Neither Created nor Evolved (Living Joyously without a Creator)
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However, calling god a creator and assigning to him
the shape of a person with a brain, be he larger than life itself, and of
astronomical proportions, opened the door for god to meddle in human affairs,
with the help of his self-appointed ministers. The reason for this is that the
creation is tightly linked with a purpose, and herein is the rub. The meddling
creator is not welcomed by all people, because they do not want to be robbed of
their freedom. He is not welcomed by
those who want to enjoy the freedom of action here on earth, who wish to be
free to choose who they want to be, and to choose their residence in the
hereafter even if it is in hell itself, and take responsibility for their
action. Accepting the meddlesomeness of
the creator is the acceptance of dictatorship, and with it the acceptance of
violent means to enforce his ideology.
The scientists would perhaps be willing to accept god-the-creator if he
stopped meddling in human affairs.
God would be acceptable if he modeled himself on the image
of a corporate person like General Motors Co., the maker of passenger cars.
Once the vehicle is paid for, the company is off the backs of the consumers.
The company has no hidden agenda to make people driving Cadillacs to love their
neighbours who happen to like other makes of cars. It does not dictate that the
owners of the car must worship General Motors and not submit themselves to the
dictates of Ford or Chrysler. It does not lay down the laws how the car is to
be used. It does not command that it not be desecrated by e.g. carrying bodies
of murdered victims in its trunk; that the back seat of the car not to be used
for immoral purposes by unwed couples; that it does not transport members of
the organized crime, that it is not to be driven on Sundays, etc. General
Motors Co. does not dictate that the driver be stoned to death or be given 99
lashes if he goes for a test-drive in a Mercedes.
So now that we are stuck
with the creator, we have a big problem what to do with him, how to make room
for him in our lives without him having any say about how we ought to live. It
is similar to the dilemma we have when dealing with our aged parents: How to
reach a compromise between our feelings of guilt of wanting to live alone, and
the guilt of having them live with us, but at the same time to have them stay
out of our way and not be seen or heard from?
Deposing the meddlesome creator should not be
interpreted as denying the existence of one ultimate reality, as the material
cause underlying everything that is. It is rather deposing him in his titular
job as a creator. It is saying to him: You are not Geppetto, the puppet maker,
and we are not Pinocchios, little wooden puppets wishing to become real people,
suitable for residence in paradise and in need of your tutoring how to earn
brownie points to rise up to the occasion.
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Movement is self-evident, whereas universal
stillness is not. Based on the false premise of stillness logical inference was
drawn that there was a creator to jumpstart the movement. The jump-starting
required a purpose for which it was undertaken, requiring the creator to meddle
in the affairs of his creatures, requiring organized religions to assist him in
this venture, justifying punishment as a means of changing human nature,
creating violent societies, and finally leading to wars. Remedy: get rid of the
concept of creator! Creation is a myth since the creator could have no purpose
and could have done so in one fell swoop. Evolution is a false inference drawn
from the myths of adaptation, camouflage, mimicry, survival of the fittest and
inheritance of acquired traits. Arranging fossils in Linnaean fashion according
to their similarities only reflects the ingenuity of the classifier, without
showing any relevance to the question of the origin of species. Chance
happening is a mathematical concept and does not exist in nature. Natural
Selection is a creation, but by an absent-minded racist goddess, fortuitously
using her judgment when selecting species favored by her. Life is a spontaneous
movement, from within, and since everything is in a state of flux, everything
is alive. Dead atoms and their particles could not generate life no matter how
intricately configured. Book ends by describing joyous living without a
creator, based on non-violence, absence of malice retribution and punishment,
and non-interference in private lives by man or god.
About the Author
Walter
Prytulak was born in the Western Ukraine under the Polish rule. He is a
survivor of living under the dictatorship of several ideologies of –ism:
nationalism of Poland, communism of the Soviet Union, fascism of Hitler’s
Germany, and capitalism of Canada, as well as his 53 years in marriage to his
present wife Alexandra.
Walter Prytulak is 78 years old physician,
practicing clinical psychiatry in Ontario, Canada. With publication of the
present book he has ventured for the third time into the world of publication.
His first work, titled Jobless, Moneyless, and Free was published by
Vantage Press in 1980, and is now out of print. His second work titled: Paradise
Regained: Prospects for a New Social Order in the Third Millennium is
available from 1stBooks Library in two formats: the electronic book and print
on demand paperback. His fourth work in progress is titled: Pain and
Suffering.