Religion, Discussion and Interesting Confusion

I am not very religious. Currently I don’t believe in god. Well, I do believe in good or bad. (Although I will still say that nothing is actually good or bad, after all, they are also somebody’s opinions. But as a normal human being, I too, have some opinions about good or bad.)

To tell the truth, I have not done much research in that direction to comment about the existence of god. But somehow, not accepting god seems to be more logical than accepting god. Because when you accept god, you totally believe in it (not him / her, I see god as a concept here). Belief leads to faith. And when you encounter faith, you don’t ask questions, you simply don’t! And I do not agree with that. (I love it when Tom Hanks’ character says wonderfully in Angels & Demons: I am an academic. Faith is a gift that I have yet to receive.)

I prefer not accepting god, because it keeps room for discussion. There remains enough space for confusion. I love confusion… (Only through confusion one reaches enlightenment. God bless Fakih sir! :D Anyway, coming back to the topic…) Because of confusion, you ask questions.

For me, well, there’s even a space in my mind which says: hey, there actually might be a god, who knows! This space – of taking into consideration the opposite possibility - is unfortunately not present with most of the religious people I know. They do not see the probability, may be even the tiniest one, of non-existence of god. You can no more argue with them in that case.

No arguments? That means no discussion. No confusion. No more interesting conversations about dissecting every possible tiny detail. No more fun. Game, set, match!