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What the hey. It's easter, why not?

- Proving the Existence of God -

THE BEGINNING

If we do indeed exist, there can be only two possible explanations for such a phenomenon. Either we had a beginning or we did not. The Bible says, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Genesis 1:1). The atheist has always maintained that there was no beginning. The idea is that matter has always existed in the form of either matter or energy; and all that has happened is that matter has been changed from form to form, but it has always been. The Humanist Manifesto says, "Matter is self-existing and not created," and that is a concise statement of atheistic belief.

In order to decide whether the theist or atheist is correct we must ask after science to discover what it says regarding this question. In the local 'brane' of the cosmos are a number of galaxies like our own Milky Way. These galaxies are accelerating away from each other with every passing moment. We live in an expanding universe that gets bigger and bigger with every passing day. Now if we suppose that time can run backwards, we could see that all galaxies must come together at a beginning, at a point of universal expansion which scientists call a singularity. This puts the lie to the idea of an eternal universe. It had a beginning.

A second proof is seen in the energy sources that fuel the cosmos. Like all stars, the sun generates its energy by a process known as thermonuclear fusion. In every second, the sun compresses 564 million tons of hydrogen, fusing its components into 560 million tons of helium with 4 million tons of matter released as energy. In spite of that tremendous consumption of fuel, the sun has only used up 2% of the hydrogen it had on the day it was born. This incredible furnace is not unique. Indeed, this process takes place in every single star in the universe, as well as some gas giant planets such as Jupiter in our own solar system.

Now for a simple logical question: Throughout the cosmos there are 25 quintillion stars, each converting hydrogen into helium, thus reducing the total amount of hydrogen existing in the cosmos. Now if everywhere in the cosmos, hydrogen is being consumed, and if that process has been going on 'forever', how much hydrogen should be left? Obviously, the universe should have run out of hydrogen long ago. The fact is, however, that our sun has 98% of its original hydrogen still available.

Hydrogen is the most abundant material in the universe. Everywhere we look in space we can see the hydrogen 21 cm line in the spectrum - a frequency of light only given off by hydrogen. This would not be possible unless we indeed had a beginning.

A third scientific proof that the atheist is wrong is seen in the second law of thermodynamics. In any closed system, things tend to become disordered. If an automobile is never repaired, for example, it will become so disordered that it will eventually cease to run.

Getting 'old' is simple conformity to the second law of thermodynamics. In space, things also get old. Astronomers refer to this aging process as 'heat death'. If the cosmos is "everything that ever was or is or ever will be," as Dr. Carl Sagan was so fond of saying, then nothing can be added to it to improve its order, or to repair it. Even a 'bouncing' universe that expanded and collapsed forever would eventually die because it would lose light and heat with each expansion and rebound.

The atheist's assertion that matter/energy is eternal is scientifically impossible. The biblical assertion that there was indeed a beginning is in complete agreement with scientific principals.

THE CAUSE

If we know that creation has a beginning, we are faced with another logical question - was creation caused or was it not caused? The Bible states, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." Not only does the Bible maintain that there was a cause - a creation - but it also tells us what the cause was. It was God. The atheist tells us that "matter is self-existing and not created." If matter had a beginning and yet was uncaused, one must logically maintain that something would have had to come into existence out of nothing. From empty space with no force, no matter, no energy, and no intelligence, matter would have to become existent. Even if this could happen by some strange new process unknown to science today, there is a logical problem: In order to say that matter can come from nothing, we would need to invalidate all scientific laws dealing with the conservation of matter/energy, including those of chemistry. Aand conservation of angular momentum would have to be wrong, invalidating all of physics. All of our laws of conservation of electric charge would have to be wrong, invalidating all of electronics. In order to believe matter is uncaused, one has to discard most if not all known laws and principles of science. No reasonable person is going to do this simply to maintain a personal atheistic position.

The atheist's assertion that matter is eternal is wrong. The atheist's assertion that the universe is uncaused and self-existing is also incorrect. The Bible's assertion that there was a beginning which had a cause is supported strongly by the available scientific evidence.

THE DESIGN

If we know that creation had a beginning, and that the beginning had a cause, there is one last question for us to answer - what was this cause? The Bible tells us that God was the cause. We are further told that this God did the causing with planning, reason and logic. Romans 1:20 tells us that we can know who God is "through the things he has made."

The atheist, on the other hand, will try to convince us that we are the product of Chance. Julian Huxley once said: "We are as much a product of blind forces as is the falling of a stone to earth or the ebb and flow of the tides. We have just happened, and man was made flesh by a long series of singularly beneficial accidents."

The subject of design has been one that has been explored in many different ways. For most of us, simply looking at our newborn child is enough to rule out chance. Modern-day scientists like Paul Davies and Frederick Hoyle and others are raising elaborate objections to the use of chance in explaining natural phenomena. A principle of modern science as emerged in the 1980s called "the anthropic principle." The basic thrust of the anthropic principle is that chance is simply not a valid mechanism to explain the atom or life. If chance is not valid, we are constrained to reject Huxley's claim and to realize that we are indeed the product of an intelligent God.

