QUESTION WITH BOLDNESS EVEN THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, IF THERE BE ONE, HE MUST MORE APPROVE OF THE HOMAGE OF REASON, THAN THAT OF BLIND-FOLDED FEAR -THOMAS JEFFERSON
The very idea of questioning the
existence of God is a shocking notion for some people. To doubt the existence
of God is considered blasphemous, a sin, for many believers. How can one
question The Ultimate Reality- The Creator
, The Supreme One? Does a child ever question the existence of his/her parent?
We have never seen who gave birth to us. We never saw our actual
conceptualization by our parents. Yet we believe completely when we are told
who our parents are.
Imagine the distress you can cause if you grow
up, and then apply your reason/ logic and ask for proof from your parents.
“Papa, You have taken good care of me but now I want some concrete scientific
proof that you are really my father.” Well, you may never come across such situation
in the real world, except of course in cases like one Mr. ND Tiwari (a former
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh) faced. The anguish of a loving parent faced
with such a query is as severe as that of a child who lived in the blissful ignorance
and warmth of his/her parents loving shelter, until the discovery that he/she
is an adopted one. The point I am trying
to make here is that the knowledge that one does not actually belong is painful
for both the child as well as the parent.
It is the pain one faces when a limb is severed from one’s body. There
are many times in our lives when our belief is shaken and we being to doubt if
there is someone called God. I am not talking about the Atheist who finds it
difficult to see a path beyond the cloud of reason and rationality. I am
talking about the pain a believer faces when situations in life forces doubt to
descend upon his/her faith.
Imagine the pain of a mother who
has lost her child. For her the entire world has caved in. In her world God is
cruel. He has deceived his believer and let lawlessness and chaos reign. If the
God she had prayed to and had faith in is good and preserves all thing good, If
He protects his children, than how can he make her life so barren and hopeless.
Such a mother will find the very foundation of her faith completely uprooted.
Would we reprimand a young widow who refuses to pray to God or believe in Him
after her loving partner has been snatched cruelly by fate. It takes a lot of
courage for the poor to keep their faith in God as they sleep in an empty
stomach and watch the corrupt.
