THE CONCEPT OF GOD IN DIFFERENT RELIGIONS

The Concept of God in Different Religions ~ 30 ~ married three times, but even so he was childless. He was suffering from Parkinson’s disease and leukemia. In utter despair he took his own life at his London residence in March 1983. He was 77 years old at the time of his death. Hundreds of such sad events take place everyday all over the world. They happen because people lose hope in their desires being fulfilled in this world. But there are very few cases in history of true believers in God committing suicide. The reason for this is that belief in God gives a person hope for his future in the next world. In God’s scheme of things, life is not limited to this world alone; it continues after death as well. When believers are afflicted in this world, they look forward to happiness in the next world. When they despair of the human world, they fix their hopes on the world of God. Thus the distress of a true believer is changed into healthy optimism.