SCIENCE AND
THEOLOGY
The
Creator is a fairly neutral term
That
can be bent in either
A
scientific or a theological direction,
With regard to the First Cause or Jehovah.
It
seems to hang between these two extremes,
Though
with a bias towards the latter,
As
when it is employed theologically,
As
though synonymous with an old, grey-bearded figure
Who
rules over the Cosmos.
Personally,
I don't believe in any such Creator-God,
And
few but the very backward or simpleminded
Have
any use, these days, for the concept
Of
a Creator-God, preferring not to think
Anthropomorphically
or metaphorically about
The
origins and/or originator of the Universe,
Or
a particular part of it, like the Galaxy.
If
Jehovah is an abstraction
From
some primal root-creative force,
As
I have little doubt He is, then
What
really exists out there, in the starry cosmos,
Isn't
Jehovah but the First Cause,
And
what can that be if not
The central star of each galaxy?
Yes,
there is a big, powerful, ruling star
At
the heart of the Galaxy,
A
god-king or tree-trunk equivalent,
And
that is the source, knowingly or unknowingly,
From
which the theological metaphor
Of
the Creator, the Ancient of Days, the Maker,
The
Almighty, etc., was extrapolated,
Just
as the Fallen Angel closest to us,
Namely
the Sun, is the source
From
which Satan was extrapolated,
Theology
being entitled to regard him
As
the source of all evil in the world
By
dint of the closer proximity, cosmically speaking,
Of
the Sun to it, a proximity
That
leaves the central star of the Galaxy
Comparatively
free-of-blame
And
therefore entitled, in theological logic,
To
preferential interpretation and greater respect,
Just
as monarchs, no matter how evil or incompetent,
Have
always been accorded a higher status,
And
therefore greater respect, than nobles,
Particularly
barons - the rank of nobleman
Most
closely approximating to the Sun
And thus, by theological implication, to the Devil.
For
the Sun is a very minor star
On
the edge of the Galaxy,
And
a baron is a very minor aristocrat,
A
mere thin-branch equivalent
In
that mirror of the galactic order
And
blueprint for the feudal order - a tree.