Must God Exist?
By: Alifiya Tahir
Tags: Gods Presence, Atheism, Theism, Philosophy Of Religion, Philosophy

Must God Exist?

As a human being, I go from death to life to death. Had I just been dead all along, I may have declared “I do not exist hence there must be no God”. But, this statement is contradictory.

If I am dead I cannot see, perceive or declare. And just because I do not exist does not mean other created forms also do not exist.

For the sake of argument, even if no creation existed, there still could be the possibility of God: God as God, and not God as Creator.

The statement “Since creation exists hence God must exist” does not negate “Since creation does not exist hence God must not exist.”

Does consciousness need a body to exist? Presuming that all consciousness need a body to exist, would imply that God must also need a body to exist. We understand that a body needs maintenance and any body eventually gives up to diseases and disorders. Therefore, God must exist outside of a physical body. Hence the state of owning a body must not be the only possible state of creation.

The state of carrying a body shows tendency toward “experiencing life” more than showing inclination toward experiencing consciousness.

Alive, whether in capacity of a body or not, would still be alive.

So if death means absolute death with no possibility of a conscience to look inward or outward and comprehend, it could still mean God must exist, for the universe exists.

The purpose behind our creation is either “just because” or “to teach satan a lesson”.

Let us say we exist because God “could” create us.

God may have created some worlds with the intention of sending creation to eventual planets based on their deeds. He may also have created us without any intention of interference. He must decide whether to interfere or not interfere in our lives.

If we assume that He decides not to interfere in human lives, it would imply there is no hell or heaven because He does not have a purpose in creating us. Since there is no purpose there is no obligation to assign people a final destination based on their deeds.

If He decides to intervene in human lives, He has several options of doing so: right the wrong, wrong the right, provide immediate justice, relief from pain, money to the poor, lover to the broken heart.

So are we beings subject to interference or beings subject to non-interference (whether in the present physical realm or after death)?

Let us assume we are beings subject to non-interference. This would mean that God is in part cruel because He does not relieve several innocent poor people of pain and serve several millions eventual justice when they face injustice in this world. This would mean that God created us for fun, like a child that plays with PlayDoh and leaves it to dry when he finds something more interesting to work upon.

Or, we could be a part of God’s grander design where justice is served on some planets immediately, some planets never, and some planets eventually.

In this final chain of assumptions that has led us to where we are currently on the exploration of our belief system, let us assume that God wants to do right by us.