I read this interesting quote which lead me to write this blog entry:
Imagine There's No Heaven,
Its Easy If You Try,
No Hell Below Us,
Above Us Only Sky.
A lot of people are either against athiests or are under the opinion atheists are stupid. Why?Is it because we question the proof of god's existence?No, its because we are going against majority.(to put it very frankly)
Some often ask me 'How can you tell god does'nt exist?Who made the world?The sky?The grass?' My standard reply is 'I don't know.' Yeah,i'll admit it. I really don't know. I don't know if the world never needed a source from where it was born. I don't know if god and his allies came up with the idea of some creatures with 2 arms and legs which walked and talked and killed and lived. I just don't know.
The point is, unlike many who are under the very idea(its ONLY an idea) that god, the omnipotent, created the world and humans, I stand to take a better and more satisfying answer for existence of this world. Proof? I get the very baseless reply that proof is FAITH.
Lets start by defining faith. According to the Oxford Dictionary faith is defined as '1.complete trust or confidence. 2.firm esp., religious belief'
So theists have complete trust and confidence and belief that there is a god who is above all, who controls how this very world works,how we walk, talk, live and die.
Trust and confidence is not at all the same as reality.Trust is just the opinion that one has on another.Reality, unfortunately, is very very different.
For eg, I'm questioned 'how do you know that a certain person cares for you?
My answer to this illogical and baseless question is: I have FAITH and TRUST in that person. But that person does have an the option of not caring at all. (It's an option,its the friend's wish to choose whether to care or not)
So thats a very simple way of stating the difference between reality and faith.
The question of god's existence is not at all in any way related to science or satanism. Its a mere doubt which can arise in a normal person at some point of time.The only difference is,some choose to be satisfied with the given answer for eg, faith, while others need more substantial proof for eg, signs of existence apart from faith, like sight.
Now another very common question asked to me when I say 'I haven;t seen God, so I dont believe in his existence'.. is 'Can you see air?You cant.But you know air exists.Similarly god also exists.'
Air may not be seen,but it has numerous other properties which a god does'nt.
I don't, by any chance, mean to sound rude or insensitive, but when one thinks with an open mind he will definitely demand solid, percievable proof that there is a supernatural power above all, and its god.
So who decides who is right and who is wrong?? Who gets the proof!!



