Religion, delusion and God

I’ve seen the highly acclaimed and bestseller non-fiction book The God Delusion and never did get around to buying it or reading it but the first thing that crossed my mind was, what the heck was wrong with the author?

Was he so disillusioned by religion that he considered it as a delusion?

I’m sure plenty of religious people are dead against this book and the arguments within it. Reviews are aplenty about this book and just reading these is enough for me to know that the book argues about the existence of God and that God almost certainly does not exist.

Far from being miffed, annoyed, furious or jumping up in an all-consuming hatred at the author, I feel sad for him.

It is sad that a man could become so ‘learned’ that he considered religion as mass delusion.

It is sad that a man could be so bitter and disillusioned by the evil doings of men done in the name of God that he decided that religion must be a delusion.

Of course, he backed his theories with science and the evolution theory.

But I think he forgot one main thing. It is all fine and very well that things could evolve into what it is now but can science fully explain it all?

Can science truly explain how two cells could multiply and form into a human being? Can science even explain the mere existence of life? So, if it is all due to evolution, can a rock evolve into a living, breathing being? And even if it can, where did the rock come from? Can a rock evolve from nothing?

Can thin air evolve into something? And if yes, where did thin air come from?

It all boils down to the ultimate question, where did all things come from.

Nobody has the answers. The most brilliant of scientists could not answer this.

But religion did.

And yes, I do agree with Dawkins that sometimes, many terrorists are into terrorism ‘in the name of God’. But these are not because of God per se. More like it is because of humans and politics.

Religion is such a wide and yet sensitive topic. Your believes may not be mine and vice versa. It has sparked wars and a lot of spilled blood. And yet, did God want this?

I seriously doubt it.

It is really sad that scientists and atheists like Dawkins have become so disillusioned with God that they decided that God does not exist.

Perhaps they were not looking in the right direction.

Perhaps they were plain blind.

Perhaps they thought they are smart and so they are above this God ‘delusion’

Well, I guess, they are entitled to their believes as all of us are entitled to our own religious believes. It is such a waste that they will never know the serenity and joy of having a strong faith could bring you.

I am not a religious fanatic but I do believe in God. It is this believe that sometimes bring me comfort, bring me joy, bring me the bit of sunshine on dark days and bring me peace of mind I could not find elsewhere.

I just can’t imagine a life without God to fall back on for comfort, for an understanding shoulder to lean on (metaphorically speaking lar!) and just for being there.

We don’t need to see Him to know he is there much like we do not need to see the wind to know it is there. We can feel His presence everywhere if we look closely and I am pretty sure, people like Dawkins have been touched by God but they don’t know it.

So, is there a God delusion? Sure. There is when the delusion is that there is no God.

Note: This is not a book review in any way, just my opinions of this thought-provoking book.

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