I’ve decided to stop talking about God. well, after this.

We’ve given the idea of god pages and pages and stages and stages, and to what end?

Religion has caused more wars than anything else on this entire planet.

Money, on the other hand, is the one thing that has somehow united us. We all agree we need money to survive, and most of us are attached to our physical vessels.

One can see how some people choose to worship money over God.

Money is tangible. God is not.

But there are so many more things that are tangible that we somehow forget about - a hug from your child, a flower, zucchini from the garden, the sun, moon, and stars, the ocean…

I believe in these things. I’ve tasted a zucchini and the moon has been more predictable than any god or human I’ve seen. Every night, she is there, and every morning, the sun greets us. I’ve felt hugs and kisses and found shoulders to cry upon. Real shoulders. Real pieces of god?

Real. Tangible.

Worthy of worship?

Maybe that’s what we should be talking about: What is worthy of worship?

Or maybe the bigger question is: Why worship?

Do we need to worship, or can we just live? Or can we worship creativity, patience, love, dedication, and bravery in our daily lives?

‘But all those lessons are in the Bible / Koran / Torah!’ you may be saying.

Those were great tools for the times they were created. But seeing as we are living thousands of years later, one would think we could write new books. New plays. New movies.

And couldn’t we worship the ideas in them?

Oh wait, we do. That’s why Hollywood makes so much money.

And that’s what we should be talking about: the Hollywood machine, a machine that’s been guided by white men. Thankfully, they are giving up some control of this new deity, and more diverse voices are being given a chance.

But is it fast enough?

And isn’t that where we should be spending our energy - in encouraging creativity in every corner of our towns and cities? We should be telling the stories that are so reminiscent of the biblical narratives - because god knows we have modern-day parables and gospels to live by! The Gospel of Greta, the 10 commandments of Oprah, the Song of Ani, the Proverbs of RuPaul.

These are the gods and goddesses I want to talk about - because they are alive today, sharing messages and wisdom in ways we can understand.

And isn’t that what god would want?