God or no God?
Whether or not there is God has been a topic of heated discussion (and at times more than discussion) since long and I don't think that there is a way to prove it either way. All we can do is give logical reasons and arrive at a conclusion or rather inference and I don't think there is anything wrong with that, after all, that is what human brain does. That is how philosophers have found answers to gravest of issues and scientists have solved incomprehensible mysteries. Remember, Occam's Razor? such a powerful tool it is.
Ok, so we were talking if there is God or not. There are innumerable arguments on both the sides. Some say that such magnificent creation could not have happened on its own and a divine intervention was indeed responsible for the creation of universe while the opponents say that there was nothing divine about creation of universe and life came into existence just by sheer luck!! There are arguments and counter arguments for both the beliefs.
I personally am agnostic with more inclination toward no God. Though I am no expert in human psychology, something that I have observed about human nature is that no matter how independent or successful people become, they have a tendency to feel protected, feel sheltered and their faith in a Supreme being gives them this comfort that there is someone who can take care of them, no matter what happens. But as we see all around us, it doesn't happen. There are millions of people suffering all over the world but there is no one to save them. But let us leave that aside. That's a separate topic of discussion altogether.
So, I was talking about tendency of human beings to look for a superior power that they feel will shelter them, come what may!! Coupled with this is the tendency of human beings to accredit inexplicable phenomena to some supreme being. There are numerous examples of this is our anthropological history. In ancient times, things like eclipses and tides were also thought to be curse of God but now even a 10 yr old can explain the cause behind them. Snakes were prayed, now they are milked for venom!! There still are so many things that are beyond our understanding, and human brain might not be intelligent enough to comprehend all the mysteries of the universe; we find it easier to accredit all such things to God so that we can sleep peacefully at night.
Whatever may be the case, there seems to be no end to this debate. Our natural tendency will most of the times overpower us and will make us believe in the existence of a supreme being but if we can step outside this shadow of our own mind that makes us believe in God, we will see that there is no decisive reason for God to be there, rather, there are more reasons for him not to be there, specially the kind of God as is accepted by people.
Ok, so we were talking if there is God or not. There are innumerable arguments on both the sides. Some say that such magnificent creation could not have happened on its own and a divine intervention was indeed responsible for the creation of universe while the opponents say that there was nothing divine about creation of universe and life came into existence just by sheer luck!! There are arguments and counter arguments for both the beliefs.
I personally am agnostic with more inclination toward no God. Though I am no expert in human psychology, something that I have observed about human nature is that no matter how independent or successful people become, they have a tendency to feel protected, feel sheltered and their faith in a Supreme being gives them this comfort that there is someone who can take care of them, no matter what happens. But as we see all around us, it doesn't happen. There are millions of people suffering all over the world but there is no one to save them. But let us leave that aside. That's a separate topic of discussion altogether.
So, I was talking about tendency of human beings to look for a superior power that they feel will shelter them, come what may!! Coupled with this is the tendency of human beings to accredit inexplicable phenomena to some supreme being. There are numerous examples of this is our anthropological history. In ancient times, things like eclipses and tides were also thought to be curse of God but now even a 10 yr old can explain the cause behind them. Snakes were prayed, now they are milked for venom!! There still are so many things that are beyond our understanding, and human brain might not be intelligent enough to comprehend all the mysteries of the universe; we find it easier to accredit all such things to God so that we can sleep peacefully at night.
Whatever may be the case, there seems to be no end to this debate. Our natural tendency will most of the times overpower us and will make us believe in the existence of a supreme being but if we can step outside this shadow of our own mind that makes us believe in God, we will see that there is no decisive reason for God to be there, rather, there are more reasons for him not to be there, specially the kind of God as is accepted by people.
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