When Nonsense Makes Sense

When was the last time you had too much time to think about something that was not amusing otherwise and ended up contemplating too much that you came up with a wonderful idea? The feeling is out of the world. The feeling of being the first person on earth to scale the tallest mountain. Now you have reached the top of the mountain. But reaching first is just not enough. The world has to know that it was you who did it. You need a flag with your name on it to be hoisted there. And you search for that flag. The flag is the realization of the potential of the idea that sprang in your thoughts. The need to apply the idea in reality.

These ideas don't show up every now and then. So you intend to safeguard the idea. You wonder why none on earth never thought of it. You want this message to be heard across the nation, maybe the whole world. And hence you start off in your quest. This usually begins with a chat over a cup of coffee or at the dinner table. And there, in front a wise person, you reveal your excellent idea. You get neutral responses until the idea is nothing different from what is already known. And once the border is approached, all you get is a big, 'That's Nonsense!'.

Dissapointed, you usually tend to forget the idea over time. A few of us pursue it and only a few of us pursue it until they are branded as the children of the devil. And the rest of us just figure out a way to make money out of it.

The funny fact is, plenty of things that you thought were nonsense start making sense only after a very close friend or mentor talks in favour of it. This has a simple explanation or reason. Denial. We live in denial and we cannot digest change especially when proposed by someone else. All the gibberish uttered when high on alcohol or weed does not count for brilliant ideas. That is the beauty of it. We never know how good or bad our idea is.

Hitler thought the holocaust was a great idea. Gandhi thought non-violence was a great idea. Both had plenty of people who agreed with them. But we don't agree with Hitler's idea. And most of us agree with Gandhi.

Now that we have established the fact that ideas can make sense and be utter nonsense at the same time to different people, let us narrow down the perspective of 'idea'. The existense of God is a belief to most, good idea to few and bad idea to the rest. Who decides which is which ?

What is nonsense to me can make a lot of sense to you and vice versa. What makes no sense to me now can make a lot of sense when I am high tomorrow. So, nonsense is something that has not made sense to you till date. It is like new technology that we still are not exposed to. Who thought that moving pictures on screen was a great idea?

So, when an idea is accepted by a group of people, it becomes a good idea. The larger the amount of people accepting it, the better it becomes. Now it is slightly confusing. All of us are not rocket scientists and all ideas are not rocket science. Each of us have our own level of understanding and yet we agree upon certain ideas.

We all agree the internet is a great idea. But my grandmother finds it obsolete. She doesnt need it. And she has spent all her life without it. I know a few business men who don't even have an email id. They flourish at what they do best.

Now the big momma of all questions. Is God a belief, a good idea or a bad idea? If it is a good idea, why do atheists disagree? If atheists think it is a bad idea, on what basis? We all know one thing for a fact. Atheists have unanswered questions. Theists have no questions. The former is reason and latter is belief. Now who decides who is right?

Just because a group agrees doesn't mean it a good idea. And just because my questions aren't answered doesnt make my argument right. Knowledge is to be seeked. Questions that arise in the mind require answers. And answers don't just show up.

Period.