Meeting God In The Middle

When Nietzsche proclaimed "God Is Dead" with his seminal philosophical work, he had a point. The "God of the gaps" theory was being dismantled with every new discovery. Automatic laws determined the ways things were, no God was necessary. When Soviet propaganda boasted that their man went to space and did not encounter God, they were drawing on images of heaven being in the sky. When God was not there, this idea too lost all of its weight.

Several philosophers, scientists, and comedians have rightfully poked many holes in the cultural phenomenon that God inhabits. And yet, no matter how many times you throw God out of the door, God reappears right behind you. Are all these valid thinkers missing the point? Is there something about God or a divine force in the universe that is being forgotten when we look under the bed and into the rainbow?

The idea that we are here and there is somewhere for us to look is fascinating enough to indulge further inquiry. Is it possible for a mechanical universe to be perpetual, and if so, how? Is it possible that an awareness like our own can be built from the ground up from seemingly random interactions in a strange bubble of time? Clearly, these things are possible, or we'd not experience them. What makes them possible, however, is something that is discussed and divulged in this in-depth and thorough examination.