For any process to occur spontaneously, the entropy in the universe has to increase - second law of thermodynamics. Put in simple words, when a naturally occuring process takes place, everything goes from the state of order to disorder. While physics applies this at the microscopic levels to atoms and molecules, life has its own way of applying this law. Ever noticed how without any additional effort, your room tends to get messy in no time, no matter how many times to try to get it organized? I am not using this law as an excuse to hide my clumsiness but seems like it does hold at least an iota of truth. After all, my room never gets back into organized state unless I make an effort (and that is something which aint spontaneous).

When I reflect back at life, it seems to follow the same pattern. We pick up the fragments of life and try to make it organized (or maybe try to get in a comfort zone). Its like a bowling alley, where everytime the pins are lined up, their sole purpose is to get toppled by the next bowler. Now this is not necessarily negative. Random does not have to mean chaos. It can be beautiful. Look at the stars on a clear night and you will know what I mean. Again, some geeks might argue that the stellar positions can be determined. But add a shooting star or two in the mix and everything becomes random once again. This universal mess or at least its tendency to attain a messy state is what keeps things moving. It prevents the mind from stagnating. With the new mess, you can cook up a new way of arranging things. They say, initially, all the continents were a single land mass. Imagine having to live in world, where there wouldnt be any diversity. So, the next time your mom asks you to clean your room tell her that you are merely following the law of nature. (Let me know how it works out for you).

That brings me to the third point which I mentioned in the title. God. To me, God is a mathematical probablility of occurance of an event. Before I start on this, I am not an atheist nor am I a believer. I can put myself safely as an agnostic (how diplomatic huh?). What are the chances that some chemicals say water, some protein molecules etc (i dont know too much biology) come together by themselves (naturally and spontaneously) and form a cell. This looks very unlikely because, for a fact, it looks more like organizing something than disorganizing. And hence, against the very second law of thermodynamics. Let us, for a moment, assume that such a process, in fact, does increase entropy. Still, what are the chances of getting the combination right? Scientists had to struggle for years to create a living cell out of random chemicals. Now, the very chance I refer to here is in mathematical terms called probability. Some may call it supernatual or God. Belief or faith is nothing but hoping that the probability comes true. Every time a coin is flipped, we know it will be heads or tails. What if there were billions of possible outcomes? And what if we were betting on one such outcome x? Wouldnt this thought automatically cross your mind: "God, please let it be x"? In reality, what you pray for may be too complex but wouldnt it be possible to break it down to a mathematical probability? My intention here is not to hurt anyone's beliefs. But am I being to sacrilegeous by thinking about God as a mathematical entity?

Disclaimer: I dont claim to be a physicist or a theologist. My understanding of physics is limited to what I interpreted from the classes in school. All the thoughts expressed here are solely mine and I dont intend to impose my ideas on anyone. Nor do I intend to hurt anyone's religious sentiments.