Theofatalism
Theology for Agnostics and Atheists
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I have concluded that the affairs of mankind and the actions they take from the homeless to the White House are driven by an uncontrollable force like the weather that brings storms and calm to the atmosphere, a force called G.O.D., the Generator, Operator, Destroyer. Even atheists must have a god not to believe in. At this scale of thought the lives of individuals all are insignificant but indispensable to the jigsaw puzzle of life, and like such a puzzle each piece has its one and only one place in the whole, which would be a hole without it. We each are given a box full of pieces at conception without the full picture. Life requires that we complete the assembly fully, and then we die. Some lives are small and short with just a few pieces and some are large and complex with many pieces. But they all are interconnected and inevitably attached to make up the whole. We cannot see the end of life until close to its completion and realize how all the pieces fit perfectly together and the links are connected to form the chain of each life.Most everyone lives without any awareness of this analogy, but for some reason I was given the insight to see all the random pieces of the universal puzzle of life in its full completion by its creator - Generator, Operator, Destroyer – G.O.D. Seeing this reality as it is would be much too painful and shocking, like staring at the sun, so mankind is given the belief in free will and the anthropomorphic version of a man-made god by the ego to mask its pitiful powerlessness through illusions of control and immortality. This work is a vision of God based in reality beyond the senses, including all the indefinite uncertainty in life. Not many people are mature enough to handle this truth, but if you are, maybe exploring the five principles in Theofatalism would be food for your own spiritual and personal growth.
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When your world of traditional assumptions is shaken where do you turn for inner peace and personal comfort? Considering Pascal’s wager, if there is no god and we disbelieve we have lost nothing, but if there is a god and we disbelieve we may have lost everything. But, what if there is no free will and we all must believe whatever we are given? That is the primary question that pushed this author into investigating what the world religions and philosophies taught about the existential puzzle called life. “When my traditional faith failed to provide any comfort after untimely death of my wife I began searching for some belief I could live with, and this is what I was given.”
Many thinking people have rejected the mythical god of the Bible and the Quran but they have not found a suitable substitute. Since there is no proof for or against the existence of God, everyone must be agnostic or atheist – if they will admit it. Perhaps it is time to replace the anthropomorphic god with one that really works. Not the god of the Bible or the Quran, but the prime force in the universe: Generator, Operator, Destroyer...G.O.D. The expanded and updated essays in the second edition of this book develop such a new theology.
About the Author
Lewis Tagliaferre is a self-made religious philosopher and sociologist. He retired from a long business career to pursue studies in world-wide belief systems in order to overcome the tragic untimely loss of his wife after his traditional faith did not provide any comfort or inner peace. He has published several books including Recovery from Loss, Voices of Sedona, and Baby Boomer Lamentations in addition to this capstone book in the trilogy on Theofatalism.