"Proofs" is one of those words. "Proof" in math isn't the same as proof in history or in interpersonal relationships or in biology or in any one of a host of other disciplines.
But let me give you a simple argument called "The Cosmological Argument." The argument is this: The cosmos is here and must be explained as to how it got here. This argument is using the law of cause and effect, which states: Every effect must have a preceding and adequate cause (the cause must come first and be adequate). What do I mean by adequate? Well, the building didn’t collapse because a mosquito landed on it. The tsunami didn’t hit because someone threw a pebble into the ocean.
Now, when it comes to explaining the existence of the universe, you only get three possibilities: (1) the universe is eternal (it has always been here), (2) the universe created itself, or (3) something created the universe. There is no other possibility except to claim that the universe is simply an illusion and does not exist. So let’s examine these three possibilities to see which is the most reasonable.
First, is the universe eternal? Absolutely not. We know this is true because of the universally recognized second law of Thermodynamics (the law of energy decay or entropy). This law states that everything goes downhill from order to disorder, more usable energy to less. This law is the reason why heat flows from hot to cold and why this building will fall apart if it is not kept up with. If someone doesn’t believe in the second law of thermodynamics, just challenge them to live forever; even with this awesome machinery we have in our bodies, you will eventually wear out and die. We can see that the universe is running down and wearing out; the stars are burning up, the radioactive atoms are decaying, etc. As Psalm 102:26 says, the heavens “will wear out like a garment.” Given enough time, the universe will experience what some call a “heat death” where there is no more energy available for work (everything will just be low level heat energy); every part of the universe will be the same temperature, and no further work will be possible.
Eternal things obviously do not wear out because they would have had an infinite amount of time to come to their end. Since you cannot have an end without a beginning, the universe must have had a beginning. And everything that has a beginning has a cause. This building had a beginning, you had a beginning, therefore there must have been a preceding and adequate cause. The evolutionists know this and so they came up with the “big bang” theory from that “cosmic egg” (the universe exploded into existence). But there is still a major problem, you have to explain where that “cosmic egg” came from. As it has been said, “There must be a cosmic chicken.” Some scientists like Carl Sagan and Isaac Asimov proposed the oscillating universe theory to avoid a beginning. This theory states that the universe acts like a yo-yo; it explodes and then gravity pulls it back in, and then the process repeats itself over and over. But the second law of Thermodynamics still refutes that idea, since each cycle would exhaust more and more usable energy. The universe is not eternal!
Ok, that brings us to the second possibility: Did the universe create itself? I think Hebrews 3:4 answers that pretty well, “...every house is built by someone...” Let’s say I walk into my livingroom and see a crayon drawing of our family on the wall. When I ask my daughter where it came from, will I accept her answer of, “It just appeared there; it came from nothing”? Her grandparents might, but I won’t. It is pretty clear that something cannot bring itself into existence. As R.C. Sproul has said, “It is impossible for something to create itself. The concept of self-creation is a contradiction in terms, a nonsense statement . . . It would have to have the causal power of being before it was. It would have to have the power of being before it had any being with which to exercise that power.” As it has been said, “Nothing scratched its head one day and decided to become something.” I’m sorry to have to drop this bombshell on you, but from nothing, comes nothing.
And now the third possibility: Did something create the universe? If the universe is not eternal and could not have created itself, then the only remaining alternative is that the universe was created by something or Someone. This would have to be a transcendent, eternal, self-existing being. I can find only one satisfactory explanation to our conundrum, and that is found in Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
Someone may argue, “If the universe needs a cause, then why doesn’t God need a cause; who created God?” The answer is, everything that has a beginning has a cause. God, unlike the universe, did not have a beginning. Time is linked to matter and space (as we can see from Einstein’s general relativity). If God created the universe, then He created time along with matter and space. If God created time, then He is outside of time and doesn’t need a beginning.
What is more absurd, to believe that God Created everything out of nothing or that nothing turned itself into everything? The fact is, we live in a Universe that is an effect. There must be a preceding and adequate cause for it. The only thing that makes sense is a Creator who is more powerful than anything we can imagine.
2007-03-24 19:15:19
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answer #1
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answered by Questioner 7
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There is bodily evidence of a God that exists or existed. That evidence is us. Now appear at it this manner: We are right here, alive and respiring. Some form of lifestyles supply needed to of created our lifestyles drive. Whether God is a power in area or every other being, he does exist. People like like to mention it used to be the tremendous bang that created the whole lot. But how approximately this: What if the BIG bang used to be God? Light topic and darkish topic colliding, can motive the production of the whole lot. But it is going past our comprehension. Life are not able to come from some thing that does not encompass lifestyles. If there used to be no lifestyles, then there might be no lifestyles. Our frame is made of power and that's what God is made of. That is how we're in his picture. That would be how he's with all people in any respect time. Once we die, our soul (power) are not able to die. It need to both cross into one other lifestyles (Reincarnation) or again to the essential supply. Energy need to stay relocating considering the fact that useless items don't include power.
2016-09-05 15:02:10
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answered by ? 4
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You cant get a quick answer. 1)Something from nothing is from God 2) The planets postion in the universe is ideal for life 3) Prophesies and History in the bible are accurate validating the bible's intergrity 4) People worldwide have testified of changed lives with conversion to Christ from all walks of life poor to wealthy 5) Well educated people believe in God including most doctors, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Louie Pasture etc....the list is long.
