“A debate would bring out the question of proof of God hence the taboo on discussing religious beliefs, that continues to be reinforced by all major and minor religions of the world.”
My friend Mohit writes in http://serialbus.wordpress.com ruing that Adi Shankaracharya lives no more and that there is no one to debate on the question “Does God really exist?”
Now because most ideas today are influenced by western thoughts and discussions, I would be considered out dated if I tell that in India the debate on the existence of God has been eternal. People in India continue to debate the existence of God in the same way as Quantum Physicist debate the cause of the Big Bang in the west.
But debates over God are not unique to India and Adi Shankaracharya.
William Lane Craig and Quentin Smith, qualified American academicians, debated on this issue as late as March 22, 1996 on the campus of Southern Methodist University.
It would be a personal judgment as to who won the debate but one thing that comes out clear is that if you do not accept that God is the cause of the Big Bang you do not have any other answer.
Just because God is not a formula does not by any means signify that he does not exist.
After all as science has all the answers let them come out with the mathematical formula that says “God does not exist”. Till then I would let common knowledge prevail.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
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And pray, what is the 'common knowledge' ? Its only one 'way of thinking'. Challenging it will make it interesting. But what the heck is such great need to have 'god' at all.
Yes it is one way of thinking. Thinking that the majority of people in the world subscribe to.
No harm if you don't think like that but if you want to change the way people think you have to come up with something more forceful than the argument "what the heck is such great need to have God at all".
I could as well counter it with "What the heck is such a great need to fight the existence of God".
I will not say so because this question is eternal. Everyone needs to get the answer in their own unique way.
Funnily, most people who have questioned the existence have also always got the answer.
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