From the earliest known history of human kind till today, the concept of God has been one of the most intriguing mystery for the intelligent mind. It is such an interesting concept, thousands of theories had been cooked up - both for and against. But instead of clearing the mess each one of them opens up more and more questions in endless succession. Believers, non-believers, agnostics all have their on stand and claims to uphold their own theories. But nothing conclusive and conscientious has been achieved so far. One would genuinely doubt, whether it will ever happen at all! Yet, one cannot resist musing over the subject for yet another time. Take part in it with a relaxed mind as no one is expecting a dramatic climax here. Just laying a logical trap.(what!) That’s all.

As you know, the abstract world is so charged up that no logic can reach there directly. They will get electrocuted. We have to use indirect or inferential logic in our approach to God who is languishing in the unknown territories. Despite the innumerable point of views and paths, let’s take up this issue from an unbiased perspective not allying to any particular belief and see any logic can be built into this age old problem, acceptable to all. (what a wishful dream!). With this premises let’s take up the challenge : Does God Exist? If yes, what is it’s/his/her relation to us.

To answer the first question, “Is there God?”, one must first have a clear notion as to what God is. What is the definition of God? Upon inspection, one would be awed with the plethora of concepts available in this regard. They vary from the seen to unseen, imagined to unimaginable, miniscule to magnanimous, embodied to formless, insentient to super sentient, personal to impersonal, single to many - the concepts of  God consumes all possible definitions. Some even totally in contradiction with some other and the followers of such beliefs will vehemently try to protect theirs as the only truth and will be ready to die for it since there is much at stake in the “belief” itself. No wonder so much of blood has been shed just because of contradicting “concepts” of the same principle in question.

From this jungle of confusion where do we begin? It will be impossible to analyse each one of these beliefs or even the popular ones. Instead let's try to pickup the most commonly attributed and fundamental features of God to construct our own prototype and see how that will fit into a rational frame work.

Most of the faiths will adhere to the belief that God is the creator of the universe which is fairly acceptable as a concept to all categories – the theists, atheists and agnostics. This statement does not conclude that God exists and he is the creator. What is implied is that by the definition of God -whether such an entity exists or not- he (let’s use “he” for convenience) is the creator of all these and himself  not created by anybody. Some would say that he is the sustainer of all the creation and the destroyer too. Since the creation cannot be an end in itself, this makes sense and can be included in the definition of God without much resistance. For those who resist, it may be pointed out that along with the creation, it’s time bound existence is implied as an intrinsic nature hence it must be propagated by the creation it self.  So it is reasonable to state that God is the creator, sustainer and destroyer of all these.

Secondly, most of the faiths would agree on the infinite nature of attributes of God. That is, God is omnipotent –the all powerful, omnipresent – permeates entire realm of space and time, omniscience – all knowing. Some may question the other attributes like supreme intelligence and compassion observing the present day scenario prevailing in India(lol). The skeptics do have some point, so let’s keep those aside for the time being.

So we have made a fundamental definition of God as the creator-sustainer-destructor and omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient. All other aspects attributed by the believers add on to this fundamental definition.  Such a bare bone definition must be acceptable to almost all believers and agnostics. (Some may disagree on the aspect of omnipresence so as to comply to their view that creation and creator are totally separate, but miserably fail to accommodate their own other accepted aspects of God which inherently indicate omnipresence).

What about the atheists? They don’t believe in a God at all. Then how can we define something that which doesn’t exist to get their consent as well. As mentioned earlier, by defining God, we are not concluding his existence.  Even to prove non-existence we have to define that which is taken to be non-existent. So for the sake of discussion, let the rationalists and atheists agree in this DEFINITION of God which they must be sure doesn’t exist.

Now the question can be taken up for diagnosing. Does God who is the creator-sustainer-destroyer with infinite power, presence and knowledge exist? The moment you ask this question swords are raised and blood is ready to be shed. Hold on. We have seen this many times over. This is precisely why we had decided to approach this problem from a different perspective. What is that perspective? A logical platform based on our present knowledge, reasoning and inferential abilities and not based on any ancient scriptures or fairy tales.

As you are aware, pure reasoning based only on cognitive perceptions is not the way in dealing spiritual matters. It involves a little more of inference and intuition on top of observable facts. For example we can very easily infer that “sky” is limitless even though the sky which we actually observe is very much limited. If someone asks to prove the limitlessness of sky, he is not worthy to take part in this discussion. That’s all. We have to accept a certain level of intuitive reasoning which doesn’t fall out of logical frame work.

Now, from the new perspective, let’s approach NOT God, but the aspects which define God.

