Trust me on this one.

So I been thinking thinking thinking as usual. Been stuck on this whole God issue for a long time. People need something to have faith in right? Otherwise what's the point right? I mean I am the process of tons of evolutions and am self aware and we are now in dominion of the planet, that's cool and all, but why man? I am going to break down a couple of problems and solutions I see.

One thing, I think dudes in the bible and torah and koran and all that jazz were on to something. They were simply trying to make metaphors and explanations for what they saw as the truth. It's all parables you see, this isn't news, I just think sometimes the readers misinterpret this stuff all the time. First off, I don't think any of it is direct from the mouth of God spoken through a messenger, I think it is merely people who thought a lot, needed some truth to live by and did their best to convey what they saw as the truth. FOR EXAMPLE, let's take a brief look at this Adam and Eve jazz and what I think is going on there.

So God's like, don't eat this fruit, and Eve is like, "but that fruit looks good," and God is all, "naw, I swear it isn't" Eve eats it anyway - OH SHIT. All of a sudden sin enters into the world people put clothes on and the world is never the same, and people spend the next bajillion years trying to set it right again without ever really knowing what the fruit did in the first place. (I feel the need to disclaim profusely to avoid confusion that I don't think this actually happened, that's retarded, I think it is some dude speaking some truth through tales)

So I think the number one thing here is trust. It's not obedience, obedience would suggest that there is a divine power that must be obeyed otherwise punishment will ensue, that eliminates free will and most that we know about the world. I simply cannot believe that we have free will, yet it can be altered at any time by a divine being, a subjective free-will just doesn't make sense to me.

Rather than a God figure saying, "I will punish you for eating this fruit," I think it is more-so a God figure saying, "I've eaten this fruit before, it's not good for you, just trust me on this one" By eating the fruit anyway, at a serpent's suggestions, Eve is introducing doubt and distrust into the world. The serpent is a figure trying to bring doubt, to bring distrust. It's not even so much the idea of distrust either, but more-so the doubt of another's good intentions. Eve doubted that the God figure was fully good intentioned in advising her not to eat the fruit, she assumed he must be hiding something, and in turn found he was honest the whole time, but now had this distrustful seed planted inside her.

Trust is a big thing with me. I think this is at the root of every single problem in existence. We need more trust in this world. Lack of trust is the basis for fear, and the basis for hatred. I want fences and gates to come down, because we trust our neighbor won't do anything that requires a fence. I want a world where I feel free to help out a homeless person because I trust that he isn't a scam artist or that he's just going to go buy booze. I want a world in which I pass a man late at night and don't clench my fist in preparation of a possible attack. I mean think even if you and a team were given an assignment, each assigned a task within it, how nice would it be if I didn't have to stress all week wondering if their parts would come together, if I just had such strong trust in their word that I had no worries. That would be nice right? This can all be achieved through trust in the goodness of humanity and life.

There's a problem though. I think if trust were to be established, every man trusting one another's good intentions and trusting that nobody would exploit the gullibility of humanity, that would be a good world. (I think The Invention of Lying is all about this, I need to see it). The big problem is though, that even though this is good, there seems to need to be some divine benevolent power for it to occur, if we are not putting our trust in him to keep everyone trusting and good-natured, in who are we putting our trust?


Trust in life my friend. Trust in the trust and goodness of others. Here's the thing, people may exploit your trust, people may not deserve your trust but if you continue to trust in the good intentions of others you are always the winner. Now, I'm not saying that if a man walks up to you in the street and offers you a solid gold plane for $100 you should hand it over. I'm just saying if you write something, and somebody criticizes it, trust that they are doing so because they want you to improve, not because they are trying to put you down. Or trust that if someone is giving you advice on life, that they are doing so with your best interest in mind. Trust in the support of others because I think trust grows, if I trust you, and others, and they see this, they will see that there is some goodness and trust in the world, maybe they in turn will trust another. Trust spreads. It may never encompass the whole world, and I may not be able to force anyone to trust me, but I know I can do my best to not add to the distrust.

Honesty people, trust, it's a good thing. I am going to equate it with light. Spread the light people.


(I know this is disjointed, rambling, not fully fleshed out, and idealistic, but you get what I'm saying right?) Trust is good, we need more of it.


Just think if we could trust our politicians, all of them. OHHHHHH MAN. So far I think Obama's got humanity's best interests in mind. Good work dude.