This question has haunted the civilized world forever. Ancient philosophers debated it; some said “yes”; some said “No”; some didn’t care one way or the other. Definitions: the “yes” group believed in God, Allah, the Great Spirit or some other name. The “no” crowd (aka “Atheists”) said nature simply developed without Supreme involvement. And the “I don’t care” tribe (aka “Agnostics”) said it really doesn’t matter because they pay no recognition to a higher authority.
So, who’s right? Spoiler alert: your editor does not believe in God.
The older we get the more obvious it becomes that people tend to believe what they want to believe. Example: if you want to buy a new car even though you don’t really need one, you convince yourself (i.e. “rationalize”) that you should buy that shiny new car. If you want to play golf but the yard needs mowing, you look for ways to justify the golf route. We hope you get the idea.
And so, the “God” thing is probably the most discretionary attitude we have. If you want to live your life as you see fit–without any concern about the future (after life ends), then you’ll probably talk yourself into an atheistic or agnostic perspective. If you were raised by parents who believed in God–by any name–you probably think more about things like heaven and hell. It’s an intensely personal decision we all make.
Our position: There is a God, pure and simple… sorry, atheists and agnostics. For us the proof came 800 years ago when St. Thomas wrote his Summa Theologica book. He reasoned that the world had to be caused by some being that was already in existence. He called that being “the uncaused Cause”. Consider the alternative: the big bang theory requires a starting point–who created that starting point? Any other logic will always ask the same basic questions: where did it start and who started it? Thomas kept coming back to God. True, we can’t understand how any being could have existed forever but then neither can we understand how any other explanation could work. Realizing that only an eternal being could have made our world makes more sense than any other alternative.
Final thoughts; We said above “we do not believe in God”. That’s true. Belief is the wrong word. When you rule out all other choices it becomes obvious that God exists. Therefore belief in God’s existence is no more necessary than “believing the sun rises in the east”. You know it rises in the east as the earth revolves. And, likewise, you KNOW there is a God because no other options make sense.
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