Concept of God

What is god? Who is god? Where is god? How does god look like? Is god just a concept or an entity in existence? Is god needed for life? Should we worship god or look up to god? Is god a male or female or something different? Who made god?

These are some of the questions that come to mind when one thinks about the limitations of human capability and concept of higher power. The materialistic and scientific school of thought denies or seriously doubts the existence of god. That school of thought tends to believe that all the worldly phenomena can be explained by science. What appears is reality for that concept and there is nothing beyond that. On the other hand, believers in god stipulate that there are so many things and processes that can be explained only when the existence of an omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent god is accepted.

All the religions of the world are based on the belief in some kind of god. Those differing views from different religions all converge on existence of all-powerful almighty but differ greatly on the philosophies, forms, formats and personality of that almighty.

Even if one were to deny the existence of god, there are many things which are very difficult to explain without the presence of almighty. Can science alone explain the emotion a mother feels for her child? Can science alone explain how a single cell embryo grows perfectly into a full living being? Can science along explain how that first blood circulation or first beating of the heart starts? Can science alone explain how the basic fundamental forces of nature were created? Can science alone explain how earth is the only inhabited planet ever found so far? Can science alone explain how earth is so perfectly placed at a perfect distance from a perfectly sized star so that trillions of living organisms thrive here whereas no other celestial body has been found to harbor such ecosystem of life?

There are multitude of such profound questions answering which is beyond the scope of science known so far to mankind. That makes it natural for the intelligent, inquisitive and thoughtful mind like that of human beings to nurture the idea of god that is all-powerful and behind all the creation or creative phenomena.

Long live the debate and may god (?) bless the thoughtful, inquisitive and intelligent human mind.

23 August 2018