<< The curious dust particle

I have a friend that’s always asking me critical questions. Part of the reason I enjoy his company is the fact that not many things can just be in his presence. He’s just got this natural curiosity that absolutely has to rain on everyone’s parade unless you can make sense of your own ideas.

We got into a very interesting discussion about the nature of God. At some point we just landed on Can there be a God in a world where so many things go wrong? (This refers, of course, to acts that happen without an apparent explanation. Bad things that just happen)

Took me a couple of days to formulate this properly, but I think proof of God lies precisely in the fact that the world is imperfect. To begin with, we really don't have an understanding of many ultimate mysteries like death, we have absolutely no clue as to what happens when we die. Can we really say whatever happens in that time is worthless?

Also, humanity doesn’t seem to tolerate ideal conditions so well. How is it, for example, that countries with so perfect life conditions are prime candidates for suicide and addictions? Or that we are filled with so many people blinded by conspiracy theories? 

It’s a funny joke that the mind can make paradise a living hell if it puts enough effort into it.

Perhaps a merciful God allows an imperfect world because that is the best we can do. 

After all, the alternative is not having free will. Probably a much more important point than freedom of speech.

Besides, I do believe his hand does show. And not once but constantly. 

In the middle of what we have already established is an imperfect life in an imperfect world. We can experience love, happiness, kindness, compassion and so many other things. 

Sundowns and nature, despite not having to, always look so  beautiful to our eyes (and they’re not less natural than earthquakes or tidal waves in any case). And yet we feel entitled to define what of nature we like. Why should an almighty being have to do only what we think benefits us?

And in any case, why would God have to prove its existence to us? The definition of its divinity means we would never be able to understand it what he intends anyway, 

Perhaps the wonder lies in not knowing. Perhaps we’re not meant to know. We cannot prove otherwise anyway.

And yet again, maybe the reason we find no proof to this God’s existence is the fact that the evidence is staring us right in the face the whole time. We hope for a great miracle without understanding the fact that: 

Some pieces of dust, having gathered together in a blink of eternity are sitting here reflecting upon these great mysteries of the universe. Enough of a wonder as it is.

Looking forward to our next discussion…

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