It is a known fact that based on our point of reference, Time and Space are infinite. It is like the horizon. You try to reach there, it recedes further in to distance. We cannot imagine a place where space ends. Even if you somehow reach there, and encounters a great wall, the wall must be existing in space extending from the place where you are standing. Similar is the case of Time. You may reach end of YOUR time but not Time per se. We cannot imagine a spaceless-timeless scenario from the point of view of creation. To those who hold on to the idea that time and space originated along with creation, it may be pointed out that prior to creation, time and space must exist in a seed form or potent form so as to manifest and accommodate the creation. So without much argument it can be easily postulated that Time and Space are potentially infinite.

Now let’s take the case of the evolution. Evolution is the trade mark of our existence. The whole universe is changing every second. What kind of a change is it? There is perpetual motion of bodies – from atomic to stellar. There is birth – growth –procreation-death  and decaying of sentient and insentient objects. And there is constant movements in the subtle realm of mind. In short, everything is in a kind of flux.

Change and motion is an indication of power or energy in operation. When we take the universe as a single evolutionary process one wonders where does all the energy come from? Is there a permanent source like an electric power grid, which continuously gives away energy for the evolving universe? Or is it inherent in the objects themselves that undergo evolution? Even if we accept the much appreciated theory of Big-Bang, the picture what we get is of a highly concentrated matter/energy exploding and  evolving in time utilizing the energy released along with the explosion. Now where was this energy prior to the explosion? It must be in a potent form within the object exploded. What is the limit of this energy? From our inferential reference points, it must be infinite. Because the universe is evolving in time and space both of which we have taken as infinite. 

More over, the scientists had declared and that neither matter nor energy can completely be destroyed.  They are just recycled. Matter can be converted into energy and energy into matter. In other words even matter follows the same infinite nature of energy in whichever form it exists.

What about knowledge? Is there a limit to it? Even if you live for a million years there must be something new to be known the next moment. Imagine all those sentient beings from time immemorial who had gathered and processed the knowledge through their intellectual system during their conscious existence. Did the knowledge ever exhaust? Every second, our collective knowledge is increasing when we try to study the smallest of the small and largest of the large. Knowledge is expanding both ways. As the evolution proceeds, more and more knowledge will be revealed. Since evolution has no end as such, knowledge also can have no end. Which means. Knowledge is limitless.

We have now the fundamental aspects declared as infinite. Time, Space, Energy (potency), knowledge (element of consciousness).  Now, can these aspects stand apart from each other? Time is a measurement of the effect of energy(change or motion) in space which is known by a conscious observer. Wow! That’s something! With a little analysis we can see that all these factors are interdependent. In fact there cannot be many infinities co-existing. One infinity permeate other infinities totally and fully and inseparably. In other words infinity is single and all inclusive. Thus, what we have established  now is that there must be an infinite something that exist everywhere and all time, is all-powerful and has infinite knowledge. Do you receive a faint smell now?

Coming down to a smaller scale let’s make some observations. What would you call an entity that has a shape in the form of a body, occupies limited space, exists for a definite length of  time? Which has the limited potential to move and act? Which is conscious of itself and it’s surrounding(knowledgeable)? The simple and general term is “a being”.  When that is in the form of a human, it is called a human being. A being limited in all respects.

Now, what would you call a being which has an infinite body(whole universe), permeates the entire realms of time and space, infinitely potent and knowledgeable?  Is it not appropriate to call it The Absolute?  Which is plenum, totality, all inclusive, eternal. Can anything exist apart from it? If something exist it must be a part of that totality of existence. If there is a manifestation of power it must be a part of that infinite power. If there is a conscious ex-pression of knowing it must be embedded in that infinite ocean of knowledge.

All power is his. All knowledge is his. Anything that exist is his. Any creation is by him. So is sustenance. So is destruction. He is the material, he is the cause, he is the effect. From him everything originate. To him everything dissolve. He is the ruler, he is the kingdom, he is the ruled. He is the subject, he is the object, he is all relations. He is the seer, he is the seen, he is seeing. He alone is. He alone is…. He alone is…….

Now take a deep breath and smell the facts with full gusto. And, tell me, is this not the definition of God that you have accepted few moments ago?

If you still have any hesitation to announce that “God exists” you may say “WHAT EXISTS IS GOD” if you prefer. And most importantly, be aware that your existence itself is at stake if you do not acknowledge the existence of God as nothing exists apart from this absolute being. By every assertion or denial you are reconfirming existence of God. Because to affirm or deny YOU must exist; therefore God must exist.

 Trapped. Isn’t it?