DOES GOD REALLY EXIST

DOES GOD REALLY EXIST

I am not a spiritual leader, or a man who has studied religion at length. Although, I am aware of the core teachings of many religions and their origins, thanks to the internet. Now I am not claiming to offer the proof of God’s existence or absence, I am just telling what I believe in and why. You don’t have to agree with me. Everybody is free to hold their own views on the subject matter.

I have been a man who has always struggled to find faith in religion and God; and for years I have tried to find the answer to the question whether God exists or not. I have been a believer in God and religion. I have been an atheist and a non believer in any religion, and nowadays, I believe in a God but not in any religion, and I will tell you why.

After years of soul searching and experiencing various joys and tragedies in my life;

I have come to the conclusion that God does exist. Anyway, whether God answers our prayers or not or why he allows suffering in this world is a different topic altogether that I will discuss later.

Now coming back to the point; the existence of the universe, the earth and all the life on it is the proof that God exists. All the things that one needs, has to be made by someone. You need a house, masons make it. You need a pair of pants, a tailor makes it. Even if you want a cup of tea or a cup of coffee, someone has to make it.

So someone must have made this universe, this earth, all the creatures, all the life and all the systems that sustain life on this planet. Since science cannot answer who made all the above mentioned things, it must be some higher power, and that I believe is God.

Some people would demand that God literally descend from sky on a heavenly chariot driven by angels only then they would believe in his existence or he perform such a great miracle such as parting the sea in two halves just in front of their eyes; only then they would believe in his existence. Well such people are entitled to their belief; I am not here to judge them.

Now I may sound pro-Christian, but believe me, I am not. I would say to such people that God performs miracles each day; we have to just open our eyes to see them. A small seed turns into a fruit bearing tree. Some bodily fluids transforms into a human being. The unconditional love of a mother for her child. The loving bond most of us share with our family. Isn’t all these miracles? I don’t know about anybody else but these are miracles enough for me to believe in the existence of God.

Science can discredit religious believes, religion can discredit scientific theories, but none of them can discredit the existence of God.

Some would ask why there is suffering in this world if God exists or why evil exists if God is there? Well this world is not heaven, life is difficult, and it is not some joyride, unless you work really hard to make it so. Disasters, Death, DiseaseS, Accidents, and Crime etc all are the part of the life. No one should expect God to swing a magic wand and make all the problems of their life go away. Everybody has to work out there problems on their own or with the help of their family and friends. And if some problem is so great that it cannot be solved – like the polio in my left leg – then even that does not really matter because in the end no one ever makes out alive anyway.

I believe in a God, I am devout to God but I am not devout to any religion. I believe that religion was devised as a means of controlling the thinking of the man. So he could be ruled by clever men.

Look at the history of the human race, there have been so many religions which have come and gone. Aztecs, the native people of America, had their sun God to whom they used to offer human sacrifice by chopping off necks. The Egyptians had pharaohs, the men who claimed to be God themselves. Inca had their own religion. Red Indians still have their own religion. While Christians have crusades, Islam has its own jihad, and much blood has been spilled due to these in the middle ages. Some would argue that blood is still being spilled. While Hinduism is a religion of non-violence it has racism and advocates the practice of “Sati Pratha” according to which a widow should burn herself alive on the pyre of her dead husband.

If one looks closely at other religions, they would find flaw in them too. And the biggest flaw of most of the religions is that they discriminate between men and women. If religion has come directly from God, why it is flawed?

A man is born with hunger, thirst and a need to urinate and excrete. If religion is so important and God lays much importance on saving our soul through religion then why all human beings are not born with a universal religion programmed into their brain similar to hunger and thirst.

Generally, a baby born to a Christian becomes a Christian. A baby born to a Muslim becomes a Muslim. A baby born to a Hindu becomes a Hindu. A baby has no religion. It is the parents who teach a baby religion. So it is wise to assume that if a baby was raised by lions then he would not follow any religion and hunt with his pride like any other lion. The point is that religion is not something with which we are born with. It is something that we inherit from our parents and we should not blindly believe in something just because our parents and their parents believe in it.

Therefore, I believe in a God but not in any religion.

This is all I have to say for now. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

Sincerely Yours

Imran Mehboob

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