.jpg)
Welcome to our
article,
Let us talk about the reasons why man needs God.
May God guide and
help me say the right things.
Dear readers, in
this article let us talk why man needs God, it will be a long article, because
of the many issues we need to cover. So, we will be talking about; Man might
have invented God, Man needs God, some religious mistrust, Proof of the
existence of God, there is more to God than just definitions, religious views
and conversations, Future God and religious possible descriptions, God of the
future and, Praying God for reconciliation and guidance.
We have reasons to
believe that man needs God because our human history shows us that, it has been
so, since the beginning of recorded time. Having said that, let us discuss
about the need to believe in God and be reconciled with God, because for us
believers it is impossible to ignore God, or pray God, whichever God we believe
in. But there are several gods’ names that humanity believes in, even though,
we believe that there is only one God.
Anyhow, at the
beginning of this article we could have prayed God thus: May God of the
universe that represents, Yahweh, Jehovah, Allah belonging to the God of
Abraham and those gods belonging to other religions, like Braham, Vishnu and
Shiver, and other gods that belong to other religions and we don’t even know
their names; may these gods help us to say the right things in this article,
since they all belong to the spiritual force of the universe.
As you can see, most civilization believe in their own Gods. Now, because we know that there are many Gods in the world, we want to believe that these gods, one day can be represented by a single God.
We know that
mankind has always felt the need to believe in a supernatural force like God,
from writings and drawing on the wall of caves. For instance, how can we
explain when we find that the ancient people buried their dead with food beside
them, as if the dead would eat? The only explanation that we can think of, was
that they believed that there is life after death, and therefore there is a
spiritual soul and God.
So, let us imagine,
how the ancient people have worked out that there was a God. We have to admit
that we don’t know how this happened, but somehow this belief of the existence
of God was born, perhaps it was the fear of the unknown that started this
belief, or they might have seen things that could not be explained, perhaps
even dreams could have started these spiritual beliefs, let us imagine a
primitive person dreaming about one of his past relative, I am sure that he thought
that his soul had visited him, so, this could have started the belief about the
afterlife, and God, well this is one way of looking at spiritual things; but we
know that there are many other reasons why man needs God.
Man might have invented God.
Mankind might have
invented God, because man needs God. For us Christian God has been described as
a fatherly entity, so, God should protect the young, the weak, and everybody
else, then God could fulfil the need of a powerful strong leader that can guide
and protect them if they need protection, we can add that man needs God because
God is hope for those that need hope most. We must say that all this set up of
believing in God is strange because we don’t see God, but we believe in God
anyhow, just because other people have told us about the existence of God; of
course, not all humanity believes about God in the same way, since there are
many religions and many Gods. Anyhow, the atheist people say that God is all an
invention of our mind, since man might
have invented God to feel protected.
Anyhow, today while
I am editing this article, there are religious wars going on in the Middle East
and North Africa, you see, these religious extremist use their own God beliefs
to wage a war for their own benefits, our views on this issue, is that if today
we were to invent God, then we must make sure that our God is a benevolent and
merciful God and not a warmonger; you see we humans are strange, we like things
to be always in our favour, that is the God we want?
Now, since we
believe that God exists, and have proof that man needs God, today in this
article we will discuss about the existence of God, which can be at least three
ways: (1) God exists because God created everything and therefore he is the
creator; (2) God exists because he is the main spiritual force of the entire
universe; or (3) God exists because life exists and God is the active life
force of the entire universe, therefore, everything living is a tiny part of
God. Anyhow, we believe that this God being the active life force of the entire
universe is probably the type of God that most people can accept including the
atheists. Because it is the only way that could make sense to the present
generations, so, let us continue with man needs God and our views.
-------------------------------------
Man needs God, our views.
Man needs God
because we want to explain to ourselves, the reasons why we are here on earth.
We believe that God exists, because that is what we have been taught to believe,
and it is convenient to believe in God and follow a set of religious rules. But
the atheists believe that God does not exist, therefore, for them it is wrong
to teach people about God, because this can do more harm than good.
Here we want to ask
them, what harm is there to believe in God? We have believed in God and
religions for a very long time and we do not see any harm in it. You see, most
of us believe even today that God exists, and that man needs God for various
reasons. Therefore, God cannot be replaced by a complete religious vacuum,
because with no direction from heavens above, for those who believe in God,
they will feel lost and this will result in a lot more harm than good.
