The God concept is by no means a novel one. Mix one part fear, with one part hope, with one part crazy and you have God! At least, that's how I've interpreted that throughout the ages.

But in reality, the concept of God today has been bastardized time and time again by humanity. The original reasons we surrendered ourselves to these seemingly mythical beings are such a far cry from where we began - why we created them is no longer a question, but what do we do with them is...

How could different civilizations all worship the same concept, but interpret that concept in such various ways? I don't completely know the answer to this question, nor will I pretend to know, but I can always offer my input on the subject matter. 

To offer my conclusion(s) first, I'll say that, in regards to the many people that worship 'God' - there is either A. No God, or B. Billions of Gods.

Now those are both two very radical ideas, and not ideas that anyone would want to digest easily, so I'll elaborate on what I'm getting at.

Take Amy for example
Amy goes to church every Sunday, Amy feels sorry for the heathens that don't attend church with her. She fears for their souls and prays for them. In her eyes, these people will burn in the flames of hell if they don't attend church with her and repent for their sinful ways - as will gays, jews, and fans of N'Sync. But Amy will go to heaven...so she thinks. 

Now Take Jeffrey 
Jeffrey goes to the same school as Amy. Jeffrey is in a punk rock band. Jeffrey plays with his band every Saturday and notices that Amy is never at any social events. He's worried about her condescending nature, and is afraid that Amy herself is in danger of burning in hell because of it. Jeffrey believes that Republicans, Prop 8 supporters, and regular viewers of Bill O'Reilly will fade into the blackness. Jeffrey is also a strong believer in God, but his method of worship is a bit different from Amy's. 

Now we have a predicament of sorts. Ultimately, the main individual who decides who gets to enjoy the spoils of heaven is God...but how can two people hold such different views of who the being is and what it believes? One could argue that they are worshipping two separate Gods. But wait, we cannot have two Gods! So if we cannot have two Gods, then there must be none. Or maybe we can stroll with the third explanation for this phenomena, and simply conclude that neither of these individuals is actually worshipping a God as much as they are worshipping their own ideals, morals, and beliefs. 

No one has met God, no one has had dinner or tea with this force, and more than likely, no one will ever be able to claim that they have ever lived through that experience. 

This leaves us with one option, an option that many are hesitant to take in terms of worship and belief systems - and that is to stop. Stop worshipping our own ideals, our own concepts of what we think is real, and open our hearts to the possibility that God may be anything and everything. It we are truly open to worshipping a God that we do not know, then we must also be open to love all of the people that that God has created. Who knows, he, she, or it, could be the same as any one of us here. 

So, judgements aside, the most important thing I would want someone to take away from this is to simply love, and allow yourself to be loved by others in return, because if you're looking for a sure ticket into the golden gates- it's going to be because your God can see that you love it for what it is, and that you can truly handle a heightened sense of being. 

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