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I am torn, because on the one hand, I'd like to believe in an incredibly simple and elegant theory which describes everything in the universe, but on the other, I believe that it's somewhat of an impossibility. I mean, really, we can make a trivial statement like "the Sun has risen each morning for the past X days" and conclude it will probably rise again tomorrow. Yet, the statement, "the Sun will rise tomorrow morning," does not seem to be very deep. Indeed, it lacks the senses of nuance, sophistication, and refinement that we might crave as thinking creatures.

If God could descend to the Earth right now, and in your fleshy form, do you think you could possibly conceive of the contents of His consciousness? If not, then why should we expect that real truth, beyond the trivialities and mechanisms of common sense, should be at all coherent to us?

I am being pulled in two directions, so to speak. On the one hand, I want to be creative - whatever that means; I want to be an auteur, and express that which I feel in my heart. Yet, I also wish to engage with scientists - to be capable of forming consensus, to use proper notation, and communicate canonically.

I think, ultimately, the nature of revelation is progressive. For instance, if there were other beings just like us somewhere off near a distant star, then I think we must be eased into this truth. That is a rather extreme example, but given the extreme prejudices humans have towards the current compendium of lifeforms they share a planet with, I am not so optimistic we'd be willing to extend an olive branch to those beyond our galaxy.

I think, I suppose, my idea of heaven is a place where all will be made pure inevitably: in thought, in action, etcetera.; and, it is a place where all our questions will finally receive an ultimately answer, and all the tensions of neuroses of this Earthly vessel will be resolved in due time. I guess there are some things we will never know until we meet God; they mostly pertain to the nature of God Himself as well as humankind; but, I think in the end there will be no unanswered question, nor prayer.

Since science appeals to what is common amongst our perceptions, and given that I believe that every last mortal will be placed in the presence of God eventually - at that point, the notion of some higher, loving power will be just as scientific as any other line of reason. And, at that point, we will be given a proper, scientific, yet gentle and emotionally intelligent, answer to the most pressing of our questions.