The Obvious Existence of God
Why Any Rational Person Has to Be a Theist
1. The Universe Began to Exist
According to the second law of thermodynamics, the universe is running down. It is literally running out of gas. This means that it can't be eternal. An eternal universe would already have used its energy up, if that is one of the features of its existence.
Moreover, we have learned from the fields of mathematics and philosophy that it is logically nonsensical to assume an infinite number of events or moments. An eternal universe, and with it an eternal number of moments, is simply impossible. Thus, we can accept the overwhelming view of modern science that the universe began to exist (most scientists estimating that origin to be roughly 14-15 billion years ago).
2. Something that Began to Exist Must Have a "Cause"
Given the fact that the universe began to exist, it must have had a "cause" that originated it. Since the universe is the boundary within which we understand space, time, matter, and energy, the cause of the universe would have to be greater than - literally outside of - those limitations. Such an ultimate cause would be what the ancients called a "Necessary Being" - that is, a being which is necessary for all other beings ("Contingent Beings") to exist.
A true "Necessary Being" must be sufficient to cause all of the contingent beings stemming from it. Put another way, a pencil cannot cause a piece of paper. An ant cannot cause a skyscraper. The cause must be greater than the caused. It must be capable of accomplishing the creation. That means, as philosopher Winfried Courdan writes, the ultimate Necessary Being would be "uncaused, unsustained, and undetermined." If there is a Necessary Being (meaning an ultimate cause to all the contingent beings which have ever existed, including the universe), then that Necessary Being would, by its very nature, be independent, uncaused, infinite, and unrestricted by time and space. There is no other way to contemplate a Necessary Being. Remove one or more of these characteristics, and you no longer have a truly Necessary Being.
Only the most stubborn atheist would argue the above point. Saying there is no Necessary Being is as irrational as watching a pen drop and then claiming there is no such thing as gravity.
3. Only God Qualifies as a Sufficient Cause
Once again, the existence of a Necessary Being is as certain as anything can be. The fact that a person may not have directly experienced this Being has NO BEARING whatsoever on the reality of that Being. The existence of God is simple logic. If the universe began to exist (and it did), it needs a cause. Only an independent, infinite, uncaused, eternal, and omnipresent cause is sufficient to account for the universe. Therefore, such a being exists. Period.
Many atheists or agnostics will counter that, if the universe needs a Necessary Being, so does God. The late Bertrand Russell once asked: "What causes God?" This question is asked, when atheists or agnostics play semantic games and redefine God as a physical or energy being. God is neither. According to the Bible, God is Spirit (John 4:24). Indeed, the Genesis account of Creation identifies the "Spirit of God" (Genesis 1:2) as the driving creative force for our universe. The other mainstream theistic religions also consider God a Spirit. There is no scientific law which demands that a spiritual being requires a cause.
The bottom line is that God exists. Denying this is simply absurd. The sooner we recognize that, the sooner we can dive into the more relevant questions of how we can know God and what this God has to say to us.
Published by Brian Tubbs
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32 Comments
Post a Commenti believe in god, but this is still a stupid article.
What bologna!!
benefit off of. Religion can be a powerful weapion for mass control of groups within societies structure.
And at your last comment... (The spirit) clearly you don't know what you're talking about, even your spiritual interpretation is off... In the shamanics, where the first concept of ''spirit came from'' meant, higher levels of vibrations, which is also nature. In physics these higher vibrational aspects are known as ''quuatum energies'' which are mainly theorized but there is more evidence to support there notion than they don't. The original spirit in all original spirituality is defined as a grand energy that brings life to the universe. In northern traditions it is called mana, in japan, ki, and in chinese, CHI. These concepts were desrcibed as a source of life in the universe which is based on the yin and yang principle. Yin and yang... which were the polarities aspects to complete one another which are part of many dynamic systems, through change. Yin resembles the
appreciation, respect, honor of nature. Which was based on understanding and awareness. Most of all their words, fraises, principles were symbolic, and reflected the principle and way of nature. Shamanism wasn't a belief nor philosophie but a way of life.... From that Naturalistic was formed (early philosophy -precratics) which predated before scortese time. Then after that, was religion, polytheistic, which took all those concepts and principles and gave it a name. Polythestics were much more close to animalistics principles but still twisted a lot of meanings to its whole purpose. Animalistics as well as science new that nature and us and gods are all equal and no superior creation of everything took place. And gods to animalistics were just symbolic, which were used to describe aspects, concepts, reflecting nature. Most religions (all) just took these ancient principles, flipped them around to serve their purpose. Like praising, worshiping, and just changing these principles to bene
LOL....
Funny- First off.... You don't know much abou thermodynamics or logic, if you did, you'd know what that law even states or what it is even about. One of the most important laws in physics is; energy cannot be created nor destroyed. This law implements that nature itself is equal. Energy itself is equal. Like nik says... energy is just changing form. Nothing ever gets lost, just transformed. There is no such thing as FREE ENERGY. Energy itself is equivalent.
Well: Since you're trying to prove god exists against Atheists and agnostics, I am going to give you a notion that your christian GOD is questionable. And for the record, I am not atheists nor Am I agnostic. And I do believe in a higher power.
Before all religions there were... Animalistic. Animalistics/shamans aren't and weren't really a religion but a way of spirituality. They devoted their way to connect to nature as well as the self on numerous of realities of nature and the self. Their way was based on apprec
So the universe exists because it was created by an uncaused, unsustained, and undetermined creator. How does this answer anything? You replace one mystery with another. The only difference being you can claim to be knowlegable about the second one. You talk a lot about reason and rational thought for someone who clearly has no idea how to apply them.
THIS is your proof that your god exists? Pathetic. I'm even more convinced that there is no god after reading this drivel. If this is the best you have to offer, I am safe. :)
and Happy 2010 YAY!!
thx for telling not to kill myself
Its Attorney didn't call me, so I still do
not know, don't think, if I can 'still' fail to testify to being happy to be an honest buddhist, forever to be, anyway, whatever It exists or not, please receive some better news of mine, just MY alternative to my disturbed mother's bad mood, which is her 'hobby,' if, when it comes to myself, so that I can of course become & believe in & so on, which of course & still needs no further explanation, apart from this fact that my labor situation is, what it doesn't seem to be: It's under obligation to be controlled by my wife & -self, greetings, arentved@in.com