Religion: 3 The Sistine Chapel: in the heart of the Vatican and head of the Catholic Church. I've never been there, but it looks like an astonishing building. What I'm interested in though, is the art on the ceiling. And in particular, it's most famous part; The Creation of Man. If you ever take the time out to look at this, which I think you should, you might get what I'm talking about. In the mean time for those of you who don't know, it's Adam laid down, and his finger is outstretched to reach God's, who is also stretching his arm. You'll probably recognise it when you see it. Anyway, God is seen surrounded by Angels and the like, wrapped inside what can only be described as a pink blanket. Back to QI, my hero Stephen Fry asks, 'Now what does that pink cloth look like to you?' and then I realised; a brain. He laughed it off, and said it was probably just a little joke by Michelangelo. Of course, I didn't think that. No. I was probably the only one in the world to whom this meant everything. As I said, it had been a few years since I first thought of the theory to when I saw this. I was probably going crazy, but I thought I was being spoken to. A lot of the stuff came flooding back to me so I quickly wrote it down, before I forgot. If you want more, tell me and I'll paste it.

Religion: 2 Even though it's commonplace for you to believe in EITHER God or Evolution, both are technically just theories. Therefore, there's no real reason why the two cannot be intertwined. After all, the world is a changing place and there are many things beyond our control, such as climate change (more on that another day) and the like. If we don't consciously change our bodies and adapt, why can't that cause be God? If he controls our bodies, he can control how we change to our environment. Or, conversely, perhaps he can change the environment to suit us. But he wants his race, made in his image, to be what survives. We, as humans, are on top of the food chain. We are self aware and as said earlier, we make decisions that affect the universe. When we look at the book of Genesis, we see that Adam and Ever were created and lived a #life of luxury in the Garden of Eden; a paradise to live, where there was no shame of them being naked. They openly talk to God, and he openly speaks to them. So God tests them, and they are thrown out of Eden. Only then are they made self aware, realise they are naked and are thrown into a wasteland. What does this mean then? Well, I believe that Eden is a metaphor for Heaven. Why couldn't it be? As I said, it's a paradise for the only two humans in existence so far, and everything is there that they need. After giving them free will (the act of taking fruit from the tree of knowledge) Adam and Eve out of 'heaven' and are made self aware. This self-awareness, this could be the reasoning behind the 5% of the brain we use. The conscious part. To make decisions on our own, and suffer the consequences. As for your brain being '100% God'? Well, I saw something on a British TV show called 'QI' a few years after thinking this, which made me shudder. If you want more, say it and I'll post it.

Religion Bare with me with this. It is unlike what I've done before and it's been plaguing my mind for years. Be honest, and I'll write more. Before we begin, let me start by stating that I am neither Atheist, nor Christian. Although I am technically Church of England, Religion has not been a part of my #life and despite my feelings in this, I don’t know if it ever will do. I am simply here to express my feelings and ideas and for you, the reader, to read those opinions. Let me start by introducing you into the way that I think. I am logical, but I am not afraid to think out of the box. In fact, most of what I think is scenarios which may never happen; such as ‘What to say to my boss if he ever sacks me,’ or, ‘comebacks to unlikely insults’. It’s bizarre, I know, but this is what races through my head every day. Now when I apply to this religion, my head goes wild. I end up thinking about God, all aspects of God. Conspiracies intrigue me, and I apply these to the bible. What got me, however, was one day when I was walking home from school back when I was 17. I got to my house after a boring RE lesson and wondered about God, Jesus, and everything else in the spectrum of Christianity. And then a thought occurred to me. After hearing something on the television that went something like this, ‘Your brain is the most complex computer in the world. Capable of processing much more than any supercomputer, it’s hard to imagine anything quite so complex. But experts say we only consciously use 5% of its capability. So what is the rest?’ This got me thinking. What really is our brain’s main function? So I drew up a little table in my head. To keep us alive, obviously. To maintain our organs which in turn ensures our survival. To allow us to make decisions that affect the world and universe around us. I thought that covered mostly everything. But then I realised that not a lot of that was something we consciously did. What controlled the rest? Our complex craniums were surely capable of so much more, if there was 95% of it not being used. And why would we be unconsciously keeping ourselves alive? It brings you back to the age old question, ‘What’s the meaning of #life?’ Sure, now it’s more of a cliché, but it’s still a question which is unanswered. And then I thought back to religion. The Bible states that God loves each one of us. And then it got me thinking about more things that the Bible says about God. How he knows everything you do, he knows all of our sins, and how he gave humans the gift of free will. It all went through my head as it usually does, but then all of this started to form in my head. My apologies if it seems like this is all just a lot of bollocks because like I said before, it’s like a bus of thoughts and ideas that just crash and form into stuff. But what if God was the 95% of your brain you don’t use? Keeping you alive, without you knowing. Being aware of everything you do, everything you think and say. Yeah it’s a far shout, but think about it. Kings and Queens of old are meant to have been appointed by God personally. And where do they wear their crowns? What part of your conscious mind creates the child inside you? You don’t think to yourself, ‘right, I’m making his arms now.’ It just happens. But does it ‘just’ happen? ‘God created man in his own image,’ ‘God has a plan for everybody’. Another thing which occurred to me at that time was evolution. If you want more, say it and I'll paste it.

Not An Autobiography I don't usually like talking about myself, but I feel like I have to explain my poetry and justify it. I am not a severely depressed person, nor suicidal. I actually quite enjoy my #life. But when I get to writing, the words sometimes pour out and I just go with the flow. I don't necessarily plan my #poems or stories, I just write whatever comes into my head. So in effect, I'm not a poet or writer, I just blag it. Right now, I've got a terrible writer's block and I can't think of anything worth putting on here. Generally I'll only put things up if I'm proud of it, and yesterday I put a crappy story-rhyme up because I just wanted to put something up. I deleted it after because I read it back and it was shit. So bare with me, hopefully I'll start being able to think of some good stuff, but up until then I'll just have to sit in squalor!

Oh Dear I have writer's block. I can't think of anything, Except this #haiku.