The Existence of God
"I work at an architecture company, and as I walk around looking at buildings, no one ever says, 'I wonder how many billions of years it took for this building to appear by chance.' We all know that if there is a building, there must be a builder.
In the same way, when we look at the complexity and beauty of the world around us, how can we believe it came from nothing, by mere chance? Just as a building points to an architect, creation points to its Creator."
Three Powerful Arguments for God's Existence
The Cosmological Argument
Everything that begins to exist has a cause
The Logic:
- Everything that begins to exist has a cause
- The universe began to exist
- Therefore, the universe has a cause
The Science: The Big Bang theory confirms the universe had a beginning. Modern cosmology shows space, time, and matter all came into existence at a specific point. Whatever caused the universe must be outside of space, time, and matter—pointing to a transcendent Creator.
The Question: Why is there something rather than nothing? The existence of the universe itself demands an explanation beyond natural causes.
The Teleological Argument
Design demands a Designer
The Fine-Tuning: The universe appears exquisitely calibrated for life. If any of dozens of fundamental constants were altered even slightly, life would be impossible. The odds of this happening by chance are astronomically small—like winning the lottery billions of times in a row.
Examples:
- Gravitational constant: If altered by 1 x 10⁻⁴⁰, our sun would not exist, and, therefore, neither would we.
- Electromagnetic force: Precise calibration allows chemistry
- Nuclear forces: Perfect balance enables stable atoms
- DNA: Contains about 3,000 million pairs of letters within each human cell
The Conclusion: When we see a watch, we infer a watchmaker. When we see the fine-tuned universe and information-rich DNA, shouldn't we infer an intelligent Designer?
The Moral Argument
Objective morality requires God
The Logic:
- If God does not exist, objective moral values do not exist
- Objective moral values do exist
- Therefore, God exists
The Reality: We all recognize certain actions as truly wrong—not just socially unacceptable, but objectively evil. The Holocaust was wrong regardless of what the Nazis believed. Child abuse is evil even if a culture permits it.
The Problem: In a purely materialistic universe of atoms and molecules, why would anything be truly "right" or "wrong"? These are just subjective preferences—unless there is a transcendent moral lawgiver.
The Evidence: Our universal sense of justice, guilt, and moral obligation points to a moral God who has written His law on our hearts.