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Scientists seem to think that all the forces known to us happened to be spun by chemical and physical reactions. However, religious people happen to believe in the existence of an intelligent designer or programmer who is responsible for creating and designing everything that happened to live or exist. Creationists’ strongest argument could be stated in these words: as long as science cannot create something out of the dark matter, there is a good reason to believe that somehow these elements are guided by an unfathomable force that is beyond our comprehension. Of course, this type of thinking does not sit well with the scientific community, although it is evident that the world of the unknown does exist. The fact that we know nothing about it should not be a reason to deny it. Dealing with the unknown however, opens the door for all kinds of speculations. For instance creationists could easily argue that in a world where the element is so refined and cannot be detected, itself becomes a spirit of pure thought and energy, a force that is able of reinventing and re-creating itself in whichever form or shape it so chooses. Chemists, biologists and scientists of other disciplines may laugh at this type of speculation, however, in the opinion of a religious person the existence of a zone where spirit and matter become indiscernible is a distinct possibility. Pascal stated that if God does not exist he or she should be invented. In the view of anyone who believes in the supernatural, Pascal’s conclusion about God rings true today as it did centuries ago. To them the whole universe exists for a purpose, everything in it has a goal; without something spiritual that is able to consciously observe, plan, create and interact; matter and element would amount to nothingness. Although one can see the need for a reason for the universe to exist, anyone who does not believe in the supernatural is not going to agree with this notion. But even if one were to go along with this line of thinking he or she would soon realize that even if a planner or a creator were to exist, he or she would end up having no control over their creation. Believers in the supernatural perceive the almighty to be in control of all things all the time. Alas, this is not the case. Sometime in the distant future, the sun is going to disappear. The earth as we know it will be long gone; unless drastic measures are implemented, humanity would be wiped out. No God, however cruel, should permit anything of such tragic consequences to take place. But why go so far in the future, every day thousands of people on earth die of hunger; every day we hear of tragic events such as landslides, earth quakes, storms, hurricanes, wars, and one can go on for long list of tragic occurrences that kill thousands of people on daily basis. All over the world, all kinds of thugs murder and abuse victims; child molesters are on the hunt for weak defenseless preys; just to stay in control, people in power maim and torture all opposing citizens brave enough to criticize or expose their corruption and criminal behaviour. In view of all the suffering inflicted upon humanity by nature, diseases and people, one would be justified in wondering how a super being who is supposed to be completely perfect permit this atrocity to take place? One thing for sure, this God does not exist. Furthermore, the existence of another God is a myth, or the creation of our imagination brought about by a strong desire for immortality. This lesser God, according to Christianity and many other religions, is not in control all the time for he or she cannot be responsible for the deeds of the devil. Though, Christians give many reasons for all the tragic events that take place, none of them put God back in total control. This is an obvious contradiction, for on one hand God is the creator of everything, yet he or she cannot be responsible for something of his or her creation. (Later on I will express my views of why violence, murder and genocide have been part of our history). At the risk of alienating all religious people, I must say that unless God is in control all the time, he or she would no longer fit the definition of the all super natural power or the ultimate creator we are all asked to worship. Without this distinction, he or she becomes like any mortal planner or creator who is not required to be in complete control all the time; and his or her work becomes somewhat similar to the work of an inventor or an artist. A painter may create a painting but he or she has no control of how other people may view it or what they may see in it. The Wright Brothers may be the first to assemble a flying machine, but they had no idea how far their invention was going to change our world. They did not foresee that their invention could be turned into a killing machine. In that context, once the engineering work is done, the engineer has no choice but to relinquish his control to other forces that come to play into a new game; much like the inventor of a game of cards. Take Bridge for instance, the inventor may be the one to have been instrumental in creating the game but he or she ends up with little or no control in how people are going to play the game. In more ways than one, our universe and our lives are very similar to a game of Bridge. Hence, even if one were to believe in a super planner who is responsible for the initial engineering of the dark matter or even for all matters, it is hard to make a convincing argument that what happens after that first stage is not going to become completely random and coincidental. In very simple term, I happen to believe our world would be a much better place to live in had an intelligent designer been responsible for its creation. You know why if you read the previous paragraph. But as far as losing control, the same goes for God as for scientists, inventors and researchers. Look at the inventor of pesticide, I am sure he had the right intention, yet, after his death, the Nazis did not hesitate to use his invention in their gas chambers. Look at what happened with Christianity and Islam … it is impossible to think that Jesus and Mohammed are still in control of what their followers have done in the past and the picture of their respective religion they are trying to project today. In my opinion, religions were meant to improve the human condition and create a more just compassionate society, Mohammed first and foremost mission was to make this world a better place to live in. Regretfully, the great majorities of the Muslim leaders have been and still are completely oblivious to this message. Going back to how creators lose control of their creation. I was thinking about this theory when hurricane Jeanne struck Haiti and left thousands of people dead and hundreds of thousands homeless. Hurricane Katrina eliminated any doubt I had about my views. If on our small planet a storm can get out of hand, then who can control our massive universe? In my view nothing in this universe is meant to be in control of anything for an indefinite time because if this type of control was ever to be allowed it would be much similar to stagnation which would be tantamount to death or nothingness. In fact, randomness seems to make perfect sense, for having the power to control the outcome of any interaction would turn the whole universe into a useless experiment.