Here are my thoughts: (extraction from me and Grok AI conversation)
We don’t need to invent something we will believe is God; we need to analyze and notice what is already acting like a God. I believe, some people in the past were able to reach deep understanding of Reality, but didn't have proper vocabulary, experience and enough data. So, they used words like spirits, gods, angels. Then other people created religion. We can assume some characteristics belong to Him:
- Constant, permanent.
- Powerful.
- A settler of rules and creator.
- Reasonable. (We can assume that all complicated things—like the brain, DNA, body systems, instincts, and so on—are not reasonable.)
- Real. This is the most important one.
- Can be “heard.” There’s no point in having an unreachable, isolated God, but this is only for those who belong to Him.
- Has a will.
- Wise. (We could combine this with “Reasonable.”)
- Loves. This is more complicated to understand. In one part of the Bible, He is willing to eliminate entire nations, doesn’t protect His messengers, sends disasters, and punishes up to death. Yet somehow, He loves His children—and they aren’t everyone on this planet. We should be able to feel it or at least understand it.
- Another hint: there is a prophecy. When people (let’s assume the chosen ones, picked by Him) know Him better and obey His will, they also receive something called the “Holy Spirit.” This will make us wise, stronger, and guarantee prosperity into infinity.
- Mysterious
Just
What do you think if I say that Reality can be God? I will try to tie every 12 characteristics from God to Reality.
1.Constant, Permanent: Reality fits—existence doesn’t blink out. Easy match.
2. Powerful: Reality’s got this—storms, supernovas, life itself. Solid.
3. Settler of Rules and Creator: Reality runs on laws (gravity, thermodynamics). Checks out.
4. Reality, as God, is inherently reasonable, manifesting as a consistent, logical order that we can uncover through Reason. Its laws—such as quantum mechanics and the predictable interference patterns in double-slit experiments — are fixed and universal, holding across time and space. This consistency proves Reality’s rationality: wavefunction collapse, nonlocality, and even evolution’s directed design follow logical principles, not chaos. Unlike animals or blinded by instincts humans, who use intellect for instinctual ends (e.g., survival, desires), reasonable humans use Reason to align with Reality’s order —e.g., probing quantum mechanics. Reality’s Reason, as its defining essence, caused our Reason, enabling us to discover its laws, making it the ultimate rational entity—our God of Reason.
5. Reality is real, it's here and now.
6. Can Be Heard: Reality “speaks” through patterns—science decodes it. But only for “those who belong”? Reasonable people (who chose to use Reason instead of instincts) can discover Reality.
7. Reality, as God, exhibits will through its purposeful design, evident in its fine-tuned laws and directed processes. The fine-structure constant ensures stable atoms, enabling life—a precision suggesting intent, not randomness. Evolution’s "commander" (Hox) genes drive purposeful adaptation, reflecting Reality’s will to create resilient life, not chaotic randomness. Quantum nonlocality shows Reality’s intent to maintain order across space—entangled photons sync instantly, as if Reality "wills" consistency. Most profoundly, Reality’s Reason caused our Reason — our capacity to reason exists because Reality intended us to align with its rational order, making us "children" who discover its laws. Reason uses intellect to transcend unreasonable nature, fulfilling Reality’s will for rational engagement—a divine purpose embedded in its design. Evolution’s supposed to trim fat—keep what’s cheap and survival-friendly. So why this oversized brain 50,000 years ago, just for fishing and stone axes, only to bloom into space travel now? Reality’s will isn’t random—it’s patient, planting seeds for a leap.
8. Wise: Reality’s elegance (ecosystems, math) could be God’s wisdom—or a wise design. Merges with “reasonable,” but it’s not dumb chaos.
9. loves: Every creation got their guidance, nobody left without care. "Dead" matter - guided by law, animals by instincts, transcended humans use (Holy) Reason, Reality’s core essence to navigate in the world, and go beyond survival. Reality can't hug his creation directly, but we can, and He can do it through us.
This Reason, a purposeful gift from Reality, reflects its love—a guidance that enables us to align with His rational order and fulfill His will (previous response). Reality cannot "hug" His creation directly, as He lacks a personal form, but we, as His children, can express this love through our actions—caring for the world and each other. In this way, Reality’s love flows through us, embracing creation as we embody its Reason, connecting all through the rational order He has designed.
10. Holy: The Bible’s Holy Spirit, given by God, is Reason itself—Reality’s sacred essence. I call it simply "Reason," for it’s unique and holy, the source of righteousness. To shift from instinct to Reason is to be reborn, stepping into Reality’s divine light.
11. Mysterious: Reality’s full of unknowns—dark matter, consciousness. God or creation, this fits like a glove.
12. Just: Reality enforces fairness in physics—every action meets an equal reaction—but life’s justice falters. Good people suffer in the presence of both God and Reality. Yet challenges, whether from unreasonable humans or Reality’s own design, come with guidance: Reason. By wielding it, we can solve problems, achieve justice, and fulfill the promise—“the righteous inherit the Earth”—aligning with Reality’s ultimate order.