I know this may not make the front page. This is because threads that are against christianity are much more pushed unto the front page than threads against. But I still believe this article will find the eyes of some people who are confused like I used to be or those who are adamant and don't want to believe in God's existence.
Just once wouldn't you
love for someone to
simply show you the
evidence for God's
existence? No arm-
twisting. No statements
of, "You just have to
believe." Well, here is an
attempt to candidly offer
some of the reasons
which suggest that God exists.
But first consider this. When it comes to the
possibility of God's existence, the Bible says that
there are people who have seen sufficient
evidence, but they have suppressed the truth
about God.1 On the other hand, for those who
want to know God if he is there, he says, "You
will seek me and find me; when you seek me
with all your heart, I will be found by you."2
Before you look at the facts surrounding God's
existence, ask yourself, If God does exist, would I
want to know him? Here then, are some reasons
to consider...
1. Does God exist? The complexity of our
planet points to a deliberate Designer who
not only created our universe, but sustains
it today.
Many examples showing God's design could be
given, possibly with no end. But here are a few:
The Earth...its size is perfect. The Earth's size
and corresponding gravity holds a thin layer of
mostly nitrogen and oxygen gases, only
extending about 50 miles above the Earth's
surface. If Earth were smaller, an atmosphere
would be impossible, like the planet Mercury. If
Earth were larger, its atmosphere would contain
free hydrogen, like Jupiter.3 Earth is the only
known planet equipped with an atmosphere of
the right mixture of gases to sustain plant,
animal and human life.
The Earth is located the
right distance from the
sun. Consider the
temperature swings we
encounter, roughly -30
degrees to +120
degrees. If the Earth
were any further away
from the sun, we would
all freeze. Any closer and
we would burn up. Even a fractional variance in
the Earth's position to the sun would make life
on Earth impossible. The Earth remains this
perfect distance from the sun while it rotates
around the sun at a speed of nearly 67,000 mph.
It is also rotating on its axis, allowing the entire
surface of the Earth to be properly warmed and
cooled every day.
And our moon is the perfect size and distance
from the Earth for its gravitational pull. The
moon creates important ocean tides and
movement so ocean waters do not stagnate, and
yet our massive oceans are restrained from
spilling over across the continents.4
Water...colorless, odorless and without taste,
and yet no living thing can survive without it.
Plants, animals and human beings consist
mostly of water (about two-thirds of the human
body is water). You'll see why the characteristics
of water are uniquely suited to life:
It has an unusually high boiling point and
freezing point. Water allows us to live in an
environment of fluctuating temperature
changes, while keeping our bodies a steady 98.6
degrees.
Water is a universal
solvent. This property of
water means that
various chemicals,
minerals and nutrients
can be carried
throughout our bodies
and into the smallest
blood vessels.5
Water is also chemically neutral. Without
affecting the makeup of the substances it
carries, water enables food, medicines and
minerals to be absorbed and used by the body.
Water has a unique surface tension. Water in
plants can therefore flow upward against gravity,
bringing life-giving water and nutrients to the
top of even the tallest trees.
Water freezes from the top down and floats, so
fish can live in the winter.
Ninety-seven percent of the Earth's water is in
the oceans. But on our Earth, there is a system
designed which removes salt from the water and
then distributes that water throughout the
globe. Evaporation takes the ocean waters,
leaving the salt, and forms clouds which are
easily moved by the wind to disperse water over
the land, for vegetation, animals and people. It is
a system of purification and supply that sustains
life on this planet, a system of recycled and
reused water.6
The human brain...simultaneously processes
an amazing amount of information. Your brain
takes in all the colors and objects you see, the
temperature around you, the pressure of your
feet against the floor, the sounds around you,
the dryness of your mouth, even the texture of
your keyboard. Your brain holds and processes
all your emotions, thoughts and memories. At
the same time your brain keeps track of the
ongoing functions of your body like your
breathing pattern, eyelid movement, hunger and
movement of the muscles in your hands.
The human brain
processes more than a
million messages a
second.7 Your brain
weighs the importance
of all this data, filtering
out the relatively
unimportant. This
screening function is
what allows you to focus and operate effectively
in your world. The brain functions differently
than other organs. There is an intelligence to it,
the ability to reason, to produce feelings, to
dream and plan, to take action, and relate to
other people.
