Oh Gawd...

Its a well excepted fact that we guys in engineering colleges have way too much time in our hands. And we make the best use of it trying to learn from others' mistakes, well documented, although arguably a little glamorised, in the paraphernalia of movies, serials, virals and such. However, eventually we do get exhausted by the knowledge onslaught and decide to take some time out. It is an outcome of a multitude of such breaks that I decide was worthy enough to present to you. After my long hibernation, I know this won't be sufficient, but remember the Grinch, and keep a mighty heart.

No issue perplexes us engineers, men of science, more than that of "God". This word, which middle-school maths teachers have great fun equating with {D,O,G} in introduction to set theory, is a concept their students are forever be mystified by. After all, in a world full of laws and equations and probabilities, is there enough maneuvering room for God to even exist? What follows, you are foretold, are my personal views, which I am sharing for discussion purposes. I hope to offend noone, but would be delighted if you leave a comment about your own views on this delicate topic.

What is God? I believe people consider him an omniscient, omnipotent person. By person, we comprehend a human. But arn't we evolving creatures? We know we have a vestigial appendix and the reminiscent of a tailbone. But of course we should talk of the spiritual realm, look beyond the physical. But this spiritual realm is a topic in itself, that would mean we all have souls inside us!(I am not disagreeing, lets just say the discussion is beyond the scope of this post). But why should this spiritual domain be given precedence over our 'real' world? Are we in some kind of matrix-like virtual reality? A version of mythology comes close saying that this whole world is to test our faith....but isn't that too snobbish on God's part? Why is there really is a need for a real world at all when we have this spiritual world(A more serious closer to heart question actually is - What is the need for the universe to exist at all?) Also, this world is too complete, too perfect, too complicated I consider to be a farce. God should instead be detached from all these worlds, like in a 13th dimension with 12 dimension world(s). But there is a better opinion. We should dispel the idea of a person(or maybe you didn't have it from the beginning, and I have totally bored you) and consider 'consciousness' as such.
(Sentient - endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence)

So what is God? I believe what we truly consider by God is "the sentient force controlling the whole universe and which is able to take conscious decisions". But then, puff goes religion. Working on such a magnanimous scale, why would God take the slightest interest in the not-even-speck-of-dust planet like ours? Well, maybe because he specially made life possible here and we are his really dear children. In fact, this has some weight, as out of the thousands of scientific constants, (I have heard) even if one was slightly off by the fraction of a decimal, the universe would have a totally different structure, with probably no humans. But then, there would not have been anyone to ask of the existence of God, would there? Or maybe life would come out in a marvelous new form whose weirdness to us would only be comparable to our weirdness to them. But I am digressing.

So we see how god might exist in my world. Since, I keep hearing about people (intellectuals) passionately denying the existence of God, I would for once try to take the other side. The universe has just one more complication, one more singularity, one more infinity to be evolved. I do tend to get an unreal feeling when I consider these abnormalities. Consider, did universe have a beginning? If it had, what about before it? Yes I know, the beginning of universe was itself the beginning of time, but what exactly does it mean? Similarly, does universe have a boundary? Its kinda absurd to say it extends forever. But if it has, what's beyond it? This questions might already be clear to some, but personally I find them really perplexing. In the end, lots boil down to just faith. I have faith that the science laws, which predict the big bang, I have faith in the existance of America, even though I have never been there. The world might just be created this afternoon, with all our memories and ideas planted in place!

Now we come to religion, about which again I have my own two cents. I have absolutely no interest in worship of idols or rituals and various festivities. In my opinion, even if God is overseeing us, why exactly the all-powerful scarcely care that are remembering him or not? Won't he be much above these things? However, I do not detest religion. I accept and hail its therapeutic and psychological effects. It is a means of bringing people together, of giving people purpose in life(and also an economic model in itself). In fact, I believe one of the major tasks of the subconscious mind is preventing an individual knowledge of his own insignificance. We are but less than an evanescent flicker in the fabric of space-time, full realisation of which(I don't have it either) would surely destroy a person. Religion, origin of the immortal soul and life-cycles I imagine had this at the heart of their genesis, the self-defence of sub conscience mind at work. And this will be true always, no matter the technological age.

So the conclusion....
After all my efforts in the philosophical banter, there is finally a conclusion. Existence of God, does not matter....Yes, you read that right, scroll back and read again. At least, it doesn't matter in the way you should live your life. You should do what you like, and enjoy, but of course it should be a sustainable living. Because God, is too busy to care, and you are too insignificant to be cared about. By sustainable, I mean, you can't just spend life idling away, and maybe thief/rob when you need money. Not because it is immoral, and God will punish you, but because it is not sustainable, the society will punish you, and you will end up in jail, which you might not enjoy. Hence, morals have not lost their value, because they should only increase your enjoyment; the kinder you are, arguably the more kinder people will be to you. Principals also havn't lost their value, but you should only have them if they give you satisfaction, fulfilment. Be a vegetarian because you like the thought, not because it is ungodly.

We have come a long way. Let us summarise.
Today, lordvarun explained to you his own take on the stuff he hardly understands anything about. He convinced you he isn't capable of forming any opinion on this 'overseer' business. He said he doesn't doesn't understand religion but sees no harm in it. And the final outcome, to the thrill of all present, was that everyone should live happily and promote world peace.
Thank you for your time