Deus,
i like your style dude!
some of my thoughts:
Secular theology
that's one label. once you come to the secular place though, it sort of becomes anthropology at that point. ;)
Science knows of no sacred things.
except for the method in which it arrived at it's knowledge. parsimony runs deeper than mathematicians give it credit for.
Our universe has become radically profane.
your response to the universe has become profane. in other words, it may seem profane to you, but it doesn't mean it is. after all, it just is. neither profane or moral. the universe for me has become radically indifferent. but my acceptance of the indifference has shown me that if i smile compassionately at it, there is a slight smile i receive in return. it's slight, but you have to be already smiling. why? because you are a god, and so is the universe. why? because there is no separation between you and the universe. don't let your ego convince you there is, for there is where the profanity resides.
We live in the light of already extinguished stars (Nietzsche, fragments)
and to a giant black hole all our atoms shall return!!
And in all this existential angst , even atheistic nihilists like myself look up to the image of Jesus on the stauros, his arms stretched out to embrace all of humanity, even in his hour of suffering.
our egos have much angst. they want to literally be in knowledge of every literal atom in the cosmos. which is to say that they want control of every atom in the cosmos, and will not stop until they have it. but you are not your ego. jesus (or the man we have invented to represent the label called "Christ") understood that. we don't have to look at the form of jesus nazareth on the cross to transcend the angst. we just have to understand the archetype in ourselves that "Christ" represents. if you represent that archetype well, without ego interference, then you will probably talk like jesus even though you are an "atheist" (to all but the God that you are, right? hehe)
Can there be a theology without God?
yes. it depends what your definition of God is. if God is the Cosmos to you, then what is its theology?
Can one stand before God in unbelief?
yes, because it is only via the unbelief of one literal God, that you come to understand your own divinity/godliness that resides no where else than inside you. your disbelief in one thing is belief in another. might as well make it worthwhile.
What of those who want to believe, but cannot?
you should only believe what you know. if you cannot "know", then you don't exist.
i mean, don't waste your time trying to believe in something that doesn't exist. just believe. no trying. just doing. turn inward and you will find that the word "cannot" is replaced with "know". self-knowledge is the knowledge of God. don't go looking for it anywhere out there.
tetra
