A Loving God

[Arkilogue]

Even older as the symbol for Ra/Re in Egypt. The self created, creator God who rose upon the primordial mound from the infinite chaos of the watery Nu, the father of Re/Ra.

It's as magical as the atom with a nucleus and a spherical, shell like border condition

The claim is that God is an eternal, all-consuming field of energy (fire) which exists outside of the observable universe, responsible for all of creation, and connected in some fashion to our lives. Ancient mysticism laced with scientific jargon aside; it's a lot of woo to take in without ample suspension of disbelief.

I do share your stance on the holy texts of the area, during that era, being different versions of the same mythology. The Epic of Gilgamesh comes to mind. Shamhat was also much better looking that old Evie, so I may be biased.

It's just the logical (Newtonian) progression of a cosmological model and it gives many predictions on the order of the universe, much of it all ready found by modern science. My objective confidence is mostly based on that. It hits the most check boxes with the least amount of complexity/special pleading. "Creation" is pretty much all a cascaded of equal/opposing action/reaction in the wake of "God's" movement.

I've found many underlying patterns: An initial infinite watery mass, vabration/word/expression of God, waters divide/vibration creates space and form, God is self born by vibration of "spirit" from a virgin ocean (in Latin ocean is mari) I could go on and on.

*GASP* Hush your mouth!