If you want more detail you might want to read A Case for Faith by Lee Strobel.
God bless
2007-03-24 19:20:32
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answer #3
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answered by Ms DeeAnn 5
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Consider this : An archaeologist digs deep into the desert sand and finds a piece of an old clay pot. After his investigations, this archaeologist can tell us, from this little old piece of dusty clay, so much about the civilisation that existed thousands of years ago that produced it; he can tell us about the types of ovens, temperatues, and dyes that they worked with, the raw materials that they used, and thus assess the level of their artistic skill and technological ability, etc. All this from a small piece of clay lying in the desert.
Did this archaeologist ever see the civilisation that produced this pot ?
How does he know that it ever existed ?
He knows because he saw that the piece of clay was produced by someone who designed it, and shaped it, and had the intelligence to be able to heat it and produce the pot, and not only that, they also had the ability to colour it and make it look beautiful.
Design ==> Designer.
To the archaeologist the existence and intricacy of the piece of pottery is conclusive proof of the existence, intelligence and ability of the people who made it.
Look around you: at the beautiful sunset on a summer evening, at the moon and the stars on a cloudless night, at the water that you drink, at the trees and how they grow from tiny seeds.
Think about yourself: your eyes with which you see, your ears with which you hear, your tongues with which you taste and talk, your hands and your feet, your heart and your brain.
Consider how these things are so complex in themselves and yet work together in such perfect harmony.
From the movement of the galaxies to the complexities of the interaction of molecules, from the dynamics of eco-systems to the intricacies of DNA, all lead to the obvious fact of the existence of the great Wisdom, Knowledge and Power that allows our Universe to exist and function.
To any perceptive person the existence and intricacy of creation is conclusive proof of the Existence, Knowledge and Wisdom of the One who creates, organises and sustains it.
Most people naturally recognise the existence of the Creator, and we find reference to the Creator in all cultures and religions. Even the atheists, communists and (disbelieving) scientists cannot avoid this reality, but avoid the term 'creator', for phrases like 'Mother Nature' and 'the amazing way nature has designed...'
How strange in the face of this, that many today reject the belief in the existence of the Creator. Perhaps this is due more to fashion and the desire to justify a materialistic attitude to life rather than real observation and comprehension of reality.
Something stranger still, and perhaps another reason for the trend to deny the Creator, are those who claim that a man, or men, who walked on the earth, breathed air, who had bodies and souls subject to the Laws of the Universe, are the Creator, or manifestations of the Self-Subsistent One.
This is of course a complete contradiction in terms. Something cannot be the Creator and created at the same time, needing air, food and drink and being self-sufficient, being temporary and eternal!
If you are one of those who believe that a man such as Buddha, or Krishna, or Jesus is the Creator and Controller, then think again.
We were created from a drop of despised fluid, in which was a microscopic sperm, which in turn fertilised a microscopic egg and we grew in our mother's womb in stages predetermined, over which we had no control. We came from our mother's womb, urinating and defecating, needing constant attention and care. Without food we will die, without air we will die ... and then such a one is God?
Indeed any intelligent person would recognise exactly how dependant life, the universe and everything is on its Creator. Our dire need for His help makes itself plain in times of great distress.
Imagine yourself in an aeroplane and you know it is going to crash...
Who do you turn to for help then ?
Or on a ship in the sea, thrown helplessly up and down by towering waves ...
There will have been a situation at one time or the other in your life when you called upon your Creator alone, forgetting everyone and everything else, hoping, trusting, wishing that the Being you know in your heart and soul that has power and control over all things would help you. The only One you know can save you!
2007-03-24 23:34:23
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answered by BeHappy 5
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Five me?
When you eat, do you question the existence of a cook?
Ishmael and Isaac... look it up. Two brothers who where told they would be enemies until the end... Jews and Arabs... 4000 years ago.
Go to the Middle East and look around. Then go to Paris and visit the Church of the Lady of the Globe. See Cathrine Labor INTACT (even her eyelashes) many years after she died because she touched Mother Mary.
If that's not proof then I don't know what is.
2007-03-24 19:15:49
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answered by madbaldscotsman 6
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Can you show JUST ONE EVIDENT that proof the non-existence of God?
O'oh, proofing the absence of something is much-much more difficult than proofing its existence; that is a universal Law.
2007-03-24 20:08:49
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answered by amsops 3
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How can law exist without a lawgiver. Look in the mirrow, do you have a reflection, just what do you see? See how your body fit knitly together,your eyes how do you see, or ears how do you hear? GOD created all things.On the sixth day GOD created man. Genesis 1 and 2.
2007-04-01 08:36:58
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answered by allfrog 1
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I have two points for you:
1. Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning GOD created ...
2. Where did you come from and how are you alive today?
2007-04-01 14:59:37
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answered by Charity 3
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Do you mean evidence? Can you give me five examples of tangiable proof that He doesn't exist? You can't prove it either way. That's sort of the whole debate about God being real. Where have you been? This is a long dead horse you're beating.
2007-03-24 19:14:22
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answer #9
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answered by Anonymous
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gods most foolish thought comes no where close to our most intelligent thought. god exists but you are simply just looking for ways to prove he doesn't or else you would be able to see in you life the ways god proves he exists. simply you just need to grab a bible, pray, open your eyes, and go to church. oh and if you want to have some more fun call
1-800-need-him and ask them for proof.
2007-04-01 05:54:55
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answered by Anonymous
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