I've come to the conclusion that nature must have a will of sorts, and I think that it's this will that is referred to as God by religious people. The reasoning behind this is simple:
The majority of us believe that we are more than mere automatic machines. We have a will, and we use this to change and direct outcomes in the world around us. But if we study physics, we find no will anywhere. Everything is a mix of mechanics and uncertainty, none of which constitutes will. The free will that we've been endowed with must therefore come from somewhere outside of physics. Nature cannot be mere mechanics. It must also contain a will.
This is not mere semantics, because it comes with some interesting consequences that I allude to in my political thinking. On the one hand we have that which is man made, and on the other hand we have that which is natural. However, only that which is natural can be fully trusted, and this is the central theme in both Christian doctrine and Anarchism.
A consequence of this is that we must trust natures own money, namely gold and silver, over man made money such as fiat and crypto. We must trust our natural immune system over vaccines. We must trust natural ingredients over processed foods. All man made institutions and doctrines should be viewed with suspicion. Family and friends, and neighbours and community, are natural. Tax collectors and bureaucrats are not.
Man made institutions may at times seem immensely powerful. But history has shown us that they are not indestructible. Not a single one has ever stood the test of time. Only God's own creations remain with us.
However, some people frown at the idea of God, so when I want to refer to my view of things, I use the expression Nature, aka God. A purist may say that God and Nature are not in fact synonymous because God created Nature. Nature as we experience it is God and His creation working together. But this type of pedantry isn't something I'm going to get hung up in. I'll stick with Nature, aka God, whenever I want to refer to the will of the universe that no-one can stand against.
Creation of Adam |
By Michelangelo - See below., Public Domain, Link
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