I've always wanted to write this. Midline, I would stop, not because the concept is too wide to grasp (perhaps it is), but because it is too big to put down.
Now, you may be wondering the difference between the two?
Trust me, there is, but our eyes see what we want to see, not what is there before us.
The topic of religion has always been controversial for people, afterall the search for a perfect being, on which humanity want to model after, is what we call religion.
The very basis of existence.
Man tends to fill gaps he cannot understand with the concept of a being called God, as an answer to unanswerable questions.
Humanity's greatest questions has always been
'Where do we come from?'
'Where are we going?'
The search for our origin and our destiny, to which answers have been attempted for, the most accepted being the Bible's account, that of Genesis___
let there be light, and there was...
And the greatest opposing party; Science, precisely Darwin's evolution theory___
we descended from apes...
But I'm just a reader looking for answers, and it's very easy to drift. When I do write about religion and it's banes, I want to savour every word, and every moment.
This series is a first for me, to gather knowledge from different perspectives, to learn and to inform and I have chosen this topic as a first, for absolutely no reason.
Atheism is the unbelief in the existence of God, gods, or anything spiritual. The staunch belief that everything happens by chance. The whole solar systems, galaxies and planets, the universe came to be by some sort of big bang theory or chemistry; primordial seas. There are different theories on how the human existence came to be, and I've read most.
So, believe me when I say I know all about the scientific explanations, the pressure from logical reasoning, the food for thought.
I do not believe anyone is born an atheist. Experiences shape people. You might have had a really bad situation that made you question the existence of God. Yeah. When you put your hope in one thing, hoping for a miraculous breakthrough, then your hope gets dashed. I've been there, and I know.
We want to experience this God by receiving, without trying to discover him first, to build a relationship.
In spirituality, the reverse is the case, you believe first then see.
Atheists are extremely intelligent people, some happy and successful, and some, the opposite. Common sense would tell you to follow proven facts and logical explanations, than to believe in a God you cannot see.
But there are instances that even science or philosophy cannot explain.
Do you want to believe you evolved from a monkey?
Or would you rather believe you are a masterpiece created for exploits and purpose, by an invisible hand behind the scenes, with impeccable mental faculties for reasoning?
You're allowed not to believe in religion, to diss Christianity and Islam, to question the faith (I am not a religious person myself); but to reach the level of intelligence where you question the existence of God?
It is a downhill journey, maybe for enlightenment and illumination, but you will spend your whole life looking for answers.
I believe God exists. And I believe in him.
He is in everything, everywhere. In you, in the complexity of our DNA, in nature, gravity and biology. There will be situations beyond human understanding. In such situations, learn to feel God.
But if you're already on the downhill journey, I hope you find your truth and peace.
Disclaimer: This Article is an intellectual property, containing the writer's philosophies and believes and not intended to impose on or speak against the belief of the readers.
©Adetomiwa Oyedotun
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