Is There A God?

Brief Answers to Big Questions
                                             - By Stephen Hawking
Chapter 1 : Is there a God

     Recently I've yet again read another book, this time . As I read the first chapter: Is there a god? I found it quite interesting, and I shall briefly explain it without the big words.
Firstly, as I shall clarify as Prof. Hawking did, the 'god' here is not any particular god or gods, but rather just asking the question generally, is there a being that created the universe? So the Bible, Quran, Vedas, scriptures and whatever your religions have, because I am not here to start a religious debate, but to talk about science.
     So, to see if someone, or something created the universe, we must first analyze how it was created. We know that there was a Big Bang, which means that the universe started out as a infinitely tiny particle, or even nothing, and expanded with an immensely immense amount of time to form the universe. This can be proven from the observation that the universe is expanding. So if we go back in time, figuratively, then the universe is shrinking, so there must be a time when it was just a dot.
How does everything come nothing? One may ask. It's much more simpler than you think. It is observed to be possible that in a total vacuum, particles can appear, with one being a proton, neutron or electron, and the other become a negative state of the said particle that appeared. It may sound impossible but yet it is true and makes sense. Zero is equal to one minus one after all.
     Now we agreed that the universe started with the big bang, some might ask: maybe god caused the Big Bang? According to Einstein, when the gravitational pull of something becomes stronger, time becomes slower. This is because the movement of time depends on the speed of light. If you go really fast, time seems to slow down, and you become heavier, just to sustain its place as the fastest thing in existence. Since light can be slowed down be gravity, time also slows down to allow it to travel better. That is why in a black hole, an object with infinite mass and hence gravity, time stops along with light. I know how it sounds crazy. Time waits for no man, right? That's true, but they certainly wait for light.
     Hence, if the universe is to shrink down to an infinitely small space, it would have infinite gravity, as the amount of positive matter in the universe is more that the opposite. Since x divided by 1 over infinity is infinite as long as x is positive. Hence, before the universe, there was no time for a universe to be created. There was no time for anything to even exist. Hence, god cannot exist.
     Anyway, that is the simplified version of Prof. Hawking's explanation of why god does not exist. However, while he was focused on whether or not someone or something created the universe, I have to say that he overlooked the possibility that maybe instead of something creating the universe, that something created us instead. The possibility of the said scenario is well, quite high. Now I have no degree in biology, but there is indeed a possibility of us existing without external help within the 4.6 billion years that Earth had been through. Of course, the chance of this happening is incredibly low, no doubt about that, yet low chances does not mean it is impossible. Now that I think about it, the thing that we should be most appreciative about is the fact that we are alive as a species, since the chance of life to just exist without external help is extremely low. Though some may argue that the chance for our existence is impossible due to our intelligence and abilities, including several unexplainable phenomenon in our world, hence there must be a creator. To that I ask, if our simple world requires a creator to be possible, who created the creator? To have a creator so powerful that he/she/it can just create all of us at will, shouldn't we also question how did an entity of such power come from? Shouldn't it also have a creator? Then who created said creator's creator? As you can see, this assumption soon turns into an unending paradox. However, there is still the possibility that another lifeform helped in the process of our evolution, or perhaps they kickstarted the process of life on Earth by dropping the acids and DNA when they did not exist. Although this may explain why life could appear so quickly, it does not mean that they're god, as they must go through the same process of DNA randomly appearing and the random process of evolution. Henceforth, the possibility of a entity powerful enough to create humans is impossible, they could just be a species of themselves that are being curious and tried to simulate and observe the process of evolution at best. However, the thought that we are just test subjects are quite unsettling, isn't it?
     All in all, as explained, there is no powerful being above us judging us for everything we do just because he/she/it created us, hence there is no god. I however don't quite believe that this would change anyone's ideas, and that his should change your morals. Just because there is no one watching over us doesn't mean that you can do what you want. In fact, religions are not supposed to tell you how the world is created, they are supposed to tell you what is wrong and what is right. As long as you don't criticize anyone else's religion and do what is right, you're good to go.

Behind the Scenes

Today is Monday, and the time is currently three o'clock in afternoon. Michael is now currently speeding toward Mr.Angus' base. However the owner is still yet to be seen.  Over.

