Disclaimer: The pun is intended, to draw attention. This article is not about the Black Sabbath song. If you haven't heard the song - stop reading now find it and come back after that.
My scientific inquiry in God's existence is based on the presumption that we - humanity are by nature on one hand - imperfect and unreliable and on the other hand somehow manage to survive and seem destined to do so. However it should be noted also that contemporary genetics tell us that not everyone's progeny survives - essentially we come from 2 common ancestors - we may call them Adam and Eve and not only that but from Adam and Eve's offspring only certain branches have survived through the tens of thousands of years of evolution. Now back to the question - Is God Dead?
If god had to rely on human offerings - he would be dead by now based on human inconsistency so we can conclude with fair certainty that if such god ever (or goddess) ever existed - they must be dead by now.
Also, if god had to answer all prayer probably humanity won't ever learn anything and spend days and nights on the couch in front of the TV praying for fast food to be delivered and second if that prayer answering god ever existed he or she must be dead by now - frustrated by people's vanity, animosity and greed. So that god is dead too.
If god had to prove his or her existence by miracles that seems a bit dodgy to me too. If you are a true believer - you don't need miracles. Alternatively if you only believe if you see miracles then any circus magician is your prophet. Perhaps that god is dead too.
Ozzy mentions in the song that he would keep the wine :-) That's one miracle that happens every year in in wine producing countryside - water comes from the sky and is turned into wine once the collected grapes ferment. It is a miracle but needs human agency to plant the vineyard, take care of it, collect the grapes, squash them for the juice and patiently wait for the miracle to happen.
Every woman or man of faith knows that. David didn't pray for Goliath to disappear, but took matters (in his case stone and slingshot) and by opposing ended the treat. Yes he had great faith too, but took action based on that.
So is God dead?
If you believe that the universe appeared out of nothing by chance - perhaps, If you believe that the laws of physics just by chance happened to to be just the ones needed for life to be possible the that may be so. If you believe that atoms created in the starts converged by accident to create life on Earth then you may not need God. I find it unexplainable. I agree that you could by chance walk into a casino every morning instead of going to work and win your yearly salary by spending a quarter - it is possible but highly improbable. We don't need God to explain the unexplainable - for that we have brains an critical thinking but I believe that there is some meaning in this continuous symphony of creation and I cannot find any other way to call it but God.
Tell me what you think?
Is God dead?