The eye...can distinguish among seven million
colors. It has automatic focusing and handles an
astounding 1.5 million messages --
simultaneously.8 Evolution focuses on mutations
and changes from and within existing
organisms. Yet evolution alone does not fully
explain the initial source of the eye or the brain
-- the start of living organisms from nonliving
matter.
2. Does God exist? The universe had a
start - what caused it?
Scientists are convinced that our universe began
with one enormous explosion of energy and
light, which we now call the Big Bang. This was
the singular start to everything that exists: the
beginning of the universe, the start of space, and
even the initial start of time itself.
Astrophysicist Robert Jastrow, a self-described
agnostic, stated, "The seed of everything that
has happened in the Universe was planted in
that first instant; every star, every planet and
every living creature in the Universe came into
being as a result of events that were set in
motion in the moment of the cosmic
explosion...The Universe flashed into being, and
we cannot find out what caused that to
happen."9
Steven Weinberg, a Nobel laureate in Physics,
said at the moment of this explosion, "the
universe was about a hundred thousands million
degrees Centigrade...and the universe was filled
with light."10
The universe has not always existed. It had a
start...what caused that? Scientists have no
explanation for the sudden explosion of light and
matter.
3. Does God exist? The universe operates
by uniform laws of nature. Why does it?
Much of life may seem uncertain, but look at
what we can count on day after day: gravity
remains consistent, a hot cup of coffee left on a
counter will get cold, the earth rotates in the
same 24 hours, and the speed of light doesn't
change -- on earth or in galaxies far from us.
How is it that we can identify laws of nature that
never change? Why is the universe so orderly, so
reliable?
"The greatest scientists have been struck by how
strange this is. There is no logical necessity for a
universe that obeys rules, let alone one that
abides by the rules of mathematics. This
astonishment springs from the recognition that
the universe doesn't have to behave this way. It
is easy to imagine a universe in which conditions
change unpredictably from instant to instant, or
even a universe in which things pop in and out of
existence."11
Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize winner for
quantum electrodynamics, said, "Why nature is
mathematical is a mystery...The fact that there
are rules at all is a kind of miracle."12
4. Does God exist? The DNA code informs,
programs a cell's behavior.
All instruction, all
teaching, all training
comes with intent.
Someone who writes an
instruction manual does
so with purpose. Did you
know that in every cell of
our bodies there exists a
very detailed instruction
code, much like a
miniature computer program? As you may know,
a computer program is made up of ones and
zeros, like this: 110010101011000. The way
they are arranged tell the computer program
what to do. The DNA code in each of our cells is
very similar. It's made up of four chemicals that
scientists abbreviate as A, T, G, and C. These are
arranged in the human cell like this:
CGTGTGACTCGCTCCTGAT and so on. There are
three billion of these letters in every human
cell!!
Well, just like you can program your phone to
beep for specific reasons, DNA instructs the cell.
DNA is a three-billion-lettered program telling
the cell to act in a certain way. It is a full
instruction manual.13
Why is this so amazing?
One has to ask....how did
this information
program wind up in each
human cell? These are
not just chemicals.
These are chemicals that
instruct, that code in a
very detailed way
exactly how the person's
body should develop.
Natural, biological causes are completely lacking
as an explanation when programmed
information is involved. You cannot find
instruction, precise information like this, without
someone intentionally constructing it.
5. Does God exist? We know God exists
because he pursues us. He is constantly
initiating and seeking for us to come to
him.
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.
I am not the only one who has experienced this.
Malcolm Muggeridge, socialist and philosophical
author, wrote, "I had a notion that somehow,
besides questing, I was being pursued." C.S.
Lewis said he remembered, "...night after night,
feeling whenever my mind lifted even for a
second from my work, the steady, unrelenting
approach of Him whom I so earnestly desired not
to meet. I gave in, and admitted that God was
God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night,
the most dejected and reluctant convert in all of
England."
Lewis went on to write a book titled, "Surprised
by Joy" as a result of knowing God. I too had no
expectations other than rightfully admitting
God's existence. Yet over the following several
months, I became amazed by his love for me.
6. Does God exist? Unlike any other
revelation of God, Jesus Christ is the
clearest, most specific picture of God
revealing himself to us.
Why Jesus? Look throughout the major world
religions and you'll find that Buddha,
Muhammad, Confucius and Moses all identified
themselves as teachers or prophets. None of
them ever claimed to be equal to God.
