Why Do So Many People Demand Proof For God?

 They cannot disprove God but disbelieve despite that! This is important. They assume that God can be proved (or disproved) when the Bible doesn't attempt to do it but to make Him known. The Bible assumes God from verse one. The Bible says that God’s existence has enough proof in creation to point to faith and that no one has an excuse. (cf. Romans 1:18–21; Psalm 19:1). God is spirit. The question of God is metaphysical and cannot be proved by physical evidence. God’s existence doesn’t fit scientific parameters; He is not subject to laboratory conditions.

Many people believe in things that cannot be proved. What they are trying to do is equate God’s existence to scientific scrutiny. But there is scientific evidence but not proof. The laws of evidence are different for law, history, science, and philosophy. God doesn't wish to be proved but to accept by faith. He will not force faith. Faith is what pleases Him, not human wisdom (“For the world by wisdom knew not God.”—1 Cor. 1:21). It is logical that not believing or denying some premise doesn't make it untrue any more than believing it makes it true.

There can be no default position. Not being able to prove God doesn't mean that the antithesis is true, there is no God. Today many people will not believe anything that cannot be proved scientifically and use science for non-scientific endeavors or issues, harnessing science where it doesn’t apply—called “scientism.” You don’t have to know all the answers to believe in God. And faith doesn't mean you do, atheists don’t know all the answers either. The principle stands: “Lack of evidence is not evidence of lack.”

Addendum:

Science rules out God from the get-go and disbelieves in the supernatural as a possible answer in their live pool of options. They are naturalists believing everything has a natural explanation. But anyone who thinks Christianity and science contradict understands neither—there can be no final conflict in God’s universe. Augustine wisely said, “All truth is God’s truth.” The Bible has proved time and again to be ahead of science in its truths.  The Bible has proved time and again to be ahead of science in its truths with dozens of scientific facts stated before discovered by science with no scientific absurdities.

 Soli Deo Gloria! 

Why Do Some People Demand Proof For God?

 They cannot disprove God but disbelieve despite that! This is important. They assume that God can be proved (or disproved) when the Bible doesn't attempt to do it but to make Him known. The Bible assumes God from verse one. The Bible says that God’s existence has enough proof in creation to point to faith and that no one has an excuse. (cf. Romans 1:18–21; Psalm 19:1). God is spirit. The question of God is metaphysical and cannot be proved by physical evidence. God’s existence doesn’t fit scientific parameters; He is not subject to laboratory conditions.

Many people believe in things that cannot be proved. What they are trying to do is equate God’s existence to scientific scrutiny. But there is scientific evidence but not proof. The laws of evidence are different for law, history, science, and philosophy. God doesn't wish to be proved but to accepted by faith. He will not force faith. Faith is what pleases Him, not human wisdom (“For the world by wisdom knew not God.”—1 Cor. 1:21). It is logical that not believing or denying some premise doesn't make it untrue any more than believing it makes it true.

There can be no default position. Not being able to prove God doesn't mean that the antithesis is true, there is no God. Today many people will not believe anything that cannot be proved scientifically and use science for non-scientific endeavors or issues, harnessing science where it doesn’t apply—called “scientism.” You don’t have to know all the answers to believe in God. And faith doesn't mean you do, atheists don’t know all the answers either. The principle stands: “Lack of evidence is not evidence of lack.”  Soli Deo Gloria! 

Is There Any Foolproof Argument For God?

 Now, there’s a difference between an argument for God and proof. No one can prove or disprove God, it takes faith both ways. Evidence is another thing altogether. There is evidence! (Scientific, historical, literary, philosophical, and testimonial.) Evidence isn’t always conclusive or compelling but can be circumstantial or indirect, subjective or objective. There may be evidence pro and con to an argument. There’s no foolproof argument but there are plenty of arguments or reasons to believe.

But the best argument (but no argument is foolproof but only a reason to believe) that I can see that is shaking up (in that as many as ninety percent of them believe in God now) the cosmologists and astrophysicists is that the Big Bang was the beginning of everything in our reality and the Bible calls this the moment of creation. “In the beginning God created…”

The point proves that the theory of an eternal universe is untenable and it had a beginning and this implies and logically necessitates a Beginner! Nothing causes or creates itself, It must be determined what or who is responsible for it. Everything that begins to exist or any event must have a cause. Who banged the Big Bang? This discovery brings new challenges.

