Journal of Gyansagar Science Foundation 2013 04 01

Author(s): Sanjeev Sogani, Vimal Jain
Publisher: Gyansagar Science Foundation

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Er. Piyush Jain, Volume 1 Issue 1 April 2013
an oscillatory pattern of expansion and contraction, and right now what we are observing is the expansion phase. Given the time frame the celestial bodies follow, the contraction might be observed millions of years down the lane. So, in either case, it is not essential that the universe was a tiny ball of fire at any point of time. Another observation of cosmic microwave background radiation may be correct but the inference that the infinitesimally small ball of fire had temperature of millions of degrees at one point of time which has cooled down now is preposterous. In electronics, there is a term called white noise, which is directly proportional to the temperature. So, getting noise from a thermal body, in our case the universe, to the extent of 3oK does not necessarily mean that we extrapolate backwards, until and unless we wish to prove Big-Bang right any which way!
Energy has no meaning without fields; fields have no meaning without space; space has no meaning without time and time has no meaning without life. Therefore, pre-existence of six mattereals, viz. complementary pairs of fields, soul-matter and space-time, as defined in Jainism is more logical than a pre-existence of a pure unique entity. I say - He is not out there! They ask - then who the creator is and how it all happens?
from a set of force or energy, but we cannot accept definition of Atma-Parmatma from the child-like wisdom of our ancestors. Nature is full of energy and dynamics and every particle and every life-form is bound by its own cyclic characteristic. From the birth of a star to its disintegration, from birth of a child to its death, from dawn to dusk and from a seed to a tree, everything is following a spontaneous and self-sustainable cycle. And all these cycles have inherent intelligence of their own which is entirely different from others. So diversified are these intelligences that it is difficult to accept as being created by one super-intelligence. At first when I excluded God from my life, I felt a vacuum - what is the purpose of life at all? An aimless life would just be futile. Once I accepted the fact that God has not created the nature, I immediately extrapolated, "What if nature creates a God?" Not a bad idea. My position as a human was thus clear to me - an intelligent tool of nature. The way in which medical science in consonance with other science streams have grown over the past few decades, I foresee a distinct possibility that we will one day make the human race free from miseries and pain, who lives happily ever after. I am what I am because of generations of evolution. I find myself placed as a link between culture and future. Stronger the link better the future. If I have to be future-oriented, I cannot stay culture-centric. I will have to replace tradition with trend. I will have to contribute my little bit to strengthen the forces which are working for the betterment of humankind; the foremost amongst them is science in its various forms. Because it is the scientific attitude alone which is dynamic, rest all are static, stagnant and thus stale. So, aim of my life -'is to do something new', and not to perpetuate the past. Parampara se Parivartan. Though the lower steps are important to support the ladder, it is essential to leave them to reach the higher ones. Negating the God hypothesis will have several other intangible benefits. Prayers and places of Worship will then become redundant. Just imagine the man-hours and money being spent in adoring innumerable gods and goddesses! If the places of Worship are converted into workshops and just after paying our symbolic reverence to the great souls of history, engage ourselves in the activity of our choice; be it art, craft, painting, mathematics, space-science, medicine or any other stream of knowledge. If so many man-hours and colossal sums of money, which are presently wasted, engage in 'doing something new' the pace at which the human is approaching an ever happy, healthy and immortal status will increase manifold. We, thus, shall be truly liberated.
I started with asking questions to them (the believers), and I was prepared for this to come. Before I answer this, let me put my entire discussion in perspective - To presume that the religious texts contain gospel truth is erroneous. Their falsehood on many counts stares on our face. Also, a belief garnered by a vast majority too, is not the guarantee of truth. To simultaneously grant both omnipotence and omniscience to the God is a fallacy as all His created models are failures in the sense that they are all suffering. He could neither foresee our misery as an omniscient should have, nor He corrected it using all His might. From an entity adored with such adjectives, a flawless design was expected. Creator-Perpetuator-Destructor hypothesis is illogical. Why on earth a super-intelligent and super-powerful entity will create something, nurture it and then destroy it? Is it a game being played? If human form of life is supreme, why do we beg for somebody's mercy? If we are children of Almighty why don't we come to the rescue of our Father and relieve His overburden and, in turn, take charge of our respective and collective destinies? There is no doubt that the entire creation has emanated
The Final Answer -
Ironically, I am trying to answer the unanswerable. Can
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