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Surfing the internet, I've seen many people claim belief in God is irrational. Seeing as how I believe in God (the Christian one if you were curious, but not all of these posts are Christian specific) and tend to think of myself as pretty rational, I thought I would try and show that there is, in fact, good reason to believe in God. Here you will find logical, historical, scientific, and experiential evidence for God. At a minimum, I hope people who view the blog will not think us theists are crazy and illogical and be a little more open to what may be out there.  I will say that these little "proofs" are best taken as a whole. While you may think one of them is weak or has flaws by itself, I believe the evidence is more compelling when you combine it with all the other ideas here. So whatever you think, please comment! Criticism, encouragement, improvements, and personal stories are all awesome. I am trying to post here regularly, so if you think this stuff is cool or you want to comment about how stupid I am every time, please follow or subscribe!

Thursday, April 30, 2009

The Grandeur of the Universe

I have always loved visiting the mountains. They just blow me away. There is nothing better than hiking on a trail, coming around a turn, and being surprised by an amazing scenic outlook. There is something else that happens when I see beautiful mountains: there is a leap in my heart, a sense about the world that there are things far bigger and far greater than me and my small life. I can't help but think that feeling comes from God, and that the grandeur of his Creation is but a small example of his power.


Milford Sound, New Zealand

But the mountains, despite their size and beauty, are but a small taste of the entire universe's grandeur. It is bigger than I can even comprehend and just thinking about the stars and the lengths of the universe blows my mind. I found this video on youtube, and it gives an incredible picture about how large the universe is:



The world is full of incredible things. Some are bigger and more beautiful than any human could have imagined. And it is not just the big things, the tiny and intricate details of cell life and DNA are enough to send my mind spinning. Maybe I am just limited in my understanding, but it would seem unlikely that so many great and beautiful things would just randomly appear. When I look out at the mountains or up at the stars, I cannot get around the belief that God is there and He created it all.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 18, 2009 at 2:34 AM

    That is a great example of an argument from ignorance. Not very persuasive.

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  2. Not Yet BrokenMay 19, 2009 at 6:23 PM

    Your response has no substance. Also, this is not an argument from ignorance, it is an argument from experience. As important as logic and science are, we can never ignore the importance of experience and feeling. Both types of thought are important, and neither should be ignored in any decision.
    -TRG

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  3. AnonymousMay 21, 2009 at 3:04 AM

    The response above claims that your argument is an argument from ignorance. Wikipedia has clumped it with the argument from personal incredulity.
    When you claim that the only thing that makes sense of a certain set of facts is a God, thats an argument from ignorance. When you say that the only thing YOU can posit to make sense of some state of affairs is a God, that is an argument from personal incredulity.
    That is the substance of the above criticism.

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  4. Not Yet BrokenAugust 21, 2009 at 12:12 PM

    OK, now I understand. I do not think this is exactly an argument from ignorance. In a way it is, but remember, the point of these posts is to show that it is rational to believe in God. The grandeur of the universe may not prove that God does exist, but it certainly makes it seem likely. The reason it displays God's presence for me is harder to describe. The reason I believe in God when I see incredible pieces of the world is not because I cannot think of any other explanations, it is more because of what happens inside me. There is a tremendous hope, a leap in the heart, a sensation that cannot be ignored. You may say that sounds like a cheesy Disney line, and normally I would too, but the experience is so real. Perhaps this argument should not say the grandeur of the universe proves that God exists. Rather I should say, the grandeur of the universe gives me tremendous hope that God exists.

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