Theists and Atheists are describing the Same Reality Differently

Theists and Atheists are describing the Same Reality Differently

God|Theist|Atheist|Morality|Humanity The theists insist on the existence of God.The atheists deny the existence of God.

The theists and atheists are like the six blind men trying to describe an elephant. One is saying that the elephant is like the pillar because he is only touching the legs of the elephant. Another blind man is saying the elephants like a fan because he is only touching the ear of the elephant.

The theist and atheist are similarly describing only one part of the total reality.

Creation| Evolution|Consciousness| Black Hole| Universal Consciousness

The first question is that how did creation take place. My understanding is that originally only consciousness was existing. Since it alone was existing we may call it Universal Consciousness. That consciousness itself evolved into matter. It may be like the creation of universe from the Black Hole. We do not know how that happened but we do know that it did happen.

The theists say that the creation of the universe from the Black Hole or from the Universal Consciousness was driven by God. God made matter out of the Black Hole or the Universal Consciousness. Let us think how this mat have happened. A vast spread of the Universal Consciousness alone existed. Some point or component part of that vast Universal

Consciousnessmay have evolved into matterout of its own self-effort to start the creation of the Universe.

We suggest that the particular component part of the Universal Consciousness evolved itself just as an infant starts to crawl itself or the seed begins to sprout itself since there was nothing other than Universal Consciousness at that time. The theists personify that Component Part of the Universal Consciousness as “God.� Thus they say that God created the Universe. They could just as well say that the Component Part of the Universal Consciousness created the Universe.

Let us think of a parliament. What the Prime Minister says is considered to be the will of the house. But, obviously, there 500 Members of Parliament and they are all thinking differently. Yet, their collective thought is reflected in the thinking of the Prime Minister. Similarly in the vast Universal Consciousness, there may be a particular high point like the Prime Minister which triggered this creation of matter from consciousness. That high point of the Universal Consciousness is called God by the theists. Therefore, the theists are right that “God,” i.e. the high point in the Universal Consciousness created the Universe.

At the same time, the atheistssay that there is nothing beyond the Black Hole or the Universal Consciousness. Therefore, there is no “God” who created the Universe.They are right. There is indeed no external power that created the universe. The component part of the Universal Consciousness that triggered creation was part of the Universal Consciousness and was not an external God. Thus, the division between the theists and atheists resolves itself if we say that a Component Part of the Universal Consciousness triggered the creation of the Universe. This Component Part is called “God” by the theists and “not God” by the atheists.

Creation| Complexity| Evolution| External| Internal

The second point is regarding complexity that will see in the world.

Every component part of the Black Hole or the Universal Consciousness had the freedom to evolve into matter. Among them a particular Component Part of the Universal Consciousness started to evolve into matter.Other component parts followed once the creation was triggered. They interacted with each other and they have become complex over billions of years.

The theists say that the interaction between the different components parts of the Universal Consciousness was driven by God. But what is God? God is that Component Part of the Universal Consciousness which is, let us say, most advanced and which leads the others. Different Component Parts evolved to different levels over time. These became the lesser gods. Just have we have Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Mohammed at different point of time, similarly are many Component Parts of the Universal Consciousness that stand high above the rest. The theists are right that the high pointor God propelled the Components Parts of the Universal Consciousness to interact and become more complex.

The atheist describes the same phenomenon differently. They say that the high point in the vast Universal Consciousnessthat propelled the components parts of the Universal Consciousness to interact with each other and become more complex over time are internal to the Universal Consciousness. The high point is not external to the Universal Consciousness, hence there is no God.

Human Beings| Conflicts| Mutual Understanding The time has come for us to understand that we are all human beings who have the same Universal Consciousness within all of us. We should not get into unnecessary conflicts on the question of existence or nonexistence of God. The same phenomenon is described in different ways by the theists and atheists. We must establish mutual understanding between the theists and the atheists and get rid of this kind of conflicts.