Inception

There is a beginning for everything. This month marks the beginning of life for 2 important friends some 2 decades ago. It is also the month that blossomed what used to be my everything 3 years ago. There is a beginning for everything......except one thing.


God.


Yes, there is no inception for God. In order for us and every other physical things to have a beginning, there must be a being that is transcendental in nature, for the creation of that beginning.


A simple run down of the Kalam Cosmological Argument would be sufficient to convince anyone that God indeed does exist:-

1) nothing leads to nothing.

2) for something to exist, it must therefore come from something else.

3) If something comes from something, it must have a beginning as well. Yet, in the beginning, it is necessarily true that it must still come from something, and not via thin air, as nothing comes from nothing.

4) Hence, there must be something that is timeless, or our existence will be in an illogical infinite loop with no beginning.

5) That timeless being is what we call God. You can call it whatever you want, it's the attributes of the being that matters.



With such attributes, why are we created then? To answer this, we will have to start from the beginning of many other things.


Let's start with the beginning of evil. Who created evil? If the only timeless being is God, the answer is simple-- God.


It's ludicrous that many Christians believe that it is the devil who created evil. If God is the creator for everything, how can His creation create something He has never created? Or are we suggesting that the devil has become more powerful and created something that God Himself did not?


Why did He create evil then? Many atheist fail to understand this, and try to refute the existence of God by pointing out all the evils in the world. Actually, the existence of evil is proof of God's existence.


He created evil because it is necessary as an ingredient for freedom of will. His creations will not be perfect without the freedom of will. Evil and freedom of will are 2 sides of the same coin, they cannot exist independently and separately from each other.


When Jesus was sent to earth, and was deemed perfect, he was created to be able to sin, and yet choose not to sin.


To put it simply, if one has not the capacity to sin, one has not the capacity to choose.


The only being who has not the capacity to sin yet being able to choose is God Himself. To put it in context, "whatever He does is good", not "He does what is good".


Even if he kills a horde of people, that will be a good thing.


If one challenges the above proposition, and say that He does what is good, he must also provide then, that who determines what is good? God Himself IS the yardstick of goodness. He can simply do whatever He wants. To say otherwise will be subjecting God to a standard of morality.


Before we go back to the main conundrum, we need to also understand the battle between God and Satan.


One of the favourite arguments by Atheists is that, if God is so powerful, why is He allowing the devil to live? Is He taking joy in watching the devil's work upon us?


The answer is simple. The battle between God and Satan isn't about guns and fire and lightning. If it is, God would've struck Satan dead long ago.


Preachers love to say it's a spiritual battle. But to put it in an objective context, it is actually a battle of reasons.


The book of Job clearly depicts that God and Satan is calmly having a conversation. Satan wants to show that God is bad via humans.


God created us to mirror His power of reasoning. The word "image" used in Genesis "created in His image" in Hebrew is "teslem", which means likeliness. Since God is amorphous, due to His timeless attribute, surely the sentence refers to the mind.


As such, all that Satan has to do, is to show the downfall of humans for him to win the argument with God. It would thus be counter productive for Satan to kill humans directly. Likewise, God must allow Satan to tempt and deceive us in order to prove that He is right.


THIS, is the purpose of our existence.


Christians are tested not so that they can have more faith in God, but so that God is able to win the battle of reasons, and show that despite temptations and deceptions, they will still do good.


Doing good isn't about intention. I have already established that in my previous post with reference to the book of Job. Christians who are self indulging in apathetic conscience have no where to stand because they do NOT serve the abovesaid purpose. (Christian philosophers try to reconcile this with the ontology of morality, but more on that some other day.) In the book of Revelations, only 144000 will be saved. Go figure.


Last but not least, my personal input. I cannot accept that we are nothing but pieces for God's battle for pride. God is a proud God. A jealous God.


I respect those who understand this, and still follow God. After all, this is in line with Aristotle's philosophy of life. According to Aristotle, in order to live a fulfilling and happy life, we must live according to our function. A pencil is only useful if it serves as a pencil.


However, I cannot accept God's way of reasoning. Don't get me wrong, I'm not on the side of Satan. I'm on a lonely path to destruction. I strive (struggling) to prove to the devil that I can still do good no matter what shit he throws at me, and at the same time strive to prove to God that I can still do good without following Him.