My intellect tells me that God exists even though my heart tells me otherwise on April 9, 1997. If you are not familiar with the Cosmological Argument, it states that event A causes event B. It claims that there are two possible explanations for our existence. They are: 1) irrationality create the universe by an accident or 2) there must be a rational creator who created the universe.
Charles Kittel, a Physics Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, writes in his Thermal Physics textbook, "Suppose 1010 monkeys have been seated at typewriters throughout the age of the universe, 1018 seconds...We suppose that a monkey can hit 10 typewriter keys per second. A typewriter may have 44 keys; we accept lowercase letters in place of capital letters. Assuming that Shakespeares Hamlet has 105 characters, (the probability for those monkeys to type up Hamlet is 10-164,345, which is 0%)." Just imagine the probability of a monkey typing up the DNA sequence in Shakespeares body and mind so that he could write Hamlet! Thus, the natural laws of irrationality or chaos does not determine the existence of the human race since mathematics clearly shows that the human accomplishments could not have occurred by accident and must have a rational cause. Thus, to deny the existence of God is equivalent to the denial of the existence of the human race. In other words, our existence implies the existence of rational God.
So, why did the creator create us? Simply, He wanted to have a relationship with us. Where is the evidence? The answer is the Bible through Jesus Christ. Since Islam and Judaism do not indicate that God wants a relationship with us, it is logical to assume that Islam and Judaism do not have the correct portrayal of the existence of God. So, do Christians worship more than one God? I am convinced that Christians worship one God in three persons. I can show you my arguments and interpretations from the Bible if you like to see them.
You may ask, "Why did you doubt the existence of God, Joseph?" My answer is, "I doubted that God exists because I failed to sense His presence in my life. I felt abandoned by God." My intellect tells me that I was not logical in my thinking. If I say that I never saw my Dad or Mom since birth, then is it not logical for me to assume that my parents do not exist? The answer is "no." Same argument can be used for the existence of God. You may say, "Joseph, you cant say that. We can see other people's parents. Seeing other people's parents is an indication that every child has parents. However, I can not see God present in other peoples lives." There are evidence that God does exist although we have not seen Him. Physicists never saw the electron and the black hole, and yet they claim that the electron and the black hole exists. Historians claim that George Washington existed even though they have never met him. People say that President Clinton is in charge of the White House even though the Republicans are controlling the House and Senate. It requires faith to believe that President Clinton is in charge of the country. It requires faith that the electron and the black hole do exist. It requires faith that George Washington was President of the United States. Faith is the answer, but logic does help sometimes.
References:
Apologetics to the Glory of God by John M. Frame
When Sceptics Ask by Norman Geisler and Ron Brooks.
