Communism, Socialism, Capitalism and God

Let there be light.
But what is light?
Light can be thought of as physical or metaphysical.
Light is rationed between the day and night, light is "distributed".
At night we stumble around in the dark and during the day we are sometimes blinded by its brilliance.

We use science to understand light and even the metaphysical light is reasoned by science.
We have the heavens and the earth, but what do they represent?
The earth represents something solid like matter and the heavens represent something translucent like energy. But in essence, they are both, heaven and earth, comprised of energy.

Out of this heaven and earth comes the human body and the life force that gives the body animation.

Concerning "morality", it seems unclear where that comes from.

Is morality something innate like a gravitational pull towards what is good or is it something outside of us that we are compelled to adhere to?

And then, there is the human concept of sin, where does sin come from and how do we rid ourselves of sin after the fact?

This is where religion comes in and tries to fill the void in our understanding. Religion implies that we are incapable of understanding our world without some sort of guide.

The body is the most evident part of our existence, people do not generally debate as to the existence or nonexistence of the human body. It is a given that it is there and to most it is a highly prized possession.

There is the life force that gives the body animation; once again, people do not generally debate weather if a person is alive or dead. If this were the case, there would be dead bodies everywhere while people sit around expecting them to simply get up and live again.

It is the dilemma of sin that perplexes humanity, and the way sin is dealt with. From the very beginning it was reasoned that by taking life or giving life that life was obtained in return. Because of this, the idea of sacrifice was used to cleanse the blood of unrighteousness. But there is a difference between unrighteousness and sin. Unrighteousness seems to be a state of being where sin seems to be a fluctuating standing. So, there is the parallax between our state and our standing. The ancients use sacrifice to find a better state of being and they would use a scapegoat and send it off into the desert to signify their sins being carried away from them. The sacrifice was considered redemption and the scapegoat was considered atonement.

As time passed the whole idea of slaughtering a lamb for this sacrament began to seem barbaric to those who rationalized its meaning and purpose.
It also likewise seemed crude the use of a goat to rid oneself of their own faults.

A greater meaning was sought but this entailed giving members of society a heightened state of importance. At this time in history it seemed logical that this honor would fall upon the shoulders of the patriarch. The patriarch was the mighty one who secured sustenance and protected the family unit. So instead of a personal reckoning with God society then sought the will of the patriarch and the patriarch would bestow both the standing and state of those who lived under them. This seemed fine for many years until people began to group together into cities and the patriarchs began to war over which rule set was superior and better for humanity (warlords).

This was when the rule of kings was used, for a king would rule over them all. It was assumed that the king embodied the power of God and God's will. It was considered blasphemy to go against the will of the king as it was also blasphemy to disagree with the patriarchs before then.

So, as you see in this process the personal relationship with God was moved from the individual to the patriarch and then to the king. The king often became self-serving and people arose to oppose the will of the king, these people were called prophets and priests. The prophets spoke of doom and the priests try to bring people back to sacrifice and to themselves and act as a mediator between the people and God.

The people looked instead of the King, to an elite group of spiritualists that would rise out from among them and lead them in righteousness. For many years, the priests and prophets held a tight grip upon the will of the people. They commanded great power even over that of the kings, but they required the masses to ordain their supremacy. As time went by many of the priests became corrupt and the prophets became relegated to the outlying wilderness of society. The kings massed great armies and forcefully wristed power from the priests. The kings were corrupt, the priests were corrupt, and the prophets were marginalized. Prophets were beheaded and crucified and hung out in the public square for all to see their shame. Good people of great stature were given the punishment meant for criminals and society became a mass of lawless illiterates.

Suddenly no one wanted to atone or find redemption, but it was each person for themselves by whatever means necessary. No one took responsibility for the state or standing of themselves or others and no one cared if justice or fundamental laws we're respected. So, the people used the elites as scapegoats so they could avoid looking into their own spirituality.

This comes down to the question of what is spirituality? Many will not argue the existence of the body and the existence of the life force within the body, it is the existence of the spirit that is questionable. And so, the duty of the spirit was removed from the individual and given to the patriarch, and then to the king, and then to the priests and prophets. All the while the law slowly became of no relevance and importance. It seemed that the law was full of flaws anyway and it seemed to be crude when used to judge for it often lacked wisdom to discern the subtle intents of the heart.

This is the dilemma and out of this dilemma we are left wondering how we should rule ourselves, should we rule ourselves from within or from without. Are we the masters of our own destiny or are we mastered by those elites who ruled over us?

How shall we divide the wealth of a nation when we are divided as the people? How do we discern the rights of others when our own rights have been usurped and given to others? How do we love others when we have no mechanism within to find love and acceptance for ourselves? We ourselves become the sheep led to slaughter and we hang our societal scapegoats on crosses in the town square for all to see. We allow unscrupulous individuals the power to use wealth to rob us of our dignity and freedom.