Surprisingly, Jesus did. That is what sets Jesus
apart from all the others. He said God exists and
you're looking at him. Though he talked about
his Father in heaven, it was not from the position
of separation, but of very close union, unique to
all humankind. Jesus said that anyone who had
seen Him had seen the Father, anyone who
believed in him, believed in the Father.
He said, "I am the light of the world, he who
follows me will not walk in darkness, but will
have the light of life."14 He claimed attributes
belonging only to God: to be able to forgive
people of their sin, free them from habits of sin,
give people a more abundant life and give them
eternal life in heaven. Unlike other teachers who
focused people on their words, Jesus pointed
people to himself. He did not say, "follow my
words and you will find truth." He said, "I am the
way, the truth, and the life, no one comes to the
Father but through me."15
What proof did Jesus give for claiming to
be divine? He did what people can't do. Jesus
performed miracles. He healed people...blind,
crippled, deaf, even raised a couple of people
from the dead. He had power over
objects...created food out of thin air, enough to
feed crowds of several thousand people. He
performed miracles over nature...walked on top
of a lake, commanding a raging storm to stop for
some friends. People everywhere followed Jesus,
because he constantly met their needs, doing
the miraculous. He said if you do not want to
believe what I'm telling you, you should at least
believe in me based on the miracles you're
seeing.16
Jesus Christ showed God to be gentle, loving,
aware of our self-centeredness and
shortcomings, yet deeply wanting a relationship
with us. Jesus revealed that although God views
us as sinners, worthy of his punishment, his love
for us ruled and God came up with a different
plan. God himself took on the form of man and
accepted the punishment for our sin on our
behalf. Sounds ludicrous? Perhaps, but many
loving fathers would gladly trade places with
their child in a cancer ward if they could. The
Bible says that the reason we would love God is
because he first loved us.
Jesus died in our place so we could be forgiven.
Of all the religions known to humanity, only
through Jesus will you see God reaching toward
humanity, providing a way for us to have a
relationship with him. Jesus proves a divine
heart of love, meeting our needs, drawing us to
himself. Because of Jesus' death and
resurrection, he offers us a new life today. We
can be forgiven, fully accepted by God and
genuinely loved by God. He says, "I have loved
you with an everlasting love, therefore I have
continued my faithfulness to you."17 This is God,
in action.
Does God exist? If you want to know, investigate
Jesus Christ. We're told that "God so loved the
world that he gave his only Son, that whoever
believes in him should not perish but have
eternal life."18
God does not force us to believe in him, though
he could. Instead, he has provided sufficient
proof of his existence for us to willingly respond
to him. The earth's perfect distance from the
sun, the unique chemical properties of water, the
human brain, DNA, the number of people who
attest to knowing God, the gnawing in our hearts
and minds to determine if God is there, the
willingness for God to be known through Jesus
Christ. If you need to know more about Jesus and
reasons to believe in him, please see: Beyond
Blind Faith.
If you want to begin a relationship with
God now, you can.
This is your decision, no coercion here. But if you
want to be forgiven by God and come into a
relationship with him, you can do so right now
by asking him to forgive you and come into your
life. Jesus said, "Behold, I stand at the door [of
your heart] and knock. He who hears my voice
and opens the door, I will come into him [or
her]."19 If you want to do this, but aren't sure
how to put it into words, this may help: "Jesus,
thank you for dying for my sins. You know my
life and that I need to be forgiven. I ask you to
forgive me right now and come into my life. I
want to know you in a real way. Come into my
life now. Thank you that you wanted a
relationship with me. Amen."
God views your relationship with him as
permanent. Referring to all those who believe in
him, Jesus Christ said of us, "I know them, and
they follow me; and I give them eternal life, and
they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch
them out of my hand."20
So, does God exist? Looking at all these facts,
one can conclude that a loving God does exist
and can be known in an intimate, personal way.
If you need more information about Jesus' claim
to divinity, or about God's existence, or if you
have similar important questions, please email
us.

By Marilyn Adamson

The earth is not unique. There are millions{perhaps billions} of planet dt can support life as we knw it. U cant base God existence on scientific laws of nature. It is already embodied in another religion: Scientology.

abbeywasc: The earth is not unique. There are millions{perhaps billions} of planet dt can support life as we knw it. U cant base God existence on scientific laws of nature. It is already embodied in another religion: Scientology.

have you confirmed them yourself or is it because of all the lies you read on internet and journals? Have you forgotten that some religion were created for confusion? Scientology was created by a Human. But christianity, God came in the flesh of human just because he loves us. It was created by God.