Recently I got into an argument with my friends (that’s the
only reason we make friends I guess :-D). They think that my view of being
atheist or agnostic or non-believer is mere my ignorance. They suppose that
reading some books on atheism or watching some documentaries has made a
‘temporary’ impact on my thinking. They feel that I don’t understand a bit of
this universe and anything within it (who does?). They believe that the cosmos
can only and only be deduced with law governed by religion, science and myths.
I would like to clarify. Firstly, whenever I get into any
argument (or conversation :-D), almost every time we end up discussing whether
the mythology stories are true or not, did Rama existed or not, was there ever
someone called as Jesus, who was Prophet Mohammed and many more question. Trust
me; this is not what we intent to talk on. I have a simple claim, ‘God doesn’t Exists’, or probably a
quest, ‘Does God Exists?’
Consider for example, Hindus claim that they have invented
number systems, medicine system, astronomy, astrology, etc. long back (even
before Aristotle, Pythagoras, Descartes, etc.). Fine agreed. But what does it
prove? Man has been quite smart since at that time. They were precise and
accurate even without any tools are equipment. Some people also claim that
people of that time exhibit mystic power, or they might have owned a technology
more advanced than us. Let me consider all this true (even though I doubt most
of them). But does this prove God exist?
The
definition of God follows – “The creator
and ruler of the universe and source of all moral authority; the Supreme Being.
In certain other religions) A superhuman being or spirit worshiped as having
power over nature or human fortunes; a deity”.
Our mythological literatures can give answer to the question
‘Why God exist?’, but not to ‘Does God exist?’. I believe every event
ever happened in this universe is possible the best that can (that’s a gut
feeling, nothing else). I believe, all good and bad, right and wrong, and
almost anything that ever occurred is logical. We cannot point at particular
thing and say, ‘this is bullshit’. So even the existence of religion (and they
claiming the existence of God), is very well logical. But been logical, it
doesn’t mean we don’t have authority to question it back.
I hear people saying, just as God is an idea or hypothesis
created, so is Science. Religion and Science both are creation of man. Just as
I follow Darwinism, they follow Rama-Charita. Just as I listen/read to Richard
Dawkins, Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking, they listen to Surdas, Bible, Prophet, and
Sage. But this is where the line is drawn. Science is based on fact. Religion
is based on fate. And it is very necessary to realize this important
difference. You may ask, how good science is, it hasn’t even yet given us all
the answer to the beautiful questions we have in our mind. Where do we come
from? Why are we here? What are we supposed to do? Where are we going? But
friends, science never claims anywhere to find the answer to these questions.
Science is like a baby. It is evolving and growing with time. It is more
important to notice that science is a self-correcting authority. If someone
discovered that the universe is finite, or that the earth is flat, and after
some generation we found it out to be inconsistent with the observable and
measurable fact, what did science did? It corrected itself. It is never ashamed
of its failure. Rather it is doing a very unambiguous duty. Religion on the
other hand, wants itself to be untouched. Religion claims it knows everything,
even though it hardly knows anything.
I just want to convey that it is very (in fact very) difficult
to prove the existence of God. The existence of God should not be an axiom
consider by religious people, rather a quest whose answer would lead us to
greatest horizon of human knowledge and privileges.
