mine. This is the question that made me stop and think - I mean
really think about it. If there is no God, then where did we come
from? Perhaps, that’s the very question that the ancients asked
themselves - and perhaps that started all religion - the question of
existence - who created us? The easiest answer is well,
God. There has to be some source - some God - from where we all
came from. Otherwise, how did we become what we are now?
But then, was it God who created man? Or did man create
God? Many religions all over the world has its own creation
story. Different stories and different ways but they all point to
one fact - that God created man. However, with the inconsistency
of the creation stories among different religions, the thought of “man
creating God” becomes more real. How then you would say did man
create God? By this I mean that man - in the middle of all his
questions - has to find an answer but not finding any answer, decided
to create an answer and the easiest answer would be the idea of having
a creator - a God who by his (or her) powers created man. With
such an answer, most men dared not question because of the fear that
their creator might get mad at them and ruin them.
Where does the rain come from? The thunders and lightnings?
Who rules the seas? The earth? The air? I find it
funny that before, when man had no idea about the moon, that they
worshipped the moon as the God who governed the night. But now,
the divine status of the moon has been reduced to simple a satellite
that revolves around the earth. That before, the planets were
worshipped but now they are explored and studied. That before,
men pray to the gods and goddesses for rain but now, we simply seed the
clouds to bring us rain.
Perhaps soon, we will find an answer to our very own existence and
perhaps soon - God will no longer be needed because we already know.
And so now I find myself walking between two paths - the path of faith
and the path of logic. One says, believe, the other says,
know. One says don’t ask questions, just believe while the other
says, ask everything you can ask for through it you will know. I
know that sooner or later I must decide which path to take as the gap
between the two gets wider and wider and wider for each passing
day. And when that time comes, there is no turning back.
Maybe you find yourself in much the same situation as I am in right
now. Or perhaps you have answers. Either way, I will love
to hear from you. If you too are asking the same questions as I
am, then perhaps you can join me in my quest. Or perhaps you can
run your own adventure and just tell me what you find. The fact
and the truth here is that we are all seeking for answers. In a
modern age when only a few remain unanswered - somehow we have this
feeling that sooner or later we will KNOW.
You can reach me by phone or email… or you can post your comment below.
- Mike Lopez