Therefore, here we
are saying to the atheists that man needs God, now and in the future. You see
we believe in God, so, we are writing these religious writings in good faith
for the future benefit of mankind, since we believe that something positive
needs to be done to help religions survive the atheist attack, and the
terrorist attack that is undermining most religions. Therefore, we are searching
how we can achieve that; so, we need to philosophize and discuss religions many
times, until we find something that makes sense even to the atheists.
We need to do that
to overcome religious mistrust that exists today, and we believe that a new
religious theory could help. Now, anything that is a new concept, may not be
popular for the religious believers of today; however, we believe that it needs
to be done and we are going to suggest it, in our theory of, Reconciliation of
the universe. Now let us talk about those religious mistrusts that exist today.
Some religious mistrust.
Now, today most
religions are self-centred, because they have been written to keep the
believers isolated from other religions, for this reason we are concerned. You
see, we believe that religions are made to unite people and it creates a
friendlier society, this setup is helpful, because people like to belong to a
group that have something in common, and religions do that beautifully. But
because religions are not the same, they give rise to mistrust of the other
religious groups, and this is one of the problems that religious people will need to overcome in the future.
In the past this
religious mistrust was not obvious, because people were isolated, most people
were born and lived in the same town all their lives, so, they didn’t know much
about the outside world, and then, everything was moving slower that today,
therefore, you could belong to a group of religious people, which might not
even know about the existence of other religious groups that were different from
their own, so, they were happy to live that way. But today it is different we
learn what the other religious groups believe, sometimes we don’t like what
they are doing, this gives rise to suspicion and mistrust.
Therefore, we must
look for religious options that can improve cooperation between religions. But
to do that, we need to understand, why humanity has believed in God and
religions the way that they are now for a long time.
Anyhow in this
article, first we want to say that man needs God, and what sort of god is the
most suitable God, for the future. We will explain other things as well, so, in
this chapter we will be talking about religious views and conversations about
the proof of the existence of God.
Anyhow, in this chapter, we have talked about the atheists, who do not believe in God, so, here we want to point out that they are wrong to assume that God does not exist, because God exists in a way or another. Therefore, we are writing this article to let the atheists know that God really exists and why God exists, or need to exist.
I believe that
since the beginning of recorded times, mankind has searched for a God, since they
wanted God to exist, there are reasons why mankind has done that, and some of
the reasons can be the followings: Mankind want to believe in God because they
don't know why they are living on this planet earth, or they may feel the need
to be protected from anything that is stronger than themselves, or anything
that cannot be explained. But does God really exist one may ask? We believe
that nobody can guaranty for sure that God exists; but most of us will agree
that man needs God, because it is better if God exists. Hereunder we are trying
to prove that God exists, not only because Man needs God, but because God does
really exist, even if this God that we are talking about, is different from the
God we have been told to believe from our forebears in the past, so, let us see
how this God would be like and why God exists. Anyhow, let us try to find proof
of the existence of God.
--------------------------
Finding proof for the existence of God.
Now, because of our personal beliefs, we want to prove that God exists,
so, what we are writing here is our theory about the existence of God, because
we believe that God exists in a way or another, but above all that man needs
God.
Having said that,
because we know that there are religious problems to overcome; I believe that
it can be useful, if we can describe religions in a philosophical way instead
of the fixed old ways, which religions have been using and are still using
today, because then on a plain field, it is easier to prove the existence of
God, even if God is different from our own beliefs of God. Having said that,
now let us see how we can describe the existence of this God of the future.
We must assume, God
does exist because you and I exist, if God did not exist then you and I could
not exist. Therefore, we must assume that life is God and God is life itself,
and for this reason, one cannot exist without the other. I believe that this is
a way that we can explain God, life, and the spiritual things that we believe
in; if we do that, then it is hard to prove that God does not exist. Because
God represents life itself, and since life exists, because you and I exist, God
must also exist.
If we want to make
this theory acceptable, we have to assume that my God may not be like your God
or the God described in the Bible, but God exists because God represents the
existing life on earth; this could be enough for everybody to accept what we
have just said.
Now, let us
describe our God’s theories, if we assume that God represents the existing life
on earth, we must assume that God must exist, because God is the spiritual life
and the existing life on earth, so, God exists, because God is the definition
of life, therefore, there is nothing that can take God’s place, since God is
life or the life giver of the existing life on earth and the universe.
