I had a dream one time. In my dream I was taken up to heaven. I was directed to an office. In this office were the five archangels. Micheal, Raphael, Gabriel, Uriel, and Metatron each had a bank of electronic stuff. Faxes, computers, teletypes etc. Each of the angels were frantically answering prayer requests. They were incredibly busy. "I want to see God" I demanded. They ignored me. I walked up to Metatron and grabbed his arm. "I need to see God, now!" He replied "Look partner, there is a three month backlog. File a request like everyone else." I could see I was going nowhere. I turned and saw a door marked "God'. I thought to myself "Ah, God hides in his office while the Angels do all the heavy lifting." I started to grab the door knob when Michael yelled "No- don't open that door!" Too late Buddy. I opened the door. I had discovered the ... broom closet.
What if there is no God? What if there is just a hierarchy of beings who are trying to fill in the gap. Angels trying to make sense out of confusion? There is a school of Buddhhist thought that says that the existence of God is not an important question. That doing the spiritual practices are important. When we do the practices our answers will arrive. I think there is a common ground (if not higher ground) that atheists, agnostics, theists, and deists can agree on without arguing about God's existence. We who are concerned about Earth and our Earthmates have a job to do. It doesn't matter if our orders come from God or from inside ourselves. Let us serve one another, let us be compassionate toward each other. And as we fix the problems our answers will come. I believe in God, yet I can not prove his existence. So I will not argue for it. I will continue to do the spiritual practices. We can all agree to that, can't we?
In Peace, Love, and Light,
Enoch
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