The Controversial Subject of God

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The Controversial Subject of God

The topic of god is a very controversial subject that has been argued about ever since the beginning of mankind. Because God is so controversial, many battles have been fought to preserve one’s own beliefs. I myself, have my own beliefs on what I think god is and how god was created.

Many theologians have different beliefs of who god is and why he exists. But the most common answer you will receive is, “God exists because he has to exist.” They would argue that without God, nothing would exist, no us, no earth, no galaxy, no universe, nothing. Because how could anything besides God create such a perfect world. How could anything but a perfect being itself create something so perfect. And it can’t be just mere chance that this perfect world just happened to exist. So theologians would give reasons somewhat like this to prove that god exists because “God has to exists”.

But there are also many pieces of evidence that work against the theory that God does exists. The first and most obvious fact that proves that religion does not exist is all of the religions that contradict each other. So if God wanted to make it obvious that he did exist then why would he show different ideas to different people, which in turn causes many wars resulting in many deaths. Which brings me to another argument, which many people stand by, which is if God is perfect and all knowing then why would he let humans kill each other, better yet why would he even let humans die? So if God already knows everybody’s path and what they will do in their life then why would God let humans commit such horrible acts.

Why could God not create a world where humans freely choose make good decisions more often t...

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...e discover god while going through hard times in their life. These are the key reasons why many people believe in God.

I myself do believe in a God, but not any particular God, this is because I do not think it necessary to single out one and only God that is right to believe in. I believe that there is some type of higher power out there, because as I said before there must have been something that created this perfect world. But I believe that God would want me to act and live my life exactly how I’m living it right now. I do not believe that you will not go to heaven simply because you don’t worship God your whole life and you don’t repent your sins. A being so perfect that could create all this must certainly know what we are going to do in our lifetime, so how can he punish us for not doing what he wants us to, if he already knew what was going to happen.

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