Anyhow, God does
not need to be the creator of everything, as God has been described in the
Bible, therefore, in our futuristic theory, God is the creator of the spiritual
forces of the universe, and life on earth. In our theory of Reconciliation of
the Universe, which is going to be the last part of these religious and
philosophical writings, God is the modifier of the existing life forces of the
universe and through this God-life-force the present existing life has been
made possible on earth, so, let us say that God exists at least as the
definition of life, because God is the life energies of the entire universe,
and without God there cannot be life.
You see; we need to
give a name to the existing life force of the universe, because this is the
life force that makes life possible on earth and perhaps everywhere else in the
universe. So, I say; what other name can we give to this life force that makes
life possible on earth? Perhaps God is the only name that is suitable to
describe this life force.
Did you hear what I
have said? What other name can you give to the life force that makes life
possible on earth? Therefore, God exists at least by definition of this life
force, and there is no doubt about it. So, we believe that God must exist at least by definition, but there is more
to God than just definitions, as we are going to write here-under.
---------------------------------------------------
There is more to God than just definitions.
Anyhow, there is
more to this spiritual God than just definitions; so, we are writing these philosophic
discussions to prove that; one, is that man needs God, and two, to prove that
God exists.
We believe that God
is more than a life force in the universe, because we
believe that God is a life force in the universe that can make his own
decisions, therefore, God can do things independently, God is conscious and
guides the universe has he sees fit.
In our theory of
God of the universe, God is not Omnipotent as shown in the Bible. But God uses
what exists in the universe, starts a process that with time will change
whatever he wants to change, so, in a way God is still omnipotent and
conscious, but not as omnipotent as the Bible says; we hope that this
description will help to understand how God can exist, not only by definition;
but God exists and guides the life forces energies in the universe.
We must accept the
existence of God as a life force energy, because humanity needs God, and not
only we need God; we cannot do without God, because most people feel better if
God exists, it has been so from the beginning of times. Anyhow, God is the
source of all life energy that exists in the universe. So, for those who do not
believe that God exists, they must accept that God exists, even if it is only
the definition of the universal force that makes life possible on earth and we
call it God.
Now, let us talk about
this new way of, religious views and conversations about God.
------------------------------------
Religious views of God and conversations.
Anyhow, we know
that man needs God, so, we must find a way for describing God for
everybody; because we need to convince everybody that God can really exists. So, we need to describe God in a way that even the atheists may accept. But to
do that we need to write first our theory in a nutshell, so, people start
seeing how this new religious theory is, and then later we will write it in
full.
So, let us
philosophize and discuss these issues in a few ways, let us imagine for a
moment that all existing religions do not exist, and God does not exist; will
this solve the existing religious problem that we have today? We are sure it
will not solve anything. Therefore, we are back to discuss that we need God, and,
we must discuss and make the right decisions.
Now, let us say
that it is possible to study most of the world religions, then try to take only
those parts that seems good for us to use and forget about the rest of it. Now,
if we put all religions together and try to select the best part of them, we may achieve something useful.
In this chapter, we
have written that God exists even if it is a definition of those life forces
energy that makes life possible on earth. We have said that man needs God;
therefore, we need to describe why we must believe in the existence of God.
The reasons why
mankind believes in God, it is because most of us feel within ourselves that we
need to believe in God and religions, it has been so since recorded times.
Therefore, we believe that the most important thing that we can do, is to find
a new way that is able to achieve most of those religious issues that we need.
So, let us imagine that we must invent a new God and religion from all existing
religions, using the knowledge that we have reached today.
So, I suppose that
we must write down what future God and religion can be achieved from what we
know today. We have reason to believe that we can achieve that because we have
reached the age of reason, well at least some of us believe that we have; so,
with our reasoning minds and by using this accumulated knowledge that we have
today, we need to set up a religion that is able to do that. Perhaps we should
think that God might be the universe itself and we live within God? As it has
been suggested from past religious writers. (Baruch Spinoza -
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.) So, as you can see even this can be possible,
so, let us imagine how we can describe a benevolent God that everybody can
accept.
-----------------------------------------
Future God and religions possible Descriptions.
