Does God Exist?
Science propounds the big bang theory to explain the origin
of the Universe and states that everything will sink into a black hole and be reduced
to a point form at the time of dissolution. Creation cannot begin by itself
without a creator as mentioned by the big bang theory where there was a large
explosion which set creation into motion. Clay doesn’t turn into a pot on its
own. It is fashioned into a pot by a potter. Similarly, the Universe doesn’t
appear in its current form with the various living and non-living matter in
such an organised form without the hand
of a creator. Everything in the natural world is controlled and organised. The ocean never breaches its shore,
heavenly objects follow their orbit like clock-work, and there is a high level
of organisation in the natural world. The
creator responsible for everything we see around us in our Universe has to be
very intelligent, powerful, talented and a knowledgeable being. Truly
understanding our creator and the relationship we share with Him will bestow eternal
happiness upon us.
We think that there is no God because we are
unable to experience God with our senses. We are unable to use our
senses to perceive the many things which are around us. We know that there is a
limit to what we can see/hear in day to day life. There are millions of microorganisms around us and yet we are unable
to see them with our eye. We cannot hear these organisms; we don’t normally
smell many of these organisms either. And we certainly cannot feel their
presence by touching them. Just because we are unable to use our sense organs
to perceive them doesn’t mean that they do not exist. Similarly, we are unable to use our eyes to see the atoms or hear
the ultrasonic noise. There is a certain spectrum of light which is also
invisible to our eyes. High-frequency
vibrations are invisible to our eyes. For instance, we do not see the
individual rotating blades of a fan.
People experience many things without using their sensory
perception. We feel love, worry, hate, sadness, anger and so on yet, we cannot describe the physical appearance
of these emotional concepts. Lack of sensory perception doesn’t prove the
nonexistence of an object or concept. The above emotional concepts we
experience are beyond sensory perception and yet we acknowledge their presence.
We say that we worry; who can tell if worry is tall or short, dark or white,
sour or bitter? Is it soft to touch, mushy or hard?
Similarly, God is beyond our sensory perception. Just because we are unable
to see Him, hear Him, touch Him, smell Him or taste him doesn’t mean that He
doesn’t exist. It is not possible to prove the non-existence of God.
Someone cannot claim that “there is no God” as this is a general statement.
They have to state the coordinate of time
and space where they think God is not present. Once we bring time and space it
becomes impossible for people to disprove the presence
of God because they certainly wouldn’t
have looked everywhere and at all times. If they say they looked today, did
they look yesterday? If they say they looked here, did they look everywhere
else in this vast Universe of ours? Hence, it becomes impossible to disprove
God’s existence.
