The Existence of God

 

**🌷The Existence of God 🌷**

The Vedas affirm faith in the existence of God and are promoters of theism. They oppose atheism. However, there are some people in the world who do not accept the existence of God. The Vedas express astonishment at the intellect of such people and strongly censure them.

*“You do not know Him who has created all this.

The Indweller within you is different from you.

Covered by ignorance, people indulge in meaningless chatter,

and those who merely talk seek only the satisfaction of the living beings.”*

— *(Ṛgveda 10.82.7)*

**Meaning:**

You do not know Him who has brought all this into existence. The Inner Controller (Antaryāmī) within you is distinct from you. Yet, being covered by ignorance, human beings engage in vain talk and are absorbed only in the satisfaction of bodily life.

Now we shall attempt to establish the existence of God on the basis of reason and the order of creation.

The world and all the substances within it are formed by the combination of atoms—this fact is accepted even by atheists. But how did these atoms combine? The atheist says that atoms combined by themselves. This notion is false. Atoms cannot combine on their own. The power that brings about their combination is called God (Paramātmā). Just as atoms combine to create the world and its objects, they also separate. This separation too does not occur automatically; the power that causes the separation of atoms is also God. How can inert and unintelligent atoms combine by themselves? How did these inert atoms acquire such discernment that they transformed themselves into diverse objects?

If it is argued that the world is created merely by the laws and principles of nature, then the question arises: who imposed these laws and principles upon inert nature? Behind every law there must be a law-giver. The authority that establishes these laws and principles is called God.

The objects of the world are mutually complementary. For example, human beings exhale impure air, which is useful for plants and trees; and the air released by plants and trees is useful for humans. Because of this process, the world is saved from becoming hell. Who established this mutual relationship among objects? The power that establishes this interdependence is God.

There is no contradiction between science and theism. The laws that science discovers are established by a knowledgeable authority—this authority is God. If the creation of the world is explained solely on the basis of evolution, then who is the cause of evolution? Even if Darwin’s principles—heredity (like produces like), change due to use and disuse, overproduction, and survival of the fittest—are accepted as true, the question still remains: who established these laws?

A scientist discovers metals, but does not create them. Some other power creates them, which is called God. Similarly, a scientist discovers the laws present in creation; he does not create those laws. The creator and establisher of these laws is God.

Gold, silver, iron, lead, bronze, brass, and many other metals are found in the world. Diamonds, pearls, and other precious gems also exist. All these have been made by God, not by any human being.

The limitless air of the universe, the boundless water, the earth, the sun, the moon, and the stars—all proclaim the presence of a great power. The theist calls this great power God.

The world of fruits, flowers, plants, and medicinal herbs fills one with wonder. How beautiful the leaves of the rose plant or the neem tree appear! Their edges are uniformly shaped without any machine. The beautiful color of the rose, its sweet and captivating fragrance, and the essence hidden within it all indicate the craftsmanship of an intelligent designer. Observe the marvelous structure of the pomegranate: a hard outer shell, membranes inside it, seeds arranged in a fixed order, sweet juice within the seeds, a tiny kernel within each seed, and within that kernel the power to produce an entire tree. The huge banyan tree contained within a tiny mustard seed—all these prove the existence of that wonderful Creator.

From the ant to the elephant, the bodily structures of living beings, the forms of wild animals, and the designs of birds and insects—what is the cause of all this? Does inert nature possess such intelligence that it can create such diverse forms? These varied bodily structures point toward the Supreme Father, God.

At present, billions of people inhabit the earth. Observe the wondrous craftsmanship of the Creator: no two individuals are exactly alike.

The vastness of the universe is astonishing. It is said that the circumference of the earth is about 25,000 miles. For a human being only five or six feet tall, this is astounding. The vastness of mountains—huge masses of stone before which humans appear insignificant—is no less amazing. Consider the immensity of the oceans, with their unfathomable waters. The sun is about 1.3 million times larger than the earth. The earth’s size is astonishing, but a sun 1.3 million times larger is even more wondrous. And there are millions of suns like ours in the universe. Does this world not point toward an extraordinary Creator?

Just as the vastness of creation is astonishing, so too is its minuteness. One marvels at the sight of a huge elephant, and equally marvels at tiny creatures like ants. This subtlety of creation also points toward a Creator.

Some people say that the world came into existence by chance. But no event occurs without prior planning or arrangement. Even the accidental meeting of two people in a marketplace is the result of their purposeful decision to leave home for some objective. If someone claims, on the basis of chance, that by repeatedly tossing Devanagari letters one could compose the *Ramyana*, such an imagination is impossible. The creation of the *Ramyana* requires a knowledgeable, conscious being behind it.

Some say that there is no creator of the world, that everything is made by nature. The question is: what is meant by nature? If nature means the laws of creation, then those laws require a regulator. “Qudrat” (nature) is an Arabic word meaning power. Power cannot exist without a powerful being. That powerful being must be a conscious entity.

Some naturalists believe that the world is formed by inherent nature alone. But the fact is that if atoms had only the nature of combining, they would never separate and would remain eternally united. If their nature were only to remain separate, they would never combine, and creation would not occur. If the combining tendency were dominant, the world would never dissolve; if the separating tendency were dominant, the world would never be created. If both were equal, creation would neither occur nor dissolve.

Few raise an objection that God is actionless, and therefore cannot create the world. They forget the fact that action is required only for a localized agent. The Supreme Being, who is omnipresent, does not need physical action. Precisely because He is all-pervading, He is capable of creating the world—just as the body performs all activities because the soul resides within it.

Another objection is raised: if God is blissful by nature, why would He leave bliss and become involved in the complexities of the world? This objection is baseless, because involvement applies only to a localized being, not to an omnipresent one.

**With due acknowledgment:**

*From the book* **“The Nature of Vedic Religion”**

*Author: Prof. Ramvichar*

Reproduced by Dr. Vivek Arya