Let There Be Noise

We all react to the aspects of every day life in different ways.  I react by playing loud noise music.  My band Moving Giants just posted four new songs last night.  Go check it out and let us know what you think

Let There Be Noise

God Either Is or Isn't

When discussing God the conversation normally and quickly turns to theology.  I would like to avoid theology and have an discussion that is outside the confines of theology.  Here is my theorem I would like to discuss (and it's really someone else's theorem that just made sense to me):  Either God necessarily exists and exists regardless of the belief of people. Or God does not exist and cannot exist in any circumstance regardless of what people believe.  Now…I'm not going to arrive on one side or the other of this idea.  I'm just trying to clear this up because I've had conversations with people who thought that God could only exist if people believed in Him/Her (remember...I'm not addressing specific theology).   

In addressing that particular idea, if God only exists when people believe in Him/Her then is that really something worthy of being called God?   Are you going to admire/worship/ponder (whatever you do) something that, if you simply stop believing in It, then It ceases to exist?  Doesn't that put the existence of God on less stable plain than that of humans?  The problems that this view causes are immense.  So it seems pretty obvious that if God exists then He/She exists regardless of our beliefs.  Much the same as you or I still exist even if no one believes we do.  If I kidnap you (which I'm not going to do) and drop you off in the middle of the Jungle and everyone on the planet thinks you are dead…are you dead?  If you were born in the middle of nowhere and everyone in your family dies except for you…no one knows you exist…do you exist?  Yes.  So, if God exists He/She also exists regardless of what people believe. 

Now…the same argument can be made for God not existing.  If God does not exist then no amount of belief or faith can bring about existence.  I can believe, all I want, that a rock is going to sprout legs and walk across my room.  I can even convince others that this is going to happen.  But is that rock going to sprout legs and walk across the room…No.  It seems absurd to think just because we believe in something…that something is automatically true. 

Whether God exists or not is something that you are going to have to decide for yourself in so much as your relationship and interaction. But know that you could possibly be wrong and if you are wrong no amount of faith will cause your belief to manifest into reality. Also, if you think that God only exists if people believe that He/She does…then is that something worthy of being called God?  Is a state of existence based on the belief of people really existence?  I would say no on both parts.