I want to meet God !

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I am 2 months shy of 23 and I have been an atheist for close to 5 years now. I belong to a minority, which people believe have no faith. They are wrong. I have faith, on myself and my fellow humans. So do other atheists. All these 5 years, during which I have been able to think, reason and act on my own, I have grown a desire to meet him, the so-called almighty, the God. Not out of anxiety or curiosity, or any other adjective you may want me to use. I just want to ask him something, something little. I have seven questions.

"Why are men born, unequal?". I have been thinking on this for a while now. A kid born into a rich family leads a life with English education, toys and chocolates, colourful clothes and a bright future awaits him. But a kid born into a poor family lives with child labour, left-overs, diseases, and bleak future. If at all destinies are written, they are probably written at birth itself. I could have easily ended up as a beggar, had i not been the son of my father. Putting economy aside, what about physical inequality, mental inequality, social inequality. If at all God creates humans, I am not impressed with him.

"Why do you inject hatred into our hearts, in the name of you?". Religion has been one of the most deadliest weapons man ever discovered. It kills both the victim and the villain. Ever since its birth, men have died defending it. God made us discover his creation and let us die. Is he using it as some kind of population control tool? If this is the best he can handle us, I am certainly not impressed.

"Why do you let us suffer?". If God created men to live happily, why does he burn our feelers and let us squirm. War, terror, disease, there are a myriad of problems for men to face in their lives. He plays with nature and gives us Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, floods and a hell lot. Why does he always want to break open our flesh and see what is inside? Why does he give tears, when smile is just enough? If that is what he reserved for us, he had better not created us.

"Why diseases?" . Plague, Malaria, Cholera, HIV, SARS, and now swine flu. I have been wondering, why this invisible man is at war with us always. He has used his diseases against us for far too long now, even longer that religions. Is he planning our exit, with so much of panic. Or is he trying to maintain control on us, by making us fear him? Does he want us to be his slaves? Were we only created to serve him? This does not look good, does it?

"Why did you make us jealous?". Have you not envied people, who are better-off than you are? Have you not looked down on all those platform dwellers? Have you not tried pulling someone down when he is climbing in his life? Have you not pulled back your hand when someone needed them? We hate others from within. We just act humane, on the outside, don't we? Anger and frustration creeps into our minds, when we see some one winning. Pride gets the best of us when we win. We are just jealous.

"Why death?". If everyman on this Earth has to stand up and agree on something, it would be fear for death. Why create so many and kill them all? Why deprive some one of their loved ones and give pain? And on what basis, is death being dictated? Why so early for some and why not soon enough for the others? I know Earth can not stand if no one falls. But why did he make it so, if he wanted us to live happily, forever?

"What was your intention in creating us?". Shakespeare wrote, All world 's a stage, and all men are mere players, playing out their roll. But what we see is a puppet show. Our movements in his hand. Is he playing management with all men as developers? Will he never let us know what we are for? His play may not turn out how he wanted it to be.

God, if he even exists has become so uncommunicative these days. He lets us suffer. He lets us squirm. He lets us die. But he loves us.


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