Is Anybody Up There? The Question Of The Existence Of God

Is Anybody Up There?
The Question of The Existence of God The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God...” (Psalms 14:1 a).

We had been talking at length when the subject of religion came up. As the conversation shifted and I expressed my belief in the God of the Bible, he said to me, “That is good that you have the belief you have. It is good for people to have faith. I don't believe the way you do, but it doesn't really matter as long as we believe something.

There is only one problem with that sort of relativistic thinking. The problem becomes evident if God really does exist. A little boy wrote the following letter to God:

Dear Mister God, What do you think about people who don't believe in you? By the way, someone else wants to know. A Friend|

It is a good question. What does God think of people who don't believe in Him? The Bible does not ever attempt to present evidence for the existence of God. It does not begin in Genesis 1:1 with a five point outline on how we can know that there is a God. Instead the Scriptures assume that God does exist in the same way that any modern book naturally assumes the existence of its author. When I began writing this article on the subject of God, I did not first try to prove to you that I exist. I did not start with five points on the existence of John Stevenson. I merely assumed my own existence. After all, only a fool would read my article and conclude that I do not really exist. The same is true of the Bible. It assumes the existence of God. The handful of verses that even mention the concept of atheism deal with it in this manner. The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God...” (Psalms 14:1 a). This is not to say that such evidence for the existence of God (or of myself) is lacking. We shall look at five lines of evidence.