People who deny God also must deny we are in God’s image and have no inherent dignity, purpose, or meaning in life. We are thus animals in heat, seeking pleasure and avoiding pain—that’s all. If we are animals, it must be okay to act like them. Thus, atheism, or the denial of God in the equation, is a crutch to lean on for immoral living as an excuse for sin, because they have no hell to shun or Judgement Day to fear—how convenient with no restraint on evil or motive to do good.
C. S. Lewis called Christianity the myth that had become true … it’s not what we would’ve imagined. God is neither of the above—that’s a false dichotomy. God is a fact of history and has given plenty of evidence to understand that, even in science. The fact is that God invites you to find out if He is real for yourself: “Taste and see that the LORD is good.” The proof of the pudding is in the eating. People who know God love Him as the response. God is love, and if you’ve experienced love, thank God.
Jesus claimed to be God, to deny this is to call Him a liar, and He is a historical figure, not a myth or legend—even secular attestation and corroboration. So the real issue is whether He is who He claimed to be. He proved it by rising from the dead: what more proof would one want? Jesus alone should be proof of God.
God is able to convince people He exists and loves us without making it so obvious that it’s beyond a shadow of a doubt or with “smoking gun” evidence God doesn’t need to prove Himself because there is ample evidence for the willing and open-minded, those willing to do His will.
There is manifold philosophical, logical, and scientific proof, argument or evidence for God, of which I will not venture to detail here. The Bible says that “they have no excuse,” because God has made it plain unto them (cf. Romans 1:20).
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