God

Very recently I read a mini essay on the Net, entitled Unanswered existential questions; In this the author, Fels Schweigen, says: I like to think freely, without ties to any dogma. I love the doubt, because certainly there is no freedom without doubt. I would like to ask those who do not believe in anything: who has made the world, the seas, the mountains, the planets, the universe, the immense universe ...whose limits are unknown. It's all a matter of physics and chemistry, perhaps? I would also like to ask the believers, of any creed, who the "creator" was. And although I ask that, nobody has answered yet. I don't expect a convenient answer anyway. Atheists believe they do not believe in anything. And believers "prove" their belief in a dogma that denies the possibility of doubt and skepticism is considered an heresy. And I love heresy and therefore I can not be comfortably either believer or atheist. I am reminded of what I had read earlier, many years ago: Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking and coauthor Leonard Mlodinow state in their book, The Grand Design, that it is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely been deflected to that of who created God. In this view it is accepted that some entity exists that needs no creator, and that entity is called God. This is known as the first-cause argument for the existence of God. Both authors claim however, that it is possible to answer these questions purely within the realm of science, and without invoking any divine beings Is that really so? I am also reminded of my Friend Bill Allin, who said, some five years ago: To claim that lack of knowledge of God is a reason to disbelieve His existence is like saying that ignorance of something is a reason for not believing in it. Ignorance should not win any argument about any subject. There is no evidence that God micromanages or even cares about the daily lives of humans. To me, the concept of God is indeed somewhat like the concept of Energy. Energy like God is omnipresent, is the reason for all events, whether we understand the causation or not. We all need something that is supreme, that will take care of all our woes. Our science education, never helps us in this respect. There is nothing in which we can lay our trust, when there seems to be any solace in what

ever we are often taught in conventional education, only a belief in a religion, and its God/gods come to mind. There is really no harm in harboring such a belief, it can help when there is no help. Rakesh Mohan Hallen