The idea here is not to negate the existence of God. If anything, I am a habitual believer… One who is a believer by habit, more than out of conviction.
God is the most simplistic explanation for the life forces that modern science can not explain…
What keeps the sun and moon in their place..? Ask a physicist and he would answer gravity….
What is gravity…? It is the force exerted by two bodies, he would answer…
What is force…? Force is THAT which changes or tends to change the state of rest or motion of a body…
What is THAT...??? hmm !!!!
Almost habitually, I am inclined to call it God…the life force behind everything living and non-living.
The big question here is - IS God worth killing for or dying for…?
If God is the giver of life, how can one appease Him by taking a life…. Whether it is the ritualistic animal sacrifice or the expansionist crusades or the insane inter-faith killings and the murderous sectarian violence…
If God created man and man created religion, why can’t religion bring compassion and love..?
More has been killed in the name of God than the two world wars put together…
If religion can not promote peaceful co-existance, why do we need religion…???
I look at the conflicts around the world and wonder – Is god really alive..???
I look at the misery of people in Darfur and Ethiopia and wonder if God is really alive today…
What have these people done to deserve such appalling misery…? Hundreds of thousands are dying of sectarianism in the name of religion and politics. In Africa and other regions in Asia millions are starving to their death…
Why would God allow this if he were alive…?
1 comment:
Manoj, please don't lose your belief in God because people do bad things (kill others) or fail to do good things (save Darfur).
I find comfort in the idea that God started up the process that eventually made me - a person with the ability to conceive of God, and with free will to choose either life-affirming actions or life-destroying actions.
Nobody would be accountable to God unless they had free will. Unfortunately, too many people take their life in a negative direction. That's not God's fault.
My hope is that when my life is over I will get some sort of insight into God's ultimate purpose for this universe, and that will be a wonderful moment.
Also, I hope that all those whose lives were destroyed by bad people will get a new existence that brings them joy at last.
Meanwhile, I just do my best to treat others as I would have them treat me. Hope you do, too!
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