GOOD-centric Exterior Spiritual Disciplines:

To live out goodness, fairness, and love

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From Panendeist to De Facto Atheist

Now, I have the courage to acknowledge to myself and you that there is no omnibenevolent Force of Love behind the curtain; but, questions remain: Is there anything behind the curtain? If I were inclined to kowtow to a not always loving, good, and fair God, could I find this God as the Unmoved Mover? My answer is that I don't know, but doubt it, and I really don't care since I could only love and devote myself to an always loving, good, and fair God. I summed up my unchanged position in GOD-centric's "Closing Thoughts":

So God remains a mystery to me which is as it should be but it leaves open some hard questions. What if there were a God but that God was not always loving, good, and fair? My answer is that I would remain committed to love, goodness, and fairness and therefore would not commit myself to an unloving, immoral, or unfair God. What if there were no God? I would throw in an extra “o” and love Good in the same way that I now love God. Aristophanes suggested that “Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still live the same life.” Perhaps I am wise or perhaps I am foolish, but I would live the same life if God were good, if there were a God that was not good, or if there were no God at all.

Given the vastness of the universe (Google "vastness of the universe" if you would like to have your mind blown), I doubt there is anything more behind the curtain than the laws of physics. The laws of physics are extraordinary and mysterious and awe-inspiring; but, they are not a good and fair God of love. I remain committed to love, goodness, and fairness so I have thrown in that extra “o” and now love Good in the same way that I used to love God and I live the same life.