Whether God exists or not is irrelevant. The only important factor is what we do in his/her/its name.
People choose to believe or not to believe. The answer to the question of God’s existence is a personal one. It must be a personal one.
In any case, if God exists, it’s not in the way we conceive the notion of existence as a physical entity, made of matter and energy, atoms and forces.
The natural laws of physics, biology and chemistry give us the answers we need to understand the world we live in. Granted, we know little and there is still much mystery out there but we are too quick to explain that mystery by invoking mysticism and inventing pseudo-explanations that rely on beliefs rather than facts.
What we don’t know, we don’t know yet.
What we will never know, well, will be left to one’s personal appreciation of what is Truth.
What I find upsetting, is that the belief in God -which, I reiterate should be the result of a personal quest- is organised into rules, laws, morals that guide the way the believer should approach life and offers ready-made answers to anything that challenges her beliefs.
The search for God isn’t a personal journey any longer: religion guides the seeker onto pre-determined tracks that relieve her of her ability to judge and make an opinion for and by herself. Religion discourages us to go into un-chartered territories: it has an answer to all questions, relying on blind Faith when there is not satisfactory answer at hand.
It is the ultimate offerer of absolute truth.
Sure, we are the product of our education in great part, but that education should give us the tools we need to answer the great questions by ourselves, even if it’s to reach the conclusion that we know too little to find all the answers we seek.
Those who find the proof in God’s existence in all things, believing that their mere presence is proof enough may be right, or wrong; it doesn’t matter, as long as this belief alone does not hinder them from attempting to understand the world around them, even if that journey of discovery means challenging some of their beliefs.
Admitting that we don’t know is not a defeat, it’s a drive to spend our existence trying to seek answers that lay beyond belief alone.
I -me- do not accept the explanation of a God. Neither do I find unacceptable the idea that life itself may be purposeless, that it is not part of a Grand Design.
I believe that we, intelligent animals, unhindered by the existence of the divine, have the ability to give a purpose to Life.
That’s why I believe in Humanity, not in God.
