Important disclaimer: The intent of this post is not to
disrespect any faith and I completely absolve myself of any responsibility to soothe
the frayed of nerves of the people who might feel agitated by it.
Now that I have ensured that no frustrated fanatic can use
this post as an excuse to whet their appetite for blood let me proceed with what
I wanted to say.
What is the definition of God?
God is someone whom you look up to for protection in a
situation which you cannot salvage on your own.
[Although I feel that god can also be defined as the most
widely used excuse to bring about catastrophic destruction.]
Anyway...
In life we often come across such crises and who do we ask
for help?
I need to eat...but I’m 2 months old.
I need a few more runs to break a record...but my knee is
hurt and I can’t run.
I’m in a building that’s on fire...but the exits are
blocked.
... ... ...
Yes...we go through such situations every day and we succeed
to survive with help from the god of the moment. Sometimes we thank them...sometimes we don’t even acknowledge their importance. Sometimes we
are mesmerized by the god of the moment...sometimes we blame them out of
confusion.
We often believe that God is omnipotent not to elevate Him
to the glorified status but because that way we only need to show gratitude to
God and we are done. But gods of the moments...they are often as vulnerable as us.
And just showing gratitude would not be enough. We also need to ensure that if
and when that person is stuck somewhere we would try our best to be the god of
his/her moment. On the contrary we do not have a moral obligation to be there for a God that is
omnipotent.
It would indeed be a better world if we could confer gods of
the moments an equal status and try to worship Them in the correct way...that
is by helping Them in Their hour of need or by emulating Them when others are in need.
