Dear God,
It’s quite weird that I am writing a letter to you as you know I am an atheist…then, why am I writing a letter to someone who I believe doesn’t exist!!! Well, I don’t know the reason myself…maybe I am just too sick of talking with “real” people… or maybe because I don’t have anyone else to talk with me right now…whatever the reason, I am doing it….
I dunno where to start…its been a long time since we two have talked…I hope everything’s fine up there…I have never really written a letter to God before… My siblings used to write a letter to you when they were kid, praying for gifts or good marks or whatever they wanted…but, you know, I never did… although, I wasn’t an atheist then…I just didn’t like the idea of writing a letter to you just coz I wanted good grades or gifts…I believed I could get them myself… I just liked the idea of having faith in someone who nobody has ever seen…it was quite amazing…just like Harry Potter or Santa Clause…you know!!! Children like to believe in fantasies…
So, where did it all go wrong?? And why the heck did I break up with you?? I guess it was all just a part of growing up…coz slowly and steadily I began to realize that the stories that my grandma used to tell me about you were actually “stories”…my inquisitive mind started looking for the reasons… science told me that it’s the rotation of the earth that causes day and night not the seven horses of “Surya Devta”… it also alleges that it’s the Big Bang theory that created universe not you…(perils of growing, you see!!!) I guess, they are right…“ignorance is bliss”…and when my ignorance was lost I lost my faith in you…
But, now, I think I know why you exist…because you are another name of “faith”…faith, you see, is the most important ingredient for the existence life…without faith nothing can exist…neither science nor religion…people want to have faith in someone supreme…someone who they believe is more powerful than anyone else…and it’s the “faith” that gives them strength…I have seen that the people having strong faith deal with pain better than others… I still don’t believe in all those stories which I heard as a kid or the idols I see in temple … but I think there’s nothing wrong in having faith in “faith”… I am, kind of, liking the idea of having faith in some one again…even if that someone is as hypothetical as you…I tried it with “real” people but it sucks, as usual…most of them are crap…and sometimes I wonder why did you even create them…
So, as you have guessed it by now that it’s kind of a patch up letter… I hope you wont mind being friends again…and I know you wont coz you are so much like me...cant say NO to the ones you love
Hey, we are friends again…but it doesn’t mean that I am going to worship you or visit your temples…no formalities…we are gonna behave just like good friends do…I’ll just put up my problems in front of you…n you are gonna provide me the solutions :P …and if you have any problem, I’ll be more than happy to help you…
That’s all for today, sir…I’ll catch up with you some other day…tada
Btw, I never really said this to you before but… thanx for creating me (if there was any role played by you in creating me)…it feels awesome to be me.
Goodnight
Your pal,
Shivam
It’s quite weird that I am writing a letter to you as you know I am an atheist…then, why am I writing a letter to someone who I believe doesn’t exist!!! Well, I don’t know the reason myself…maybe I am just too sick of talking with “real” people… or maybe because I don’t have anyone else to talk with me right now…whatever the reason, I am doing it….
I dunno where to start…its been a long time since we two have talked…I hope everything’s fine up there…I have never really written a letter to God before… My siblings used to write a letter to you when they were kid, praying for gifts or good marks or whatever they wanted…but, you know, I never did… although, I wasn’t an atheist then…I just didn’t like the idea of writing a letter to you just coz I wanted good grades or gifts…I believed I could get them myself… I just liked the idea of having faith in someone who nobody has ever seen…it was quite amazing…just like Harry Potter or Santa Clause…you know!!! Children like to believe in fantasies…
So, where did it all go wrong?? And why the heck did I break up with you?? I guess it was all just a part of growing up…coz slowly and steadily I began to realize that the stories that my grandma used to tell me about you were actually “stories”…my inquisitive mind started looking for the reasons… science told me that it’s the rotation of the earth that causes day and night not the seven horses of “Surya Devta”… it also alleges that it’s the Big Bang theory that created universe not you…(perils of growing, you see!!!) I guess, they are right…“ignorance is bliss”…and when my ignorance was lost I lost my faith in you…
But, now, I think I know why you exist…because you are another name of “faith”…faith, you see, is the most important ingredient for the existence life…without faith nothing can exist…neither science nor religion…people want to have faith in someone supreme…someone who they believe is more powerful than anyone else…and it’s the “faith” that gives them strength…I have seen that the people having strong faith deal with pain better than others… I still don’t believe in all those stories which I heard as a kid or the idols I see in temple … but I think there’s nothing wrong in having faith in “faith”… I am, kind of, liking the idea of having faith in some one again…even if that someone is as hypothetical as you…I tried it with “real” people but it sucks, as usual…most of them are crap…and sometimes I wonder why did you even create them…
So, as you have guessed it by now that it’s kind of a patch up letter… I hope you wont mind being friends again…and I know you wont coz you are so much like me...cant say NO to the ones you love
Hey, we are friends again…but it doesn’t mean that I am going to worship you or visit your temples…no formalities…we are gonna behave just like good friends do…I’ll just put up my problems in front of you…n you are gonna provide me the solutions :P …and if you have any problem, I’ll be more than happy to help you…
That’s all for today, sir…I’ll catch up with you some other day…tada
Btw, I never really said this to you before but… thanx for creating me (if there was any role played by you in creating me)…it feels awesome to be me.
Goodnight
Your pal,
Shivam
8 comments:
reading through the letter..i can spot stark resemblance btw you and i.how true it is...the better u get with science books..the farther u feel from some 'substantially existent' force up there.even though you feel logically satisfied...life without 'god' feels empty..feels inappropriate. specially in a world where the worst companions are humans.bleh..i can go on and on ..over this topic.
so the point is...its lovely to 'read YOU'.keep blogging.
i know it yaar...i mean i always thought that i am being rational by being an atheist...people told me that i am an atheist coz i wanna look cool...which obviously wasn't the fact...but, i guess, being a believer is far too rational than being an atheist...n trust me, this "believer" thing works!!! :)
n thanx for reading my blog...hardly anyone reads it
i think god ll b pretty impressed wid ur letter pal.....coz its written straight out of ur heart!!!
keep up this passion dude.....it cud take u long way ....
@ swati: finally...i see a comment from you :P
but thanx a lot dear...i hope HE is listening to me :)
Hey nice one bro...really loved it!!
being an atheist, never thought of it....
i'll call my self a believer now...rather than an atheist :)
I may suggest u some good literature it will help u in answering ur questions when in doubt.Read Dr.Brian weiss. Helped me a lot...
sure...i'll try that..thanx for the suggestion :)
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