Oversimplification or Outright Deception?

Some people call the “theological personification” of solar and celestial bodies an obvious deception or outright lie, but I call it oversimplification. I mean, if you conceived a product; a product you knew very well would sell; a product you knew would change the world, would you not simplify this product to make sure the masses can understand and use it? We all know that it is product simplification that gives the creator or designer a comparative advantage in the market.

Designers understand that consumers are divided into two groups: the elites and the masses. Mankind in general, like consumers, is divided into two groups: the intellectual elites and the masses. The intellectual elites consume to create; they demand facts and originality. However, the masses consume for entertainment; they are indisposed to facts and originality.

Many entrepreneurs in our society today have capitalized on this basic distinction to create abundant wealth for themselves. To give but one example, Bill Gate. Bill Gate's first creation was the command based Disk Operating System (i.e., MS DOS), a close relative of the ultra-superior UNIX Operating System; however, MS DOS was not user friendly and was not appealing to the mainstream. Hence, its use was restricted to the computer intellectual elites, not the masses. It dawned on Mr. Gate that for his product to sell well in the market and generate wealth, he needed to make his product user friendly and appealing to the masses. Mr. Gate listened to his inner self and went ahead to codify MS DOS into a more user friendly graphical user interface, called WINDOWS. Although MS DOS was a better product than MS WINDOWS, the masses prefer the latter because of its user friendliness and its simplicity.

What dawned on Mr. Gate above is reminiscent of what dawned on most writers of the scriptures. The writers of the scriptures came across a very powerful ancient astrotheology, but indulged in oversimplification in order to sell this knowledge to the general populace. That is, they anthropomorphized ancient astrotheology and created tribal stories around it. It was Moses Maimonides (i.e., the writer of the Pentateuch, Torah or the first 5 books of the OT), who says “When I see no other way of teaching a well-established truth except by pleasing one intelligent man and displeasing ten thousand fools, I choose to address myself to the one intelligent man and take no notice whatsoever of the multitude.” In light of this statement, Moses Maimonides divided his thesis into two (Kabbalah and the Torah): one for the intellectual elites and the other for the masses.

 The scripture’s writers considered the ancient texts to be too abstract and metaphysical, and concluded that if left in their original form, they would only make sense to the intellectual elites, but would lead the masses to unbelief. The scripture’s writers were well aware that persons other than the intellectual elites would be exposed to their writings, so they decided to codify their writings in a simple, yet enigmatic style.

They would discuss the same topic in different passages(i.e., Mathew, Mark, Luke and John). They would personify the SUN in the ancient texts as the theological SON of god. They would personify the 12 Zodiacal Constellations or the SUN 12-step movement in higher heavens as the 12 disciples of the SON; the 12 tribes, the 12 brothers of Joseph etc. They would personify the WINTER SOLSTICE as the birth of the SON, and SPRING EQUINOX (when the SUN starts to pass or cross over the equator) as the Passover/liberation of the Israelites from slavery and/or the resurrection of the SON. They would personify the 3-star system pointing to Sirius (i.e., the brightest star in the night sky) as the 3 wise kings tracking the birth of the SON. They would personify the SUN, at the equator in the middle of 4 earthly seasons, as the SON on the cross. They would silhouette the image of the SON from the SUN light in the background to show their intent, but many still refuse to see.

I can understand the scripture writer’s indulgence in “simplistic personification” to sell ancient knowledge to their tribes, but I cannot understand modern masses taking this “simplistic personification” literarily. There are those who we are sure know better, but continue to scare the masses with deception – deception gives them comparative advantage over others. It would be accurate to call such people lairs and falsifiers, and such labels I would accept.

Theology, like MS Windows, appeals to the masses because of its simplicity. However, they both have dire shortcomings. Look around you, the biggest consumers of the personified version of theology are the biggest losers in the world, but the intellectual elites who possess the knowledge of the ancient originals are the rulers of the planet today. Think about it!

I maintain that there are many many suns of god (just look up in the night sky), and there are many many sons of god (just look down at yourself) - as above so below.

Ojo 4/1/13