We all
grieve deeply for the tragic loss of life occurring with the
attack on an
Orlando nightclub overnight, for the families and loved ones of all involved, and for the
community, the
nation, the
world which must bear this loss. From the perspective of
Pandeism, which teaches that all things are a part of a
Creator which has become our
Universe in order to experience oneness with it, what has happened is that one desperately lost fragment of our Universe has inflicted his pain on dozens of others. Since every one of these people is a piece of the whole, this pain is wrought on the whole.
This horrible incident lies at the intersection of several circumstances. Here we have theistic
religion, the product of man's attempts to twist and shape an incomprehensible underlying consciousness into a form fitting human biases, wants, emotional needs. And here we have a group,
gays and
lesbians, against whom people have historically been taught to be hostile for no other reason than that the writers of ancient books held this
hostility. And here we have, in modernity especially, ease of access to devastating
weaponry and channels of
communication through which a person with a certain theistic bent may be whipped up against a group despised in the ancient books of that group. Whipped up to
murder.
It is our hope in every such event that the world will at last stand and declare, ENOUGH!! The passages of the ancient texts by which such deprivations are justified must be excised, scribbled over, torn out and thrown on the
fire for all time. The notion that a divine being commands discrimination and death must be absolutely rejected, from the leaders of nations down to the humblest preachers of religion. And especially it must be recognized and universally acknowledged that there is no wrong in any human engaging in any consenting adult sexual choices no matter the sex or gender or number of people whom they carry forth this activity with.
If we are, as
logic suggests, quite possibly the feelers through which an omnipresent Creator experiences
existence, then in
gratitude for our very existence we owe it to such Creator to live as positively and joyously as possible, without
hate, without
anger, without irrational and oppressive
prejudices, without unreasoned and unreasonable beliefs dictating our actions, and most importantly of all, without the infliction of violence against those who are simply trying to live enjoyable lives without bring harm or imposition of belief on others. Grasping together our broken hearts, we wish
blessings to all,
peace to all,
love to all.