Atheism doesn’t exist.
Tags: Christianity, Religion, Atheism, God, Science

Humanity can be classified into three. Atheists, believers and skeptics. Atheists firmly denounce the existence of anything remotely resembling ‘divine’. They are of the opinion that world works because of the laws of science and something of this sort that can be explained. Believers are, of course, of the opinion that there is something above us all. The foundation to all religions around the world. Some intelligent being that is responsible for creation of everything including life. Skeptics is the intersection of both.

They may not believe that there is a so called ‘god’ but they do think that there is something greater at play.

Now that I’ve boldly stated atheists exist, yet the title says otherwise. Allow me to explain. Science and Religion has been entwined in a war since the dawn of time. Religion, whatever text you might take will include some fable on how the universe was formed, how humanity was found and someone up there, a heaven worth all the good deeds. From the story of Adam and Eve to the clay men created by Prometheus, history is littered with examples of creation.

The underlying fact is that there is a consciousness above us all.

As for science we need theory, experiments and facts. Not made up stories. Life is said to be formed as a result of millions of years’ worth of evolution. From single celled anaerobic life form to complex creatures like us who question the very reality, evolution is a phenomenon that is studied. Variations in environment and mutation are all factors affecting how we turned out. As for the universe, there are more questions asked than answered. Yes, the Big Bang Theory. But why?

Well, it’s easier to answer how’s than why’s.

Religion believes that there is an external deity. Science believes that it’s the laws of science. As I said, it’s easier to answer the how’s rather than why’s. God and Science are just the ‘how’ part of the equation. Nothing till now can explain the ‘why’. Why would god create us in the first place? Is there definite reasoning for that. Why would the laws of nature create us? The beings who destroy nature.

Why doesn’t atheism exist? It’s because atheism and theism are the same. Science believes that there are laws that govern the universe. But why these laws? Why does everything happen the way it does? Meanwhile what does the religion say? That there is some being that created us and is the reason we are the way we are. Isn’t this the exact same answer? One says there is someone while the other says there is something.

What can we see around us? We can see patterns and rules. Does a lion, while hunting got any rules? No it’s got a pattern. It stalks it prey and at its weakest it attacks it. That’s a pattern. Who got rules? We humans do. Do plants have any rules on how to survive in the wilderness? No it doesn’t. Doesn’t it just say that rules are something made my conscious beings like us?

Nature is basically a never-ending domino effect. One effect leads to another that spurs something else. It doesn’t have any rules.

So if only conscious beings can create rules, then who (or what) came up with the rules of the universe? Religion says God, science says, well science. There’s a who and a what, yet essentially both suggests the same. There exists something that is beyond our power, controlling all that’s happening. Life, nature and death, something that binds everything.

I’d say it’s a victory for Skeptics.