With current religious fanatism around the world threatening to wipe out our very existence on earth many rational people with a scientific attitude have started to turn to Atheism.
Atheism means that disproving the existence of a supernatural Alpha being who has made this universe as we know it . The supernatural being in question here is none other than God as proclaimed by the religion. The reason these so called rationalists give to support atheism is that the existence of God cannot be proven and God is in same long list which has the likes of Santa Claus, Neo , terminator, Spider man...... and every thing which we have imagined over the years.
Agreed, that the existence of prime cause for everything cannot be fathomed by our logical minds.. but that doesn't mean that we are to proclaim that God doesn't exist.
It is very easy to disprove existence of something in lack of proper evidence but very difficult to come out with proof that something out there exists.
Atheists seems to simply doing just that.... armed with their science and a " Rationalist " outlook they seem to have made up their mind that God is the root of all evil on this earth and we all will not be happy unless This God is destroyed. So they have made it their mission to kill God by mocking age old religious practices and making fun of religious people. In this Scientific age religion/God bashing is the new in thing and people seem to be doing just that. Armed with their facts and Protected by their science the Atheist are attacking the very foundations of Idea of God.
The Darwin's theory of evolution took away the central spot which religion had given to man in this world, Galileo's discoveries have dome the same for Earth on the astronomical scale, modern medicine has done that to village shaman, and Modern weapons have given us mortals to replicate God's Wrath. So who needs God now....its better to be done with this age old Idea of a supernatural being who is all knowing, all powerful and who wants to control our actions.
And modern religious fanatics seem to be aiding the Atheist movement. Atheism is finding more support in modern middle class society..... because these are the people who simply want to live happily ever after..... just like in a fairy tale and if the news of a God inspired religious fanatic bomber is all that they hear on TV then surely without further investigations they will brand God as the root cause and turn to atheism. But that is totally wrong.
See, actully the problem lies in our minds. The biggest problem that our feeble mind faces is that we need to believe in something..... because that is the only thing that makes us different from the other animals. This is for good or for bad.. I do not know.... what I do know that we need to Believe...... and without belief.... the mind will cease to be mind.
now the question arises what shud we believe in........ and this is the root of all evils.....because when their are 6 billion minds which have an ability to believe... their are 6 billion differnt conflicting beliefs. But the good part is that not all human brains evolve to a point where they can make their own beliefs. So instead for 6 billion differnt beliefs we have some thousands of beliefs... which find their source in some Ideas.
So we can say that this is a world of some thousands of ideas some strong, some weak, some aggresive, some passive...... and we humans are merely the collective some of what we Believe in.
For example.... how would you describe John......
John is a secular, Democratic , Libral Catholic person. These terms are merely the Ideas which make up John...... only physical attributes make John differnt from other humans..... mentally we are all at same level.
So atheism like Theism is just another idea whic prides itself in the fact that it is the most rational of all the ideas available till date because it has Science on its side and people like Darwin, Galilio as its prophets. But what many atheists fail to realize is that science is merely an answer to How not an answer to how. It is merely a tool of logical brain that that we use to describe the environment we live in. It fails to give the answer to ultimate question " Why are we here ?".
This is where religion comes in. In it we find the solace of certainity and purpose. It gives us the moral code. Though it would be wrong in saying that we are moral because of religion.... but religion surely is the binding force of moral society.
And above all the questions lies the question that is God not requiered any more.? Has he/she passed its sell by date. Will the world be a better place if we all turn to Atheism? well the world will surely be better place if we all believe in one thing..... but that would be a communist/Fascist heaven. thie thing is we live in an imperfect multi-polar and multidimensional world where even hoping that any one set of ideas will make it perfect... is rather impossible thing and dangerous too.
So what do we do with this God thing then? We can be certain of one thing though...... if their is a God then it is not in the Temples.. Mosques... or churches. it doesn't want to control our life....it doesn't punish if you eat something .... it is not opposed to Sex.........
God is like the Dark matter of astro physics..... it cannot be detected...... nor can be proved..... it is their because without it 96% of this universe would be unaccounted for.
What I believe is that God is the Idea of Perfection. As long as mankind try to perfect its ways it will be seeking God in one form or the other. So if you want to solve the problems of this world.... don't blame God...... perfect your ways and do away with Fanaticism..... because its not god or God fearing men who cause trouble...... its the fanatics........ and any idea at hands of fanatics is dangerous ....... even Atheism...........
So the follow the way of Budha....the Arya path.......... the Middle way....... and be happy........
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