How could we ever know if God exists? We cannot see, hear, touch, smell, or taste Him. We cannot weigh Him like we can a five-pound bag of potatoes. We cannot put God under an electron microscope to study Him on an atomic level. So, how can we know that God exists?
Belief in God is not the result of literally seeing His Spirit or touching His essence. What we have at our fingertips, however, is a mountain of irrefutable, indirect, credible evidence that testifies on God’s behalf, including the fundamental fact that matter logically demands a Maker.
A study of the material universe reveals that every physical effect must have an adequate cause that came before it (or was simultaneous to it) and is greater than it—a truth known as the Law of Cause and Effect. The U.S. flag that stood tall on the surface of the moon in 1969 was neither eternal nor without a cause. Its existence on the moon demands a sufficient cause.
Some leading atheists contend that “nothing” gave rise to the universe. But the fact is, as renowned atheist Richard Dawkins once admitted, “Common sense doesn’t allow you to get something from nothing.”
At one time in the past, the material universe did not exist. Then, at some point, it came into existence. But since matter is not eternal and cannot create itself from nothing, then something outside of the material realm must have brought it into existence. Indeed, the very existence of matter demands a Maker.
Atheism irrationally contends that an accidental explosion (from nothing) caused exquisite order—that a well designed universe came about without a Designer. In truth, atheism is unreasonable, while belief in God is entirely rational.
—Eric Lyons
