Cretor - I

Whether the world was created by a creator or the creator was created by man is a long and heatedly debated issue. Following are my musings.

That there was a creator is a well-received idea all over the world. We can assume that nobody has actually seen him/her and then try to see what could be the reasons behind conceptualizing this creator.

1. Causality: We are so accustomed to the idea of 'causality' that we almost take it as tautology – something that always holds true. In fact we reach such extremes in believing so that we consider every perceivable thing as an 'effect' for which, a 'cause' must exist. Of course, life around us does have a beginning (cause). Most things we use are 'effects' of human creation (cause). It is quite natural to presume that the universe itself is an 'effect' of a 'cause'. Consequentially, we could start from the 'cause' (the creator) and end up explaining the 'effect' (the universe).

2. Orderliness: From the sub-atomic particles to the orbiting planets, the universe seems extra-ordinarily orderly. This orderliness also follows definite cycles regardless of space-time and the nature of matter. Clearly there must be some common underlying principle behind the universe. This common underlying thread may exist because of a common creator.

3. Apparent Impossibility: We do not know and perhaps will never know what is the force that makes the world change. Be it the life cycle of a star, or the evolution from a single strand of macromolecules to the extremely complex life forms made up of billions of cells. It never stops leaving us awestruck, to know that such things do exist. What may be the purpose of the existence of this all? apparently these are impossible events that could not have been triggered unless someone set out to make them happen. Well, what is the possibility that a 2 year old child will paint a 'Mona Lisa' simply while fidgeting with the new pens mom brought it? The possibility of an event stretching from the beginning of the universe to the evolution of intelligent beings on earth is less than ten thousandth of it as per an estimation.From points 1, 2, 3 above, concept of a creator seems to be a logical deduction.

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