The False Gods We Worship
Dear Reader,
Lately, I’ve come to believe that many people—including those in mainstream religion—aren’t truly worshipping God, but rather an idea of “Him” shaped by fear, fantasy, and control. Contrary to what we’ve all been taught, I believe that the true God is found in nature, love, acceptance, and the laws that govern reality—not in a figure who hands out wishes or overrides cause and effect.
When we deny what is, we begin to worship something that isn’t.
In this letter, I want to I want to share with you MY personal beliefs on the matter, but let me first be clear that I do so with complete reverence and respect for all differing beliefs. With an estimated 117 billion humans debating the topic of deity since the time of Christ alone, I DO NOT claim to be the authority on ultimate truth (as I don’t think anyone should). I’m merely sharing what rings true for me on the nature of God.
It is up to you to discover or re-discover what rings true for you.
The false gods we worship when we worship a manmade version of God:
The God of Destruction — who demands death, violence, or suffering in the name of righteousness.
The God of Favoritism — who nurtures and gives spiritual privilege to the earthly lives of His children based on geography, race, or culture, while abandoning or damning the rest.
The God of Wishes — who overrides natural laws and virtue itself to reward personal desire instead of effort.
The God of Personal Gain — who trades faith for prosperity and obedience for blessings.
The God of Denial — who asks you to reject nature, history, and observable truth
The God of Selective Forgiveness — who excuses immorality through rituals or covenants and washes away sins on conditions of “correct” religious affiliation.
The God of Separation — who divides humanity into “worthy” and “unworthy” by arbitrary lines.
The God of Blind Ignorance — who hides truth behind mystery and punishes those who seek understanding.
The God of Taxation — who preforms miracles of all shapes and sizes, yet requires fixed-rate, financial reciprocity in a modern, man-made financial system (instead of authentic spiritual self-development)
The God of Control — who grants power only through earthly hierarchies and institutions and encourages men to dominate one another rather than grow within themselves.
Ultimately, we’ve created a God in man’s image, not the other way around.
What could be more absurd than believing the species that breaks every natural law, pollutes the earth, wages war, and lies even to itself—is the mirror of divinity? Every other creature in the natural world lives in balance, obeys instinct, honors cycles, and takes no more than it needs. And yet we, the only species that consistently defies the order of creation, believe that God looks like us, thinks like us, and shares our insecurities and emotions.
Consider this thought: Maybe God isn’t a perfect man. Maybe God IS perfect order—a force so far beyond us that it requires reverence, not projection.
The God I Believe In Is…
The God of Reality – Who exists in what is, not what we wish for.
The God of Perfect Order – Who governs through natural law, not contradiction.
The God of Peace – Who does not rule by fear, but by stillness and inner clarity.
The God of Freedom – Who honors agency and never manipulates with guilt or coercion.
The God of Acceptance – Who sees and accepts reality exactly as it is and as it was created to be – loving and embracing all elements of creation equally, not just “the good”.
The God of Personal Growth – Who teaches through experience and effort and invites continual becoming.
The God of Cause and Effect – Who respects the integrity of choice and consequence.
The God of Harmony – Who is present in nature, rhythm, and balance.
The God of Truth – Who does not hide in mystery and mysticism, but reveals through clarity and simplicity.
The God of Strength – Who empowers rather than dominates.
The God of Joy – Who delights in creation and calls us to fullness, not suffering.
The God of Logic and Reason – Who reveals truth without contradiction, because truth has to.
The God of Infinite Presence – Who is found in the here and now, as throughout all of time—not just in heaven, temples, books, or eras.
The God of Salvation – Who does not save us from ourselves, but awakens us to save ourselves—through truth, choice, action, and becoming.
A God of Simplicity: That even an untrained, "gentile" or heathen child can comprehend through nature and stillness.
This is a God I can feel at peace with, a God I can adore without fear, and a God I don not have to make excuses for to make sense of.
As I said before, I do not claim to be the ultimate authority, but these sentiments seem to me to be the most reliable, infinite, open-minded, and non-contradictory conception of God. They seem to incorporate elements of all religious beliefs while also transcending them and allowing God to be more than we could ever imagine.
Sincerely With Love,
Heather N.
