The adjective ubiquitous refers to a simultaneous presence everywhere at the same time.
Ubiquitous is an adjective attributable to God that indicates his ability to have a simultaneous presence everywhere at the same time . The term comes from the Latin ubique , which means “everywhere.”
Ubiquity, therefore, is linked to omnipresence . This quality is attributed to divine entities and, in relation to religions that only believe in a single divinity, it is a perfection typical of God .
The paradox of an ubiquitous God
The ubiquity of God, added to omnipotence (absolute and unlimited power), generates a theological problem known as the Epicurus Paradox after the Greek philosopher who stated it. This conflict maintains that, if God is everywhere and his power has no limit, there should be no evil on Earth .
This situation implies one of the most important divisions between deistic religions (which affirm that God's action is limited to the creation of the universe) and theistic religions (which consider that divinity takes on a more active role).
Christianity, for example, solves this issue through free will, which affirms that God has given people the power to make their own decisions. Therefore, the existence of evil is due to human actions.
Another conflict of God's ubiquity arises with hell . If God is everywhere at once, he should be present in hell, which poses a problem for logic.
A ubiquitous god is found everywhere.
A critical look at Christianity
According to biblical teachings, God is everywhere . We don't see him or hear him, but we know he is there looking after his children. We learn this since we are little and we get used to repeating it.
Various scientific studies have shown that beliefs respond to an intrinsic need of human beings. That god, for science, is a creation that allows man to feel liberated from the dangers of the world, from the devil, from sadness and from death.
As the philosopher Karl Marx put it, religion consists of a drug that allows us to have momentary and false happiness. He said: " it is the opium of the people ." It allows maintaining a social order and above all, it generates people to believe in a life beyond this one, to have hope.
The belief in this ubiquity of God allows that feeling of union and trust to be nourished; Believers feel protected and theoretically contained in a space where they are free and responsible for what happens. The famous free will is the most far-fetched and mischievous explanation that the Church has given to the evils of the world because that god who is everywhere prefers that human beings make decisions and be the one who causes good or evil on earth. In this way it is justified that God does not appear and Catholics continue to live in that prefabricated deception.
When the human being is within a religion, he loses all his freedom (even if he believes that this is not the case) and acts according to the group, in an instinctive and barbaric way; while when he is separated from any religious institution or congregation, he is a truly free person , capable of making his own decisions and using his intelligence appropriately. Knowing all this, will we still deny that God's ubiquity responds to a millennia-old deception of dominion? Do we prefer to be subjects or free beings?
Other uses of the term ubiquitous
The adjective ubiquitous is also used to name the individual who seeks to observe everything and who is in constant movement .
In the field of computing, ubiquitous computing , also called ubicomp , is understood as the integration of technological tools into people's lives; That is to say, to manufacture computers adapted to the needs of the subjects, being able to serve multiple functions and make the lives of users easier. It is worth mentioning that this concept is also known as environmental intelligence .