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On God: Unity in the Mystery and Quest

Does God exist?

It's a question that has launched a million ships and burned a million heretics. Often, when someone asks this, they want you to sign a contract: 'Believe what I believe, or get out.' But look at the night sky. The astronomer sees fusion and gravity. The poet sees the face of the eternal. Who is right? They both are. They are just using different maps for the same territory. Sovereignia recognizes that the map is not the territory.

Here is the hard truth...

Sovereignians must make alliance with each other and maintain a network of mutual defense, and they will not all agree on the answer to this question. Within this network, to demand that every Sovereign being bow to the same definition of God is an act of spiritual tyranny. It is a violation of your internal freedom. In Sovereignia, we refuse to be divided by vocabulary. We know that 'Gods' exist at the very least as representations and archetypes -- patterns of forces, behaviors, and qualities in the cosmos, including within or upon our own psyches. Whether you see these as external creators or internal psychological architecture is your journey. It is your right to decide. We do not outlaw the atheist, nor do we mock the mystic. We demand only one thing in this regard: that you take responsibility for your own spiritual seeking.

We do, however, recognize the value in organizing into sub-communities and tribes based on more specific answers to questions such as this, as well as the necessity of making common cause with others of differing views, to serve our higher purposes.

So, if we don't agree on God, how do we build a cohesive nation?

We agree on the fruits of the spirit, not the name of the root. We agree that Truth is better than deception. That Beauty is better than ugliness. That Wisdom is better than ignorance. Even if ignorance, ugliness, and deception are inevitable and serve a purpose in this world.

Here is a challenge to you:

The next time you speak with a brother or sister of Sovereignia, instead of asking them 'What do you believe?', try asking, 'What do you serve?'.

If they serve Truth, if they seek Beauty, if they act with Virtue -- then they are of our nation, whether they pray to a Creator or stand in awe of the void. Let us not dissolve over the name of the light, but simply walk together in it.