Religion Transforms into Philosophy
Lauren’s Earthseed is arguably a book of philosophy versus a book of religion or a religious text. Early on, Butler introduces the reader to Lauren’s skepticism toward the idea of God and Christianity. Lauren finds that “a lot of people seem to believe in a big-daddy-God or a big-cop-God or a big-king-God,” while others believe “in a kind of super person” or God being “another word for nature” (Butler 15). Lauren grows frustrated with the inconsistency of how people envision God and acknowledges that “if you ask seven people what [God] means you’ll get seven different answers” (Butler 15). Her frustration then prompts her to question the purpose of God, the idea of God, and God’s existence. Lauren initially creates Earthseed as a private journal to help define God’s existence and the purpose of her Earthseed philosophy. Like Christianity and other religions, Lauren’s Earthseed includes a book of parables and stories written to motivate, ...
