffering of others. But no. There is zero evidence of any supernatural activity involved with the creation of the universe or its continued existence. Common sense, for those who have it, dictates that:

  • There was never a global flood.
  • The Exodus never happened
  • There was no “Adam and Eve”
  • The Crucifixion never happened
  • In the collective history of humanity, no prayer to any god has ever been answered
  • The Laws Of Physics are descriptive, not proscriptive

Or if there is a god, he’s probably wishing he’d stuck with the dinosaurs. Thank God I’m an Atheist. See y’all mo’ later. 🙂

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