I often laugh when I'm asked this question. I also laugh when anyone challenge me to prove that God exist. No one can prove or disapprove that he does exist it is an infinite he said/she said situation. One often thinks of choosing sides. I'm not here to convince you, I'm here to state my reason why I believe in God.
The first proof of Gods existence is the ability of a God to doubt himself to instill that doubt and to allow you to make up your mind.
Why would God allow you to doubt him if he is so great, if he is filled with infinite wisdom, love and compassion. Why not allow us all to experience that? Do we gain respect from our colleagues at work, or from our peers by just allowing everyone to experience what we have to offer as coworker, friends, or a lover? I find that most will answer "no" to this question. We work hard to earn the respect of our boss, our peers by leading by proving to them that we are worthy of all that we say, and do. Equally God does not want just anyone to experience his love, wisdom, and compassion. You must earn his respect, through the ups and downs of life.
True faith is faith that is lost and regained, it is straying from the road and reflecting on the errors and committing a change. One will argue that this is psychological that it is a normal process of life, and psychology is considered a science a science that proves the existence of God. Because it is a universal form of suffrage. We all suffer some how, some more ways than others. It proves that because we are human we are connected, and the only way I can attest to this connection is because we connect through God, even those who choose to remain Godless.
So why would God allow those that remain godless still experience that human connection one might ask? I though they had to earn the respect of God? I ask you, do you like all your co-workers/friend/neighbors, most likely not its rare, yet we tend to try to get along with them and sometimes we must to be productive. Unlike us God does not annoyingly hate us, or annoying say " I guess I have to talk to you to be productive" God does this with compassion and always allows us to return to the path. Always giving us a chance to realize that he is there.
Most would call the "Human Connection" Instinct, and equally animal instinct. Animals only do what they are programmed to do one might think, that they have no idea of god. Someone had to program them to do what they do? Just like our genetics is our human code, it is there because it is our program that God laid out for us. Genetics a program built by God, proof that science is God.
Just like genetics, weather, animals, and nature have cycles, a program one could say. That program that connection all leads up to God. Which all connects through us, by the existence of water. Every living thing on earth requires some type of water to grow. Even if in small quantities.
Finally when you love someone, when you hear your favorite song. That joyful feeling we get, from visiting a friend. The connection and compassion we experience from other people that is the ultimate proof that God exist. Only someone so powerful could have allowed us to feel such complex emotions and feeling that we hardly understand.
"I was an atheist at one time. And like many atheists, the issue of people believing in God bothered me greatly. What is it about atheists that we would spend so much time, attention, and energy refuting something that we don't believe even exists?! What causes us to do that? When I was an atheist, I attributed my intentions as caring for those poor, delusional people...to help them realize their hope was completely ill-founded. To be honest, I also had another motive. As I challenged those who believed in God, I was deeply curious to see if they could convince me otherwise. Part of my quest was to become free from the question of God. If I could conclusively prove to believers that they were wrong, then the issue is off the table, and I would be free to go about my life.
I didn't realize that the reason the topic of God weighed so heavily on my mind, was because God was pressing the issue. I have come to find out that God wants to be known. He created us with the intention that we would know him. He has surrounded us with evidence of himself and he keeps the question of his existence squarely before us. It was as if I couldn't escape thinking about the possibility of God. In fact, the day I chose to acknowledge God's existence, my prayer began with, "Ok, you win..." It might be that the underlying reason atheists are bothered by people believing in God is because God is actively pursuing them" -Marilyn Adamson
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Science: Proof that God Exist
Posted by Louis Lioncourt at 7:35 AM
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