I Believe in God

Religion is a sacred thing that is still exist until now. Human being had believed to animism and dynamism when it was in pre-history. That is one of the existence of religion. Religion is a kind of pursuance of human being with their God.

Philosophy is study that learn about phenomena of human's life and human's thinking and it is derived by base concept. This study sets out the human's logic about the truth of life.

I agree that religion and philosophy should be the one. The base of religion is a pursuance, and the base of philosophy is a logic. A pursuance that does not walk together with a logic will be a habit that is not having a meaning. A logic that does not walk together with a pursuance/belief will be a question without pole and it could be a digression. I can imagine, if I just pray with the ways of praying by my religion (Islam), for example is sholat. Sholat is a kind of pray in Islam that is done five times in a day, and done by some certain moving and readings. It will be just a habit for me if I do not think and know the meaning behind sholat itself.

There was a explanation from the guest lecture that I still did not understand clearly. It was about the people that agreed the religion and philosophy could be the one. There were three groups that agreed, they were rationalism group, mystic group, and existentialism group. The thing that I did not understand clearly was from the rationalism group. They said that "I think then I present". Is it just for the presence of God or it is also occured to the concrete things?. For example, there is an apple in front of me, then I think that there is no apple in front of me, so there is no apple in front of me. Whereas the apple is still exist.

After I think more about that, I got an understanding like this, "I have a brain and I can be used for thinking. I can think, because God has created that thinking. Then I think God is present".

Then, how do I believe in God?

I think how this world is present. Who can responsible for this world? Who has created this world, this galaxy? It that because of the theory of evolution? I don't think so. It is like human in the pre-history. They believe the thing that has a superior power that they think he/she/it could create or make happen somethings. So, I also think who has created the land, the fish, the sea, the earth, and the sky?

It does not need to think far away there. It is enough to think about my self. Who has created my body? Who has made me live?

It is like the reason why human beings believe in religion, that they need to get answers from their curiosity. That is why I believe in God. I think that God has created these all, and has designed these.

I believe in God, because God has answered my questions who has created these all, and made happen somethings. My believe that God is present is strengthen by knowledge about religion that I got from school. It explained the existence of God, the characteristic of God, and also how the way I pray to the God.

God has created me, and I still live until now. God has given me chances to still live in this world, and to struggle in my way. The existence of God is strengthen by the holy book, it is Al-Qur'an. Al-Qur'an is a holy book that is consist of the revelations of God, and the truth and it is unbreakable.

They way people capture the presence of God is different. I have my own way to capture the presence of God.  I touch my chest, and feel the beat of my heart. When it beats, it makes me express the thanks for God that has given me a life. Every beat, it makes me realize that God is present, God is exist and always beside me, beside us.