Written by: Rushina Tamang - 26008, Grade X
Posted on: 24 November, 2023
Ever since birth, if you were born as one of the many lucky billions of kids who are part of a religious family, you have had contact with the holy being above all life on earth, with the ability to manipulate life and all forces of the universe. Does that sound familiar? Since birth, children have been taught to follow the rules of God, to walk the path of light, pray to God, attend pujas at God’s temples, and to believe in His presence. But has anyone ever thought about how concerning it is to tell a child to believe in a presence that they can’t feel, touch, or see and simply doesn’t exist to them except in their imagination?
We have been taught endlessly to believe in a higher being who grants wishes to its highest believers. It’s an 8 billion human-populated world. How are we supposed to know who the highest believer of God is and when they receive their wishes from Him? Sounds pretty convenient for the thousands of writers who write stories about God, doesn’t it? And what if God actually does exist and tells the people that He grants wishes to never speak of Him to another soul? Because this highly being that we speak of definitely does not want to show His highly self to His billions of believers. Some might want to disagree with this statement and say God did show His face to humans thousands of years ago. Thousands of years ago when the internet did not exist. Again, even more convenient, isn’t it?
We say God gives us the things we have in life. God created our past, our present, and our future. Everything in our life has already been written down by God, which cannot be changed. Which means that the highly being we respect and believe in, the highly being who we consider the creator of all life, suddenly wants to destroy life, cause unnecessary war, hatred, and break people apart, causing unnecessary deaths, unwanted conflicts, and injustice. Is this really the God we should be putting our faith in?
Then there come the stories that say God exists where hard work exists. God only supports you when you do hard work. God doesn’t grant you powers; He gives you the mental strength to finish your goals. God brings you luck. Basically, saying that if you do sweat-breaking hard work, achieving any goal, you will achieve your goals, which is undeniable but it will be because of God and not your hard work.
God has become this huge figure of belief for all of humanity. Every second that passes by, a person in this world is putting their full faith in God and worshiping Him to fulfill their needs. God has the power to bring equality, end evil, and fulfill the wishes of all His children. But why doesn’t He do that? Does He want to see His children in despair? Is that the God we should be believing in?
So who really is God? A real high being with extraordinary power? A fictional belief created by frauds? An imaginary faith? Or a source of mental strength?
