God, Science and Atheists

Suppose I were to say that a bridge, a perfectly engineered structure, was created without an engineer, that it just happened to exist and I discovered it. The scientific community will ridicule that saying a bridge can't be created by nature without human intervention. Yet, these very same people propound that a 'supernova explosion' created the universe. (The Big Bang Theory)

Has any scientist ever created anything using a bomb? The mightiest bomb ever created, the nuclear bomb, destroyed 2 cities and still continues to do so after well over 50 years. So, can the scientific community kindly explain how a 'big bang' created the universe, to the tiniest detail- we, the Earth are all just the tiniest details if we are to believe the expanding universe theory- without some Almighty's assistance?

If a single particle exploded to form the universe, who programmed or triggered the explosion? Or do you claim it happened just like that? By sheer chance.

Even believing the supernova explosion theory, God had to create that explosion. What are the chances of your toaster exploding if you just stand still and wait for it to happen? And even if it does explode sometime in the next 10,000 years, what are the chances that this explosion will create, not destroy.

Clearly, there are unknown forces at work which you scoff at because you can't understand them. Or you are too drunk by the power of science and blinded by your arrogance to notice a force more powerful than you ever imagined. Even if you do notice it, you tell yourself it doesn't exist since you won't believe in things you don't understand and won't try to understand the things you don't believe in. That's a vicious circle of ignorance you are in. Or is it that you prefer this ignorance because you don't want to acknowledge that there is someone more powerful than you?

"A group feeling is a wonderful thing." Humans are social animals; they like groups. It gives them a feeling of belonging. They even risk personal safety and comfort for the sake of the group. That's why you have people willing to die for their country, willing to die so that someone else enjoys freedom, soldiers who throw their bodies at a bomb to protect their friends.

Why do all that? When a person dies, he's going to leave this world anyway. How does it matter what the world does when you are no longer a part of it? The most natural thing to do, then, would be to protect your own skin rather than giving it away for a 'cause'. What's the glory in dying for the country? The 'country' is just a piece of land. Is that land worth more to you than life? Apparently, it is for so many.

From a scientific point of view, patriotism is utter bullshit. But no one dares to say that in public still, because a hardcore patriot may hear them and make life hell for them. Thus, this very unscientific feeling is spared from contempt.

Soldiers believe in a cause, something unbelievable which in the long run doesn't even exist and are called heroes. Theists believe in God, and are said to be deluded, while God is very much existent and his presence can be proven. Jesus brought about Christianity, bringing hope and faith to many. People started believing in a new cause- a cause which didn't require them to sacrifice their life, but to lead it in such a way that they become a better person and benefit humanity. Hindus have to lead a life of Dharma, and our Karma affects our afterlife.

Religion is a good cause, one which-
1. gives a group feeling; people of one faith
2. benefits entire humanity, not just the people in a small piece of land
3. is open to anyone, regardless of their age and physical strength
4. guides you along your path, towards your destiny
5. gives you meaning in life and opens you to the path of spirituality
6. is peaceful and preaches love and altruism

Is that not a better cause to live for? (Not die for, note that!) So, who are the real heroes?

But, we are now in a society that wants to go against religion, against the very thing which unifies all humanity and is the reason for human kindness and the superiority of humans over the animal kingdom. We are now in a society where people think it cool to not belong, to defy God, to defy the tenets by which humans are bound. We have people who use science as a weapon and crusade the world trying to prove God doesn't exist, deceiving themselves by saying it repeatedly, blocking their inner voices which screams at them to acknowledge God.

We have self-proclaimed atheists, who are mostly emo kids saying vile things over the Internet, emboldened by anonymity to say such puerile things against religion which they would dare not utter in public. And we have some atheists, who actually don't believe God exists. They are poor souls lost in life who move through it without any meaning and die without even understanding the true purpose of life.

And then there are agnostics. These are people who believe in themselves more than they believe in God. These are the people who, while acknowledging that God may exist, don't really care about it either way. They observe both sides, and draw their conclusions from facts and logic, rather than from the blind ignorance which characterizes atheists and the over-zealousness and the ends justify the means attitude which characterizes some religious zealots.

I'm a believer. I choose to be one. Not because someone wants me to believe. Not because I was born one. I believe because I want to believe. I believe in God because I know God exists and looks after us. To the non-believers I'll say this: If you want to prove something wrong, you can disregard 100 people's logical arguments for it and still think you're right. Unless you open yourself to the possibility of God's existence, you will live in ignorance of his doings and continue to live in your ignorant bliss.

But I'm no bigot. I'll say this in favour of atheists. If you are altruistic and believe in doing good for humanity, believe in love and more importantly believe in yourself and are driven to do good deeds by your own free will, you are following your own religion and although you may blind yourself to the presence of God, you are probably better off than the theists who follow a religon because they fear God.