God is the supreme being whom monotheistic religions consider to be the creator of the universe. It is a deity that various religions worship and praise. The word comes from the Latin concept deus and is written with an initial capital letter when it refers to the aforementioned idea of being supreme for religions such as Christianity, Judaism and Islam, among others.
Generally, God is considered to be omnipresent (He is everywhere), omnipotent (He can do everything), and All- knowing (He knows everything). According to religion, it receives different names, such as Allah (Islam) or Yahweh (Judaism). The religions that believe in a single god are the monotheists, as opposed to the polytheists.
Christianity was the first religion to conceive of God as a kind of guardian who is outside the world, whom it observes from above and with whom it establishes direct communication on certain occasions. Beginning with Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Christianity recognizes that the existence of God cannot be verified by the scientific method, but is the task of metaphysics.
The science that deals with the study of divine entities is theology. There are various philosophical currents that discuss the existence of a god, such as deism (it accepts the existence of a supreme being, but not the information supposedly revealed through scriptures or certain people, such as the Bible or the Koran), agnosticism (ignores the existence of a god) or atheism (denies the existence of a god or believes that it is not proven).
The fear of not believing in God
In societies where Christianity is the official religion, it is more common to find atheists than religious. The former represent a very interesting group of people who seem to fear making a decision that will place them once and for all on one side of the line that divides believers from non-believers, hiding behind the fact that their time has not yet come. lives to address this issue.It is curious that many atheists take great pains to explain that religion is an invention of the human being so as not to feel alone in the most critical moments of their life, and that on the other hand they do not rule out the possibility of believing in God in the future. Is respectable? Of course, with such a position they do not harm anyone and therefore have the right to take it. However, there seems to be a general fear of saying "I don't believe in God," probably because we don't want him to turn his back on us if we ever need him to ask for help in the event of a misfortune or a terminal illness.
Of course, religious people do not always set the best example of respect for their beliefs; every Palm Sunday, when Holy Week begins, crowds of people block the entrances of churches to get their olive branches, as if they were diplomas that certify attendance at mass. However, for most of the year, these same temples see the two or three faithful of always pass; These, in turn, are not usually great connoisseurs of the Christian religion or, even less, good Christians .
In summary, it is possible to say that atheists and religious share the fear of not believing in a god they have never seen, who has left their friends and family seriously ill, who has allowed millions of people to die in the most terrible and unjust ways., which does not react to rape, mutilation, torture, and which exposes animals and plants to our abuses and to our decisions, generally destructive to the Earth.