Hi AJ,

Josephus is partly right, we are not just unprotected by any gods or djinns or fairies, but indeed we are thereby 'insecure'. To cite a famous Australian philosopher, we are us, and that's all we've got: there is nothing else 'out there' to shepherd us. We are alone in the vast universe, we are an evolutionary accident adrift in its immensity, and we have to find ways through that vast wilderness on our own, without any outside help.

And it's wonderful !

Joe

Good informed conscience and insight and wisdom that has blessed our species is the best shepherd. Made in the image of the divine, or rejecting that image of purity, charity and wisdom to serve one's self ego-centeredness; "I'll find my own way".

Dear Cherful,

It makes no difference whether or not one believes that God exists or otherwise. What makes a difference is who we deeply believe that we are, because anyone who believes that they are human, can never stop being egotistical about it, centering their thoughts around that particular human which they believe themselves to be and continuously trying to fulfil the physical, emotional and mental needs of that human.

The love and protection of God only becomes apparent once we stop identifying ourselves with a body. After all, why should God love and protect some biological bodies, human or otherwise? That would only prolong our error and the suffering of pains which all bodies and minds naturally experience, mistaking these to be our own pain.

«It is only mankind longing to be special that thinks there is a God.»

- Because it is only mankind that thinks. Period.
Do you believe that any other species have such abstract thoughts?
If so, do you know what they are? that they do not include any ideas about being special?