As I said in the beginning, I have spent most of my life thinking. Thinking about my place in the world and the reason I am here. I guess the reason that I think is so that I won't have to spend my life in darkness.
The darkness that comes from not understanding the world around me. Many people as you know don't seem to mind this. They happily go about their lives not giving much thought to the big problems like existence.
As a little kid, I used to wonder if the things I was told were true. There were two mysteries in particular that concerned me: Is Santa Claus real? Is God real?
Well, I was able to dispense with the Santa Claus problem at a fairly early age, but the question God's existence has lingered on. However, the work I have done with Perfection has lead me to an answer and to a way to explain it.
The answer is no.
Perfection tells us that there are no alternatives to things, that everything is doing what it should be doing. If this is true and everything is doing what it should be doing then you don't need anything to tinker with it. You don't need God. Everything still works.
But where did the Universe come from? What put the rules into place? Who said (in effect) "Let there be rules."? The Creator did.
The Creator is the name I give to the abstract concept of universal causality. The Creator lies outside of the known Universe and as a result it cannot be observed. This dooms us to never know anything about it. Not just because it cannot be observed but since it lies outside of the Universe, it does not operate within the same rules and it would not be understandable even if it could be observed.
But then again, the answer is yes.
We need God. Like war, God is natural too. He is the final sanctioning authority to enforce our long term economic goals. His existence serves a human need. So while God does not exist in the physical sense, He does exist in the logical sense as a feature of our software. He is the interactive supreme being that provides moral guidance.
In the major religions, we see that the rule sets for each are very similar. Each tries to eliminate disruptive and non-productive behavior. All threaten terrible consequences if the rules are not followed and wonderful rewards if they are. The fact that people throughout history and geography create and practice religion strongly suggests that this is a biological design feature.
Among those who criticize religion, there is a common view that religion is a form of human folly. That we make up the existence of a supreme being and an afterlife to face our fear of death. That we create religion as a form of psychological convenience. This is not correct. Religion is a biological necessity for humans. It provides the authority to enforce our social organization and productivity. This feature has been built into our design to help us survive.