Why did god create you?

Everything boils down to cause and effect. Every decision you make is the result of the entire history that has led up to it. The you as you are right now is the result of your genetic code and your upbringing.

Everything can be seen to be the knock on effect of history. This includes the very chemistry of your body. Your genes provide the design for you; and your environment has influenced the biological development that has made you what you would term you.

Think about it, by reading this idea (that choice is an illusion), you are already being influenced. Imagine if you were to say: “ok, I’m not going to choose my usual big mac and instead go for a mac chicken sandwich because I want to prove that I have the power of choice”.

You may think that you are making a choice but because what I have said - as well as the entire

influence of history – is at play, it isn’t really a choice; you are just acting out the inescapable result of a long chain of events.

And it goes for every decision; even the ones you don’t even have to think about making like when to blink or how many times to chew your mac chicken sandwich before swallowing it.

So now for God: If this is how he designed us, as causality bound beings, he would have known exactly what we would one day do. If this is the case, how can he punish us for sinning and then go so far as to send his son to save us by his sacrifice when we have no choice but to be the way we are?

We don't need a Matrix to be born into bondage.

Body over mind (the illusion of self)

You are a vessel for your genetic code and this thing inside which you call ‘you’ is a gimmick and an illusion. This isn’t in any way negative - although it is very necessary to accept it as reality in order to lead a fulfilled life.

It is easy to think that you are in control of your body but are you?

If you move your arm you don’t have to think “move” in order for it to work; it just happens. So does that voice in your head have any actual power? Sure you have the ability to take your own life, but is that control? Or is that your body controlling ‘you’?

In fact you are your body. I accept that the decisions I make are, in the end, a product of my nature; which all boils down to the continuity, by reproduction, of the genetic code I carry.

This puts life into perspective for me. It doesn’t take anything away from the wealth of human experience but it does contradict this idea of importance that humanity has imbued itself with.

And spirituality is at the top of the list; the idea that we transcend our physical bodies becomes meaningless and actually gives us a greater purpose.

You are a being that is capable of experiencing pleasure and suffering. Once you understand the root cause of these sensations you can stop kidding yourself that there is fantastical meaning in life; the only meaning comes from nature.

So stop wasting time putting your faith in crap and connect with the world around you.