The term "Anthropomorphic", originated from two Greek words: "anthropos" (man) and "morphe" (form), means "something which resembles the human, in a manner similar to man." Traditional Christian religions have an anthropomorphic view of God, popularly symbolized by an "old man with long white beards" and possessing the main human emotional characteristics such as anger, repentance and desire for revenge.

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According to the conception of these religions, such a God would be extremely severe and vengeful, capable of ordering the massacre of entire cities and nations, including even innocent people, children and animals, and yet be considered "kind and merciful" .

As we will demonstrate in our "Logical Analyzes" in the next chapters, this vision can be considered totally illogical and contradictory because, assuming that such Creator would be infinitely perfect, as the religions themselves argue, He could not possess the tiniest bit of imperfection because, this way, He would be as imperfect as we are.

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In my analysis, the more a person becomes aware of the greatness of the universe, the more he distances himself from this anthropomorphic view of God. In antiquity, it was believed that the Earth was the center of the whole universe, and the stars were only bright specks that adorned the sky to our nocturnal delight, the Sun being a point of light that would "spin" around the Earth to illuminate the day. So it was easier to imagine a "God" who was constantly observing and "monitoring" the Planet Earth, and always interfering in the lives of human beings, mostly  punishing them with the severity of an austere Father, but with a degree of cruelty incompatible with the vision of a loving Father.

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However, nowadays this view of an "anthropomorphic God" is completely incompatible with our knowledge of the unbelievable greatness of the universe. Let's see: It is estimated that our galaxy, the Milky Way, has 200 to 400 billion stars. The Sun, which is the closest star to our planet, is just one of them!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The distances between stars are so great that in Astronomy they are not measured in Kilometers, but in a unit called "Light-year," which is the distance traveled by light in the period of one year. To calculate the distance in kilometers of 1 light-year, simply multiply the number of seconds existing in one year (31,536,000) by the number of kilometers that the light travels in one second (300,000), and we will reach the incredible distance of 94 605 284 000 000 000 000 000 kilometers!

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Our galaxy, Milky Way, has an approximate diameter of 100 thousand light years !!! It means that, only to cross it from one end to the other, traveling at light speed (300,000 km / s), we would take 100,000 years! To calculate the extension in kilometers of its diameter, simply multiply the distance traveled in one light year by 100 thousand. It is a practically unimaginable distance and we are just talking about our Galaxy. Astronomers estimate that there are between 100 billion and 200 billion galaxies in the universe!

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This understanding of the extraordinary greatness of the Universe broadens our vision of God and we see it as an infinite and unchanging Universal Creative Intelligence, not as an "anthropomorphic God", subject to emotional oscillations.

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The Spiritist Doctrine, codified by Allan Kardec, who is considered both a Philosophy, a science and a religion, offers a much more logical and coherent view of God, as a "Superior Intelligence" that created the universe and all laws that govern it.

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One of these laws, which we call the "Law of Cause and Effect" or "Law of action and reaction", is the basis of the whole logic of universal functioning. We can compare it to what in physics is known as Newton's Third Law, which states that when one body exerts a force on a second body, the second body simultaneously exerts a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction on the first body.

 

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Just like the Law of Physics, according to the Law of Cause and Effect, all our actions, words and thoughts generate a wave of energy that is released into the universe and returns to us with the same intensity. In other words: By emitting positive thoughts, words and deeds, we will receive positive effects in our lives, just as by emitting negative thoughts, words and deeds, we will receive negative effects.

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Understanding this perfect and immutable Law makes us have an infinitely more logical vision of God and the Universe. Let us analyze: If God created perfect Laws that govern universal harmony, then why would He need to be interfering in nature or in people's lives all the time?

For example, if a person throws himself off a building, the Law of Gravity itself will cause that person to fall and suffer the consequences of this act. God does not need to interfere and "punish" such a person.

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This view leads us to a much deeper reasoning: God never punishes or rewards anyone! We ourselves are the ones responsible for our own destiny, receiving millimetrically according to our actions, which are subject to the perfect Law He created.

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Basing our thinking on this context, we will come to understand the "Logic of Reincarnation" because, without it, we would not be able to obtain a logical explanation for the cause of human suffering and for our destiny after the death of the physical body, as we will analyze in detail in the next chapters .