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Is the Creator a God? - Are We Slaves?

by Daniel J. Shepard


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Speculation. The year - 2100 A.D.. Social dilemmas are found to be an inverse function of perceptions. The more short-sighted the perception, the more complex the dilemma and its possible solution. We could also say, conversely, that the more far-sighted our perception, the simpler the dilemma and its solution.

Let us speculate about a possible future. The year is 2100 AD. Humankind is coming to the realization it is less than what it assumed itself to be. It now faces a new problem, a problem that is impossible to avoid. Humankind must choose to either stay with its present perception or completely redefine it. The year is 2100 and we have discovered our Creator.

Cytologists and geneticists trace the bio-molecular structure of the mitochondria of the human cell back to what they believe to be the very origin of humankind. Many scientists now believe there was an Eve, a first woman. They also speculate that she may have been a genetically manipulated hybrid, a hybrid combining an earlier earth mammal with an unknown life form alien to the earth. This genetic manipulation appears to have occurred between approximately ten to fifteen thousand years ago. Anthropologists are presently studying the evidence, but have yet to formulate a theory explaining why an extraterrestrial species would choose to combine its genes with that of an early form of earth mammal. Some experts believe that this genetic manipulation was intended to produce semi-intelligent life forms. The function of this newly created life form was to act as earthbound labor for a more advanced species alien to the earth. Theoretically, this would have been an excellent means by which to develop, control and pacify the primitive and hostile environmental potential of the earth. To state it more bluntly, humans might have been developed to act as slaves. They might have been developed for the sole purpose of taming this planet. Are humans a biologically-engineered life form? Was our function to convert the planet earth into both an industrially-efficient planetary factory and recreation center? Is our planet, a living and thriving world, to be turned over to another life form once it is groomed and prepared for these new life forms? Imagine the earth as a fully developed planet with a work force knowledgeable and trained in all the intricacies of environmental, social, industrial, technological, and biological systems established upon it. Imagine the earth being maintained by a self-supporting, self-educating and self-reproducing work force: a work force created by the owners of the primitive planet Earth. If this is indeed the case, our creators will surely return some time in the future to reclaim their newly transformed planet. Our creators could just be waiting for the most opportune time to stage their return and to settle into their new home.

The question thus becomes: What will they find when they arrive? Will they find a planet that is thriving, a planet teeming with a slave work force, a work force that is ripe for subjugation because of its confusion concerning its true purpose in reality? This confusion and division would manifest itself in a constant state of violence and conflict due to the absence of a universally accepted and unifying philosophy. If panentheism were adopted, it would establish the belief that all life forms, both human and extraterrestrial, are equal.

Humankind lacks a universal philosophy. It lacks a philosophy that would lead it to an understanding of its value and significance with other extraterrestrial life forms, life forms that may have to be confronted in the future. Humanity lacks a philosophy broad enough to elevate it to a position so high that even meeting God would not cause it to doubt its significance and purpose in reality. At present, humankind lacks the perspective to attain a knowledge and understanding of its true purpose. If humankind could attain this knowledge, it would raise its significance out of the realm of its present reality and into the realm of eternity itself.

Humankind’s present perception, the absence of a fundamental insight into its own higher purpose in reality, will surely lead our creators to encounter, on their return to earth, a planet teeming with a slave work force. This work force will be eager to accept a master, believing that the master would alleviate the social problems of humankind. To attain peace and tranquillity, humankind would accept a position of subjugation in return for the benefits of social comfort and harmony. This exchange would cost humankind nothing except a willingness to be subservient to a master or Creator. Many will profess that we have been doing this anyway. Have we not been saying all along, ‘Our Creator is our God.’

Theism has long professed that people are humble servants of their Creator. For over ten thousand years, humankind has been indoctrinated with this belief. How can we now rebut and assail this enduring tradition? How can we change our point of view? Should we refuse to be loyal servants and instead insist that we have a higher purpose than to serve our Creator? By not doing so, at least half of humankind will accept the Creator as its master. Humankind, as a consequence, will continue to accept and perpetuate the belief that it is subservient to this Creator. For many, it will be a time of rejoicing for now they understand who their Creator is. Most of the established religions and philosophical factions will accept the inevitable. They have come face to face with God.

Others may remain skeptical, however, and may continue to question our true purpose in reality. Slavery, no matter how subtle or oblique, is still slavery. If we were intentionally created to be slaves, with the function to tame a wild and primitive world, does it have to remain our function forever? Can’t we rise above such a level and position of servitude? Despite our original purpose, could we have surpassed this purpose and risen above the original intent? Maybe our evolution was ultimately unpredictable and therefore outside the control of the Creator. Is our Creator really God or is God greater than that. Is God not really the Creator of reality itself? Must we resign ourselves to our original purpose? Do we not have a right to rise above this initial intention? Do we not have the right to surpass this intention and to follow our own journey? Do we not have a soul?

Both religion and philosophy find themselves in the middle of a major battle, a battle to define our perception of what it is we are, to define what our purpose in traveling the universe is. If it is true that we are a tool employed to tame and develop the earth, does this still mean that we should maintain our loyalty and service to "God?" Would this not imply that our God, in actuality, is another life form traveling this reality in a more advanced state than we? Should we simply accept our place in reality as it presently appears, or is there a higher purpose for us?



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