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Articles: My Thoughts | Theism
- Mr. Bhuvanendra Bhupala
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Theistic religions such as Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are monotheistic, whereas a polytheistic religion such as Hinduism admits of many Gods.
But in reality the God is one and all other are His manifestations. For example, in an organisation the chief Managing Director is one and has several heads of various departments appointed by him. Though the departmental heads are vested with certain executive powers the overall control of the policymaking rests totally with the Chief. So also In God’s administration of the Universe it is just analogous to this.
1. According to Theists, God has certain unique characteristics such as Almighty, supreme being, eternal being, omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent Holy etc
Since time immemorial theists have been following certain customs and traditions laid down by their ancestors. These customs were inlaid in the religion which have been introduced by saints and sages (Great thinkers of ancient time) based on vast practical experiences in their lives. These sages had the demonstrated qualities of clairvoyance (‘Aparoksha Jnaana’). These practices called rituals have real solid basis of reasoning. With the passing of time some more practices have been added up by scores of other practitioners. The disbelievers have their reservations on these practices. Rationalists are one category among the disbelievers.
Those practices, which could not withstand the onslaught of reasoning, have been termed as fuddy-duddy and were ceased to be followed by many there after. Now the situation is, most of the followers of religious practices (some of them) could not give satisfactory reasoning thereby rendering them to the appellation ‘Not-so-confident-Theists. Though in reality scientific explanations for these practices could well be given, lack of that body of knowledge make them weak in their pursuit of spiritual knowledge. Of course there is nothing wrong in reasoning.
In the Hindu tradition it has always been emphasised that, a religious practitioner should understand the basics of tradition and after which alone he or she is fit to practice. Nothing is thrust upon an individual at any age level as far as practicing the concepts are concerned. Practice is purely based on understanding not by law or order. Hence Hindu religion offers total freedom to its seekers.
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