Monday, April 20, 2009

Impetus.

Huzzah! English assignment done. Let's all have a read at my literal disaster :D






























Whether or not God exists is irrelevant because of free will

Free will trumps God and what he represents every time. Period.



The irrelevancy of God, or religion for that matter, is in fact, a concept that many people fail to see or grasp because they cannot realize that once one can control his or her own state of mind, and therefore having full control of what to and not to believe in; the subject of the existence of a higher being will fail to/cease to make any logical sense.


Who is God? Or better still, what is the concept of God?

God
-noun
1. the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
(Definition retrieved on 20th April 2009 from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/god?qsrc=2888)


Here we have an invisible supreme being that is feared by people who are sold to the concept of religion. The basic idea: “Everything that happens is God’s will and his will is what’s best for you”. People have been shaping their actions to fit the commandments and will of this great thingamajig above. Laws have been formed, cultures have been defined and the body count to uphold God’s will is pretty high too. Of course the word God does not only refer to the one from the Bible, we have the ones referred to from the Al-Quran, Buddhist scriptures and a lot of other religions and beliefs.


Every single person’s existence has already been predestined, or if you like to be a little more modern, preprogrammed in accordance to God’s Divine Plan. Meaning that who and what you are is because of God. That’s right, you reading this is also part of God’s will. Your friend who drowned last week is also God’s will. And yes, sadly, Mr. Bigglesworth getting run over by that car yesterday is also the handy work of God. Well, that is only if you believe in such ridiculous nonsense.

Do not fret! People are slowly learning to form opinions for themselves and question absurd believes. For the good people of reality, free will should be no stranger to you. In this era, information and the media has made people more aware of their surroundings and each person feel that he/she is in control of their own life and that they have… in a way, reached an age of reason where they can perceive and analyze things the way they see it instead of being told how to by the holy one. This nifty ability is called free will for those who do not know.
Learn’d scholars have been arguing for centuries on the existence of God. As according to the topic, whether or not God exists or not does not matter at all. Free will is the bane of religion. To make things clearer, an example should be used to illustrate this!


Example A

We have 10 people who have been raised to believe in God. 10 very holy people who believe that everything is predestined and everything happens because of God’s will. One day, some random disgruntled redneck comes along and decides to kill everybody in this house of worship. He slays each and every single one of them in the most gruesome way possible or he could kill them with excessive sneezing for all that matters (it’s a matter of personal preference really). Point is, all 10 of them die. So, is this the will of god? That 10 staunch followers are killed or is it an act of free will by the disgruntled man? Logic would point more towards the man being a killer. The fun part is, if god exists, he goes to hell! If not, he just dies and goes back to the earth.

Thus, the existence of God really is pointless because free will is what every person possesses and that it is up to the individual on how they use their will. Be it manipulating another individual or individuals to do nasty things like mass suicides or something nicer like “thou shalt not kill” which leads right back to the fundamentals or religion of doing good.