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   %COSMIC UNIVERSE HEAVEN HELL GOD DEVIL GOOD SAVE 960826

     The nature  of  our lives depends  greatly  upon  our
cosmology; our conception of the nature of the universe:

     1.  A  good  God  in  charge  of  a  realm  of  ideal
spiritual  forms above the surface of the earth and a evil
Devil     God     in    charge    of    a     realm     of
imperfection/corruption/sin  below  the   surface  of  the
earth---with the human realm in the battle zone between at
the  overlap between the two realms.  The two  realms  are
much  like  two separated universes,   one good   and  one
evil.  The  material realm of  objects  and flesh is evil.
The  spiritual  realm  is  good.   They   have  little  or
nothing  in common.   Humans are spirits trapped in fleshy
bodies  for a time.   Human get involved as agents of  the
good  God  or the evil  Devil God in the ultimate  battles
between  the  two gods; with rewards in the realm above or
below  as  the case may  be.     All is  centered  on  the
earth  and  perhaps on a special   central    city    such
as   Jerusalem,    Rome, Constantinople, Xian, Mecca, etc.
where  religious leaders are  closest  to  the   good  God
and   all  of  God's  good concentrated power.    The  are
incorruptible.

     2.  One  universe/cosmos  created by a good  God  but
with imperfections therein  in  that the creation story is
not complete.   There are  within  the one universe/cosmos
imperfect realizations of the good God's intentions. There
is work being done and work to be done.    All is centered
on the earth and perhaps on a special central city such as
Jerusalem,  Rome, Constantinople, Xian, Mecca, etc.  where
religious leaders are closest to the good  God and  all of
God's good concentrated power.  The are incorruptible.

     3.  There  is  one universe/cosmos in  which  objects
interact   with  each  other  according  to  the  laws  of
astronomy,  physics, chemistry and living creatures.   The
earth  is but one object in a vast solar system;  and  the
solar  system is but one system in a much vaster Milky Way
Galaxy,  and the Milky Way Galaxy is but one typical large
galaxy  in a universe of billions of galaxies.    God  has
not  been  found anywhere in this universe  nor  is  there
scientific  evidence  of his presence or existence.    The
earth,  solar system and Milky Way Galaxy seem not to play
any  central role in the universe/cosmos---which seems  to
have  no center except in its beginning moment.   There is
nothing  essentially  personal about  the  universe/cosmos
which binds it together.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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