We all believe in GOD. At least the most of us. But have you ever wondered why do we believe in the almighty? Or why do we call him the ALMIGHTY in the first place, somebody whom we have never seen? We all have been taught or we have experienced or heard somewhere in our life that we shouldn't believe in something which we haven't seen. Then why do we believe in him and have faith in his powers? If god exists and if he is watching us, then why doesn't he appear atleast on some occasions? God is believed to have reigned our planet thousands of years ago. But why not today? Why cant a Ram or a Christ or a Mohammad be born now? What does believing in god mean actually? Do we just follow him because we identify ourselves with his spiritual teachings or do we believe god to possess some supernatural powers? What is god actually? Is it just a matter of powerful faith or there exists a mightiest of all the entities?
The answers to all these questions are very difficult for me to determine. But this belief in god is very good for the world indeed. Whether god exists or not, but this belief is certainly needed for goodness to prevail on this earth. We all are incited for doing good things for the people around us and for the humanity because of the fear of this unknown, someone we believe is more powerful than us. We believe that god is watching us always and we will be inflicted with misery, grief and pain if we don't comply with his teachings. It acts as an incentive for us to adopt the right moral values and for goodness to prevail as I mentioned earlier. Imagine a world without any god and I wouldn't be surprised to see this goodness becoming execrably low as the fear of the X-factor will cease to exist. But as we all know that exceptions are always there which explains the existence of evilness in our world.
Large groups of people claim to believe in god but don't seem to be because they do exactly opposite to what their almighty preaches. No religion preaches violence and physical aggression. But people still resort to such means in the name of religion for achieving their selfish motives. Treachery, hatred, selfishness, cheating, crime and all such negative things do exist in spite of the thing called god. Why don't such people have that fear? If god creates everybody why would he want anybody to not follow him? Again I find myself clueless when I look for the answer.
The battle between good and evil, faith and disbelief, virtues and vices seems to be a never ending one. But I would wish that the GOD will appear someday and demonstrate his powers so that the whole world can believe in him alike and the goodness can prevail forever ceasing the ongoing battle. Whether god exists or not, I always wish to believe in him because it gives me the inner strength, courage and conviction to follow the right path and be a good human being at the end of the day. After all, faith is indeed the most powerful force.
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"Treachery, hatred, selfishness, cheating, crime and all such negative things do exist in spite of the thing called god. Why don't such people have that fear?"
Many many quotes from the Koran have been grossly misinterpreted by misguided idealists who in turn blind youngsters and get them committed to a lost cause ('lost' from our point of view). The entire concept of madrassas function in a way that we would think to be illogical, but when blinded by faith (whether or not it's misplaced), logic has no role to play.
Good one,Chandu..keep it up...
i agree with u , God , the Almighty, exist. Our failth in him makes us strong and refrain us from doin wrong deeds.
As pr saying "Seeing is Believing" , we can object the existence of Him. But our happiness and satisfaction in lyf is always releated to him.
i personally feel, I have immense faith in God and his creation.
When we were children, during difficulty times we often used to go to mom and dad seeking their help. We knew whatever the problem may be they "will" support, guide and help us. But as time passes, our reliance on parents become less and less, due to the fact that they are not in position to solve our "complex" problems, then we move to the so called god who is our new hope, faith and problem solver. He is the only one with whom we can "share" our problems without any guilt. Whether he solves our problem or not we continue to believe him because we have no other choice.
As you have said in spite of the "thing" god negative forces do exist which sums up the discussion that god does not exist.
This reminds me of kamal haasan's Dasavatharam where he "preaches" that " I dont say that god does not exist; but i wish he was there"
kya re bhai
tu yeh sab kabse
par ekdum sahee likha hai
great work
I lovd the article.. u r true i was agnostic till recently.. but by personal xperience im teling u belief makes lovely changes to ny1's life ! rock on with ur blog !!
thanx raghav!!
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