ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF EXISTENCE

WHEN I had just become a non-believer way back in May 2016, I still had a vague conception that perhaps God existed but not in religions. May be I was on my way to deism. But within a couple of months down the road of non-belief, I came across a video on YouTube. In this video the narrator uttered a statement that took me several weeks to believe. He said 'your footsteps are not ordered and you do not have a destiny', This was the hardest statement I had to come to terms with ever since I left religion. If I was still a believer I would have rebuked the narrator immediately 'get behind me ye Satan!' How could I believe that I came from nowhere and I was going to nowhere? Then I realized that it takes more faith to be an atheist than a theist, probably.

On my journey from religion, I had to reconcile my former beliefs that God created everything and without him nothing existed. This is when I had to start to learn to say 'I don't know' to things that were still in mystery. If we do not fully understand the origins of the universe and the diversity of life on earth, that should not be a ticket to put a god in those gaps. A god should not stand in the gaps of ignorance. Rather, we should question more, seek more knowledge and uncover those mysteries.

For sure there are many things which were previously mysteries but are no longer unknown today. Take the example of the earth's rotation around the sun, evolution, the breath of life (oxygen), thunderstorms, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and so forth. Many of such things were mysteries to humanity before science started uncovering them one by one. The same applies to the origins of the universe and everything we see around us. Natural processes formed the universe not a deity or magical powers . Much as we do not fully understand all of the processes yet, it does not mean we shall never know. As for the diversity of life on earth, Evolution and natural selection provide the best explanations.With science we keep researching, evaluating and discovering more, unlike with religious dogma were most of the things are static and unchangeable.

If you are still a believer that god created everything, I advise you to go back to school and study about evolution, the big bang and other related science subjects. If you can't go back to school, you can use the vast knowledge found on the internet by searching about those topics. You should also try to ask yourself that if everything around us requires a creator, then who created the creator? And if you say that the creator is the uncaused causer of all things, then why can't one argue that the big bang had no causer too? If there is something that cannot be caused (like the god claims) then existence can also be uncaused from its origins. If theists claim that God is outside of existence, they should also provide proof for that claim. For someone to be outside of existence is the same as saying that he/she doesn't exist at all. That makes atheists correct until disproved with evidence beyond reasonable doubt.

The universe is so vast and full of wonder; that is why it gives us enough room for questioning and exploring it instead of just sitting back and claiming that God knows. This life on earth is so precious and we should endeavor to live it well because it is all we have. Life should not be lived within the tiny boundaries of suffocating ideologies prescribed by religion. Live life fully since you only know that you originated from your parents, and when you are gone, that's all you had, expect no other life away from this tiny speck of the universe.

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