by B. R. GOWANI
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the existence of God is the biggest lie of human history
(equally greatest lie of current times:
the United States is a “democracy”)
in 1882, Nietzsche declared:
“God is dead”
but he was not correct
because anytime anything is introduced
and if the ruling class finds it useful
it’ll turn it into a weapon of mass delusion
when it comes to God
(considered by the believers as
the creator of the entire Universe)
it’s a totally different ball game
God is an ever-useful entity
it’s not a monopoly of any one group
every new group makes changes* to suit its needs
the concept of God has become a hostage
in the hands of people with power
who is made to say things
what the powerful people would want us to hear
we gave birth to God
due to our (i.e., our predecessors’) primitive state
and lack of technological means to understand the Nature
even when the technological prowess allowed us
to understand quite a bit about the Universe
the vested interests wouldn’t want to discard God
they’ll never pull down the shutter on a running business
plus, the injustice, inequality, and ignorance
would never let most of us to leave God’s lap
or as Marx put it so beautifully:
“The religious reflex of the real world can,
in any case, only then finally vanish,
when the practical relations of every-day life offer to man
none but perfectly intelligible and reasonable relations
with regard to his fellowmen and to Nature.”
we have also to keep in mind people like Zuckerberg
who recently discovered God’s importance
even if God Himself decided to end His life
people like Zuckerberg wouldn’t let that happen
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com
*Babylonian’s Enkidu and Shamhat
becomes Jews’ Adam and Eve
(later adopted by Christians & Muslims)