2007-04-08 08:29:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 3

If you find a way, let me know.

There is more evidence that the Easter Bunny exists than evidence for god. The purveyors of this "myth", when confronted with hard questions like "prove it" or "show me" get all arrogant and obnoxious and say things like 'you must have faith' and 'god works in mysterious ways' etc.
They also say things like, "well, you can't disprove it either!" or "There is no evidence that he/she/it DOESN'T exist." as if that proves something.

I'm fifty one years old, and I've been searching for my whole life. And I've found it!! over and over again. Every time thinking to myself - "at last, this is it! I've finally found 'meaning' or 'purpose' or something."
Crap. It's all crap.

Maybe there is something (or someone) "out there", but he doesn't talk to me!

Let me ask you a question - why would god make three major world religions all claim the same location to be their 'holy land'? Judaism, Christianity, and the Muslims all claim the same spot as the center of their religion. AND all they do is fight over it. For centuries! and it's not going to change any time soon. They can't all be right, can they? Why not?

2007-04-08 08:39:46 · answer #2 · answered by Captain Blarg 3 · 1 1

I believe the proof is all around us.

If you were digging and found a fully functioning pocket watch embedded in the earth, would you think it was accidentally formed over millions of years or would you come to the assumption that it was made by a watchmaker?

I look at the absolute detail and functionality of the world around us and the universe we live in and cannot simply write it off as a cosmic accident. Accidents create disorder, but the universe and our planet fall within such specific parameters; each force working in tangent with other forces. The perfection of creation cries out the existence and glory of God!

"For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:" (Romans 1:20)

One of my favorite passages in Scripture declares the glory of His creation.

"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard." (Psalm 19:1-3)

2007-04-08 08:32:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

You need to look around you and think. Who taught the new born to suck his mother's breast in order to get milk?
Who gave you the right number of eyes to see the world around you? Engineers say that in order to see three dimensional objects, you need two views. If you had got one eye, you would have only seen two dimensions. If you had got three, it would have been redundant. Same for ears: if you had got only one, you wouldn't have been able to know where the sound is coming from. Three ears is redundant.
When you speak, you produce sounds in the range of frequencies that the human ear can hear. Is all this a coincidence?
If the percentage of the Oxygen in air had been a little bit lower, you would have not existed. If it had been a little bit greater, we would have had a lot of fires everywhere.
Everything is in balance and is integrated with the universe.
You need to look around you and ask yourself: Who made all these rules and lows that govern our universe? Who put the earth in its orbit so that it's not too close to the sun to burn nor too far to freeze? Who managed all this balance everywhere?
If you see a chair, you will know someone has done it for sure. If the chair was beautiful, you will know the carpenter was skillful. So look in the universe and you will know God. That's one.
Second, you know God from the messengers he sent. You know someone is a messenger from God from the evidences he shows. Consult different religions and see what evidences they have about their religion. You need to search and if you're really looking for the truth, you will find it.

2007-04-08 08:43:03 · answer #4 · answered by Young Guy 2 · 0 1

YES! one proof that God exist is you. Your life is a living testimony that there is a God. Of course we can't see God personally for we will be consumed by His presence because of sin. But looking back to our own body, what are we made out of? whose image? God's image and you can read that in the Bible, Genesis 1 and 2. And it will be a living proof that God exist. That's one of the many ways to prove that God really exist.

2007-04-08 08:33:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Nobody can prove any gods, much less a specific god, exist; many people will tell you their god exists but no others, but will never be able to prove it, even if they think so. Some will threaten you with eternal pain or promise eternal joy to get you to believe in their god; these are all stories, created for people who were scared long before we understood the universe. Now we have no more reason for these superstitions.

How terrible the bible in particular is:
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/
http://www.evilbible.com/

How silly and horrible religion in general is:
http://godisimaginary.com/
http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/

The alternative:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/
http://www.infidels.org/
http://www.positiveatheism.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_Universalism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_humanism

2007-04-08 08:31:02 · answer #6 · answered by eldad9 6 · 1 1

Just a little Faith is all that you need in the beginning. Just enough to open your mind, so that you can talk to Him and receive his love. As you develop a relationship with God’s Spirit, the proof will come to the point that you will know that he is with you and that all his promises are true.

2007-04-08 08:33:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Have an orgasm. God put that in you so you would go forth and multiply. That was no accident of an acid reaction to mold in the sunlight baby. That was planned by a master planner and creator.

2007-04-08 08:31:26 · answer #8 · answered by Kenny Ray 3 · 0 1

First you'd have to define exactly what god is.

And no one seems willing to do that. As it is no one can prove it exists because the definition changes constantly.

2007-04-08 08:24:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

If it were that easy to prove, there would be no question on whether or not he exists. You have to discover it on your own. That's why there's the word faith. Faith is the belief in things unseen. Go to someone church and hear the word. God gave us free will to make our own choices. You have to choose, but there are people ordained by God to help you in your search for Him.

2007-04-08 08:28:46 · answer #10 · answered by Shamara P 1 · 0 2

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