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Universe 2.0

It's hard to talk about the life to come without putting it in the context of the Gospel for the simple reason that it is the gospel narrative in which we find ourselves in. Fascinatingly enough, even the gospel isn't the whole of the story. Simply put, the story ultimately is God. The reason for pointing that out is because when we think about the Gospel it inadvertently makes man the main character. So, what is the Metanarrative of Scripture? It's God. And any discussion of Creation and its creatures (you and me) is to think about the Will of God and our role in his unfolding Divine Decree. So, let's think about the context in which we find ourselves in. We live in a world given to us by God and we were tasked to rule over it as freewill agents with creative power and ability. We get to, in a sense, "play God" on this planet. But of course we have wrecked this world and ourselves in a way that we cannot fully appreciate. So, God is in the process of redeemin...
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Benjamin Franklin's Religious Views

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Here is an excerpt from Benjamin Franklin’s The Art of Virtue where he expresses some of his religious views and background. You can see his reason for not participating in it. Here he does not defend his reasons but only states them. I sympathize with his analysis. “I had been religiously educated as a Presbyterian; and tho' some of the dogmas of that persuasion, such as the eternal decrees of God, election, reprobation, etc., appeared to me unintelligible, others doubtful, and I early absented myself from the public assemblies of the sect, Sunday being my studying day, I never was without some religious principles. I never doubted, for instance, the existence of the Deity; that He made the world, and governed it by His providence; that the most acceptable service of God was the doing good to man; that our souls are immortal; and that all crime will be punished, and virtue rewarded, either here or hereafter. These I esteemed the essentials of every religion; and, being to be foun...
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