Jan 08 2009
Evidence of God’s Existence
There are so many reasons to believe in the existence of God. I am currently reading a book by Francis Collins with the title: The Language of God. In it, Francis, a DNA scientist and Head of the Genome Project, talks about the evidence for belief in God. He cites many good reasons that you have to believe in God and to know that there is a way for science and religion to mix together and stop fighting about who claims to be ultimately right. Here are some reasons to believe in God:
A “moral law” is something we all feel and is a universal feature of human existence. We all feel a tugging obligation of right and wrong in our heart and wish to do right, even though we do not sometimes.
The idea of God is not just wish fulfillment. We all feel a desire in which we cannot satisfy. People or creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists. We have a deep seeded inkling in our spirit that drives us to want more, something pointing us to something beyond us.
People question why a loving God would allow suffering in the world, but God has given us free will to do as we please and much of the harm that is done to us is done by each other. We created guns and bombs. We create much of the suffering in the world.
The universe, our DNA, everything in the world and the world itself suggest an intelligent design and intelligent designer who is aware of our existence and involved with us. Look at the complexity of nature, the complexity of the human being, the complexity of the universe. This all suggests a God that created everything and exists outside of the constraints of time.
“The Big Bang Theory cries out for a divine explanation. It forces the conclusion that nature had a defined beginning. I cannot see how nature could have created itself. Only a supernatural force that is outside of space and time could have done that.” – Francis Collins
“Now we see how the astronomical evidence leads to a biblical view of the origin of the world. The details differ, but the essential elements and the astronomical and biblical accounts of Genesis are the same; the chain of events leading to a man commenced suddenly and sharply at a definite moment in time, in a flash of light and energy.” – Astrophysicist Robert Jastrow
There are, of course, many more reasons to believe in the existence of God and there is much more evidence to support the belief in God. I would highly recommend reading the book “The Language of God”. It is very insightful and will open up an atheist’s eyes to the possibility, as well as confirm what a believer already knows. If you have any doubts whatsoever, and even believers doubt sometimes, you should definitely check this book out. It offers lots of good information.
6 Reasons to Believe That God is Really There
http://www.everystudent.com/features/isthere.html
The Language of God
To read an excerpt from the book “The Language of God”
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2192678&page=1
C.S. Lewis : “Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exist.”
“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.” – C.S. Lewis
“Life is suffering.” – Buddha
god doesn’t have to prove Him/Herself. He/she will manifest to a pure sincere devotee. No need to prove His/Her exostence.
There are no atheists in the foxholes