The search for the real creator of the universe is an important matter of thought. Generally, people try to meet the question: Does God exist? If he exists, on the one hand, then where and how? What are the arguments for the existence of God? How do we admit the God as the creator of the universe? On the other hand, how do we prove that God does not exist? If God does not exist, who created this universe? Though these are the very old questions, but the present intellectual trends try to meet these questions by rational analysis with reason rather than ancient belief. We need to search several arguments for both hands and justify them from the rational point of view. There are different views in different religions. There are also different theories in philosophy and science. Some believe that there is no God as creator of the universe. Thus, we have no need to assume the existence of God as the creator of the universe.
Many religious as well as philosophical schools in India believe that there are many Gods in the universe. The Ancient Hindu philosophy believes that all are originated from the supreme reality God. The Chandogya Upanişad says: sarvam khalvidam Brahman (all is God, God is all). This is a pantheistic view. Many Indian philosophical systems also believe this view. Some believe that God is one, eternal and formless. For God, there is neither beginning nor end. According to Nyāya-Vaiśeşika philosophy, conscious soul is of two kinds-the soul of jiva (jivātmā) and the Absolute Soul (paramatma). There are different Souls in the different bodies of jiva, but the Absolute Soul is one, eternal, omnipotent, omniscient and all-pervading reality. The absolute soul is the God and He is not only the creator of the world but also its maintainer and destroyer. In Sankara's Advaita Vedānta, God, from the ordinary practical point of view, is believed to be the real and may be regarded as the final cause of the world. When the attribute less (nirguna) Brahman (The Ultimate Reality) is qualified by attributes or qualities, he is called God. God is the object of worship. However, from the transcendental point of view, Brahman is totally free from all qualities and distinctions.
Maharşi Kapila, the father of Samkhya philosophy, does not admit God for the creation of the universe. He admits the process of evolution of the combination of prakrti (unconscious but active) and puraşa (conscious but non-active) as the origin of the universe. Acharya Brajendra Nath Seal in his work "The Positive Sciences of the Ancient Hindus" has tried to give a systematic explanation of the Samkhya theory of causation and creation. But generally, modern science, by the Big-bang theory, does not accept such consciousness at the time of creation of the universe. If there is no place of consciousness in the process of creation, then the question may arise: who is the origin of this conscious-ness. It is not clearly understandable how a physical or material body could be the origin of consciousness? This is the big problem. In fact, there is a sharp distinction between the physical body, (unconscious matter) and the mind (conscious spirit). When science asserts that material aspect is primary and spiritual aspect is secondary, the religion believes that spiritual aspect is primary and material aspect is secondary. Our old Rishis said, it is better for us if we admit conscious soul with material body rather than material body with conscious soul. Albert Einstein simply makes a solution by saying that "Religion without science is blind and science without religion is lame."
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