Now, if we want to
describe God, we must imagine God, because God is invisible. Anyhow, God can be
described in many ways, one of these ways has been described in the Bible, and
it has worked well for a long time; in fact, it has worked for thousands of
years. Other religions have different gods that fulfil the needs of their
people; but today people think that God might not exist, or that God can be
different from the descriptions of God in the Bible, since in other religions
God is different; so, here we need to ask; what would be the best description
of God, that all the people can accept as their God? Perhaps this description
below might be an acceptable description for everybody.
There is only one God throughout the universe and God is the life-force
of the whole universe, every living thing is part of God life force, and no
living thing can exist without God, because God is life itself.
Now that we have
said that you can see that this new way of seeing God, it does not make God any
less important than our accepted God. However, God in these descriptions is not
the creator of everything, but God is only the creator of the spiritual and
existing life as we know it. Or, God is the starting life-force that has made
life possible on earth, then, Mother Nature herself is part of God life-force
and came about just because the life force energies of God made her so.
Therefore, we must
keep in mind, that this God life force has always existed, just like all
celestial bodies have always existed, the celestial bodies have never been
created from God, as they were there together with God life force energies from
the very beginning. So, one may say that we live in this part of the universe,
and we are part of God life force, anyhow, this is how we see God of the
future.
----------------------------------------
God of the future description.
What we have
written is one of the many possible ways of the existence of God. You see, to
believe that God is the creator of everything is unsound, because it does not
stand up to logic reasoning, since most people can ask; who created God? Which
then becomes a never-ending story. Anyhow, this is one of the reasons why the
atheists say that God does not exist. But we need God, so, we must describe
God. So, hereunder is one of the many possible ways how to describe God of the
future. We are going to call this God of the future, God-Most-High.
God-Most-High is
the unseen life force of the whole universe.
The unseen life-energies of the cosmos and God is one and the same thing.
God uses this cosmos to communicate with every living thing.
So, throughout the unseen cosmos and the life energies of the entire universe,
God-Life-Force continually guides and gives life to every living thing.
The cosmos radiates God’s medium for every living thing,
And God hopes that through it mankind would follow Him and do His will.
This is how we can
describe God of the future in the shortest way possible.
Anyhow, this
article is becoming too long, but before we conclude it, let me write a prayer
to God-Most-High to prove that we need God and pray God, in the hope that God
of the universe would help me write these religious writings. Now, because our
God of the future is different, I am going to pray our God with my own new
prayer of reconciliation and guidance; hoping that God accept my prayer and the
ways that I am describing God.
--------------------------
Praying God for reconciliation and guidance.
With my personal concerns I come to you
praying God-Most-High, creator and master of the spiritual universe and
life giver to every living thing, I am praying you for forgiveness of my sins and
for reconciliation to thy eternal life force. I am praying and hoping that in
your mercy you would forgive me all my life sins, and that you would make me
clean of any impurities that may affect my soul; and thus, I would become
worthy to pray to you, and my prayer of forgiveness and reconciliation would be
heard and accepted.
Father, hear my prayer, forgive me my sins, and bless me, so that I can live in
harmony with thy spiritual and eternal life force of the universe. Amen!
Dear readers, now
that I have written a prayer for God-Most-High, I feel more confident that God hears
my prayer and helps me to write these religious writings.
I believe that whatever happens in this world, there will always be people that
will believe in God and therefore religions, because it has always been like
that and it will not change now. You see, that is why, man needs God and
believes in the existence of God.
But the atheists
believe that God is human invention; if we were to
accept that there is no God, that is the end of all religions. But can you
imagine what a shock it will create to any believer, so, it is evident that
this atheist way cannot be accepted. Now, if we were to continue the present
religious ways, it is obvious that as the time passes there will be more
dilemmas, with the atheists from one side and the religious extremist from the
other side.
These are the
reasons why we are writing these religious articles, because we believe that
there is a way out of these religious dilemmas. To do that we need to study and
review our present religious beliefs, we need to see if there is a way that is
acceptable to everybody interested in religious matters. We know it is going to
be hard to do that, but we must try, because this can be the new way that can save
humanity from a religious disaster. You see, if humanity accepts a modified
religious version some pains can be avoided in the future, and the religious fanatic could be self disarmed, bacause there is not a God like dictator.
I believe that I
have said too much in this article. So, see you in our next article,
To see more and the original article in Hub Pages click on this link, Man needs God.
May God bless us
all.
------------------------------