Even Einstein mused: “God doesn’t play dice with the universe.” And he also said that the harmony of natural law indicates a Supreme Intelligence. Creation was pre-programmed with some fifty universal constants called the Anthropic Principle (The fine-tuning of the cosmos) implying a Designer and Supreme Mind at work. Nothing can cause or create itself and this implies as Aristotle thought, a First Cause, because it’s impossible to cross infinity and an infinite regress of causes is impossible. God’s name also means “I CAUSE TO BE” Note: This is not the complete argument but a synopsis and volumes could be written to support it.

An atheist will use circular reasoning to refute arguments: I don't believe in miracles because they are impossible. I don't believe Jesus is God because I don’t believe He claimed to be. Even if they lost the argument you would not convince them; you cannot argue someone into God’s kingdom nor rationalize God to an infidel. They will tell you: There is no God because I have not experienced or seen Him or that He cannot be proved beyond a shadow of a doubt. They want it as easy to believe in God as to believe in the sun or the moon in the sky.

But know this: You can not disprove God either as a philosopher will tell you that it’s impossible to prove a universal negative. There are many arguments for God and much evidence from science, literature, history, philosophy, and personal testimony. But there is no “smoking gun” argument that is absolutely foolproof and if you don't want to believe you cannot be forced to. God will force Himself on no one.

Brilliance and intellect don’t please God. Only faith pleases Him (cf. Heb. 11:6), “the world by wisdom knew not God” (cf. 1 Cor. 1:21). Jesus said that “if a man is willing to do His will, then he shall know” (cf. John 7;17). The proverb goes, “A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.” No amount of evidence will make someone believe who doesn’t want to: Jesus said in John 12:37 that although the Pharisees had seen many miracles they would not believe, not could not believe—it’s a person’s stubborn heart. Remember all the miracles Moses had done? Israel still refused to believe! (cf. Psalm 78:32).

But the atheist has faith too! He has faith in science or in man’s reasoning and logic. Faith in science is still faith! It’s not a matter of faith versus reason as he thinks but faith versus faith and it all depends upon what presupposition you are willing to accept. Both sides of the equation contain people of faith. In fact, it takes more faith to be an atheist than a theist because there’s so much evidence! All knowledge is contingent and starts with faith, not just about God. Soli Deo Gloria! 

Proof For God Without The Bible

 

1. The ontological, cultural, or anthropological argument or where did we get this idea from and why do people believe universally; God is not an idea made up. Do apes build chapels? Do animals pray? God was self-evident to the founding fathers of America. This ethnological proof, that virtually every tribe, tongue, and people-group has had some belief system concerning God or deity is compelling as circumstantial evidence.; where did they get the idea from, if not God Himself?
2. The cosmological or the that nothing happens by itself and nothing can create or cause itself but needs the First Cause: no First Cause means no beginning because infinite regress is impossible; you cannot cross infinity! A beginning (Big Bang) implies a Beginner. God is eternal without beginning, having no cause but being uncaused!
3. The teleological proof that we cannot escape or deny order, harmony, intelligence, purpose, design, and beauty everywhere and they exist as evidence and this points to the anthropological principle or that there appears to be design or fine-tuning, and this may be called the argument from design; design only implies a Designer; order implies an Orderer, purpose a Purposer, and intelligence an Ultimate Mind. This has been called the anthropic principle in action. The divine order of creation is Thinker, thought, thing. I won’t elaborate on the many wonders of nature that bear witness to this but only bring this up as a point and mention the principle is valid.
4. The moral argument or that it seems that we have morals and there must be justice for that to make sense. Where did we get our conscience from? Guilt proves this to be self-evident. This implies a Judge or Judgment Day. God seems to care a lot about right and wrong and has given man a moral code, compass, or conscience to be culpable. Morals make no sense without a Judge or God to make them universal. God must be the moral center of the universe and standard of Good as Plato called Him, the Supreme Good. Morals then imply a moral Lawgiver; also, how can you believe in justice without a Judge?  Soli Deo Gloria!