The burden - A short story

"Thank you for you services, Doctor Allen! Remember to be careful on the road!" The nun at the orphanage called out as I put on my hat. "My pleasure." I called out. "Have a happy April the 1st!" I then stepped into the carriage and set for home. Before long, I arrived at my doorstep. After locking my doors and shutting the windows close, I removed a tea bag from the counter and started to boil some water. Just as steam appeared from the kettle, a knock was heard from the door. I ignored it at first but the knockings soon became more and more rapid. After assuring myself  that it is too early for the raiders to come out, I opened the door. To my relief and also my shock, the visitor was in a suit, which is not an outfit that raiders would have. Unfortunately he had a red handkerchief visible from the pocket folded in a shape of a triangle.
"I'm sorry, but you must have gotten the wrong house." I tried to explain, "I am just an ordinary doctor that neither has nor wish to have any part in the war between the rebels and the leaders."
However, to my surprise, he answered: "Exactly, that is why we have decided that you are the perfect person to assist us in our mission." He then continued informing me about how they have evidence that is important in their plan of overthrowing the leaders, and they will ascertain that they will relief everyone from the fear that we have to endure every night. Just as the sky started to fade, I agreed to his plan solemnly, to which the cloaked visitor shoved two files into my hand. "The file with the safety pin is a fake, just in case. We will return on 25th of December to retrieve the evidence. Remember, your innocence will the very thing that can save the victims from this raider's party of a country. Do not fail us."
After I locked the door once more, I hid the file with the evidence behind the teabags and coffee powder in the kitchen counter, then placed the decoy in the safe.
After the first time we met, I started to wait for the day of the 25th. However at the same time, I had to make sure and be aware of my every single action. I even avoided going to the bar to keep myself sober such that I do not spill the beans. Yet the process of guarding my secrets were even harder than I previously thought and feared. Avoiding conversation was not exactly the best way to complete my mission, as I soon required to explain for my anti-social behaviour. Fortunately, days soon turned into weeks and weeks turned into months, and before long, it was the night of the 24th of December.
Just as I made sure that the files and the safety pins are in place, a knock came on the door. I hesitated to open the door, but it came again. After a brief moment of convincing myself that I did everything right, I opened the door to a suited figure, this time without a handkerchief.
I welcomed the visitor inside, who referred himself to be an inspector here to make sure that everything is up to code. However, before I could offer him anything, he started to grow interest in my safe, and ordered me to open it. Knowing his intentions, I decided that it would be wiser to oblige. Just as I expected, the inspector darted for the file inside. It was at this moment, that I noticed a peculiar object that is visible from the back. Hence, I grabbed a pen from the desk, yet when I pressed the button, the click alerted the cloaked assassin. He turned over, and just as I guessed, is his hand was a pistol, locked and loaded. The last thing that I heard was two shots at sounded like explosions, a ringing in my ears, and redness everywhere before the engulfing of blackness.
When I came to, I was on a white bed and in a hospital gown. There was a strong pressure on my stomach, which was probably the spot that the assassin aimed his weapon at. I turned over my head, to which I saw a nurse whom I knew. When she turned over, she cried out, "Mr. George, he is awake! Oh, Doctor Allen, I am so glad that you're alive."
I felt relieved to hear this, yet at the same time questions swarmed into my head. Did the rebellion succeed? How long was I unconscious? Most importantly, how am I still alive after being shot?
Then a moustached man came over. " Thank you very much, Nurse Joyce." He said, then turning to my confused face, he spoke: "Well hello Mr Allen, my name is George, and from your look I can infer that you have questions that need to be answered, and they will be, as we will have a lot of time to talk together while your body heals."
And talk we did. The man explained to me that due to the fact that one of the spies they planted nearby saw the assassin leaving without me closing the door for him, the rebellion were able to send medics over quick enough to save me from the brim of death, as if I were to be handed over to the common hospital instead, I'd surely be dead instead. Also thanks to that, all I had was a good night's sleep for a coma. It also appeared that my attempt to use the recording pen succeeded, as they soon overthrew the corrupted leaders with the help from other countries and states' officials, finally allowing public services to go to those who need it and the ones that defied the law to get what they deserved. Mr. George also informed me that a new system will be implemented, a system where people get to choose their leaders and decide receive gets special treatment. Along with that he also said plenty of things, some even so deep into politics that I cannot understand.
Before Mr. George left, he reminded me: "Remember Mr. Allen, when you get better, do come to the town square, we shall give you an award! Why, we may even name that day Allen day, and write you down in history books for all the youths to read!"
I smiled. Whether it is due to the pain or my shyness that I did not say anything more I do not know, but I can be sure that soon I will be able to finally relive the life I had long ago.

Experimental codes

Tomorrow is a Monday, just like it should be and have been, for every week that have ever passed. Normally, this is one thing that Michael would really look forward to but this time, it is not having quite the same effect to him this time.

What friends are for

Today is yet again a punctual Monday on the endless weeks of the year. Normally, this would be a good thing for Michael, as this is the only day that he was allowed to visit Dr.Angus. Not that his parents are disallowing him from seeing the genius yet weird doctor, since they don't know about him anyway, but it is the doctor himself that tells him not to.

The Worst Case Scenario

Today, I made a huge mistake. This mistake actually consists of a lot of different mistakes put together at the same time.

It all started when in the morning, due to the train under service, we were unable to use it and the bus that were allocated were too slow. Then my father had to call a taxi to bring me to the school that I needed to go for competition.

The competition was very hard, so I was only sure about half of the questions, which I later was so worried that when I took the bus, I came down at the wrong station, and since I wasn't sure of the surroundings, I walked the wrong way and soon found myself walking towards a highway-like road. So I decided to use the nearest bus stop and took the bus that would soon lead to a train station.

When I finally boarded the train, my parents called as I was obviously late. When they heard my situation, they told me to go to another station for lunch. Sadly, exactly after that, my phone's battery died. Then when I got there, I was actually there before my parents were. I then panicked, because I cannot find them. I tried to call them using the public phone but sadly I forgot their number. I then decided to go to the information counter, where they allowed to to charge my phone. With that, I was able to talk to my parents and later after that, I finally met them.
So from now onwards, I would have to make sure that I have my phone fully charged and powered off when unused for a long time. I also need to remember my parent's phone number and be more aware when I take public transport especially if I do not know the place.

Clockwork

Today is yet again a Monday. Everybody knows that in the town of Olympia. The citizens know that, the mayor knows that, the elders know that, the kids know that. So does Michael, and he is happy that he does. Because if he had forgotten about it, he would miss the most exciting thing of the week, which is also the only thing that really motivates him for the day.