It was around the 1st century when this entire dilemma became looked at by the greatest scholars of that time. They asked the question, where is the Holy Spirit and in whom does it reside? How is this spirit obtained and what are the benefits of such a spirit? For as we see the spirit moved from the people to the Kings and to the priests and prophets and the elites became the arbiters of its will. Only the priests knew of its secrets and they kept these secrets locked away in the holy of holies and only their eyes could look upon them.

The common person was considered unclean and incapable of knowing such. In this we see communism, socialism, capitalism and somewhere in all of that lay the ideas of our society. For in order for society to work, the individual must have a conscience… They must know wrong from right, they must have freedom of choice and liberty to comprehend the dimensions of the social edifice.

When society gives away their own spirit to the elites, they are at the mercy of the will of the elites, and the elites have their own set of standards and it is questionable where these standards are derived from. Are they derived from science, are they derived from the law, are they derived from self-seeking personal gain, are they derived for the purpose and betterment of society? How does one obtain wisdom and jurisprudence? Is it out of their own understanding or is it derived from truly a spiritual source? Are holy books even holy?

Today we have many different viewpoints on how society should be run, we have clergy, we have scientists, we have rationalists, atheists, think tanks, everyone has an opinion. We have presidents on Twitter seeking their own personal gain, we have religious clerics running states, we have organized religions run by people who followed neither science nor reason. We have profit seeking individuals who use religion and prey on vulnerable people who are genuinely seeking answers to their life’s questions.

We have the very same question that has been asked since the beginning of time. What is the human spirit and where does it live? Does it live within us or does it live within only the elites? Is God an elitist and does God give this spirit of wisdom only to rich people? We look around us and we can find wisdom in some of the lowliest of places and we find iniquity in some of the highest places. We find humility in the poor and greed in the rich, we find empathy in those who have been forgotten and pride in those in power. We find sociopaths in the well to do and innocence in those with no learning at all. Does wisdom corrupt or does it liberate? What is the way to holiness? There are many ways that seem right, but the ends thereof lead to disillusionment and grief. Who do we follow, someone who claims to know, or do we follow our own hearts? Where is the holy of holies? Is it inside of us or is it somewhere out of our reach? For the answers of how society should be run and how our wealth should be distributed hinges on how a human being perceives themselves.

If we use a scapegoat to rid ourselves of responsibility then we will become blind to our own involvement in society. But if we take upon ourselves all the sins of the world then will we be able to recover from such a fate? And we wonder why people are the way they are. Some people have anxiety, stress, depression when there is really no reason for them to be so. And some people have no concept of the harm they do to others due to their calloused behavior and thoughtless contempt.

It would seem that we are able to see the works of the spirit after the fact, that a person is judged by their behavior rather than their intents unless their intents become evident. And people will judge others based upon their own set of standards that many don't follow themselves and these standards can be derived from the ideas of people who are unworthy to make such standards. Out of all of this we get a hodgepodge of people going their own way regardless of the consequences.

We have a mixture of elites and the masses all adding their two cents. Some use logic, some use facts, some use intellect, some use emotion, some use the words of others and some speak from their own hearts.

Some speak with money, some speak with rationale, some speak with threats to force their way upon others, some lovingly convince others to see their way. Some follow along because somebody they know also followed along, some see the reason in things and some simply blindly follow without any reason whatsoever. And we are supposed to wonder, where is the spirit in all of this? For the spirit certainly cannot embody pure chaos. If this is the case, the spirit is merely a schizophrenic force of happenstance and whim. We could then surmise that the spirit is neither holy, nor evil and it has no intelligence behind it seeking the best for us. Likewise, life would have no purpose and there would be no reason to seek or pursue happiness.
Is God a capitalist if God has no purpose? Is God as socialist if God has no empathy? His God a communist if God has no concept of sharing? For God so loved the world that he gave...

How did God give? Did God give only to the elites? Did God give only to the wise? Did God give to everyone without exception or were there certain strings attached? Is the spirit something we work for like going to work for money? We work for a little bit and we get a little bit of spirit and if we don't work for a while, we lose our spirit? Is this spirit unconditional where even when we are drowning in sin the spirit is still pure and there, incorruptible, and perfect. Or can we corrupt this spirit? Does our spirit grow, and can it die? The way God delves out spirit might give us a clue on how we should distribute wealth...

We see many Christians and religious people who don't have a brain in their heads, they are radical and far from holy. And we have the Pope telling us that atheists can go to heaven. The criteria for entering heaven may be as elusive as the criteria for obtaining spirit. For many who professed themselves to be holy certainly do not demonstrate spiritual qualities. So, it seems that maybe God has a sense of humor after all and gives the spirit to those less likely to deserve it. In God's infinite wisdom the spirit is creatively given not to the elites, not to the kings, not to the priests and prophets and evangelists but it is given to the fools... And it will be the fools that will lead us to reason.

And there are fools who are communists, fools who are capitalists and fools who are socialists there are fools in all walks of life and fools who find they are fools only to realize they have been given the greatest gift obtainable in life. For what does the proud self-made person need of God? How shall a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven? For to receive something from God requires meekness and… the meek shall inherit the earth. TC

I Corinthians 1:27
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

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