A word about God

Here's the thing to all those who haven't seen one particular Weekly Wyat episode from 2021 or read certain books I've written: I'm religious. I believe in God. However, I follow none of the mainstream religious movements. Instead, the framework of my religion is quite a young one, as it's based on the simulation hypothesis. In a nutshell, I believe that our reality was programmed by God in a way that resembles the way we, humans, make computer programs in our level of reality. Obviously I have no idea what "programming" and "computers" look like on God's level of reality, but the paradigm is similar. (I also can't know if our God lives in a program made by his God, but I find it both quite likely and quite irrelevant.)

So yes, after being agnostic for as long as I could remember, I became one of those who found God during the pandemic. Since then I've written four books on the subject, exploring the framework, analyzing humans as objects, and hypothesizing if this religion needs a Jesus, among other things.

Anyway, cut to present time.

This year, I've prayed more than ever before. It's a regular activity. Some days I ask for guidance, others I just say thanks. Sure, it's a monologue, but somehow, every time I say thanks, I feel more grateful; and every time I ask for guidance, I find myself navigating through the issue at hand with relative ease.

So, from my perspective, God hears my prayers and answers to them, even though I've personally declared that I don't think that God is listening - that he's away from his keyboard, getting a cup of the analogical joe while the simulation runs.

Here's a clear and significant example: I had a few very difficult exams this spring that required a lot of preparation. I was stressing out about not being ready for them. I asked God to walk me through them. And guess what? The exams went incredibly well, way better than I could have anticipated.

I guess I should revise my original speculation about praying, then. Because even if he is AFK, he definitely at least has an answering machine; and what's more, that machine seems to say yes to everything I ask for.