| Technically speaking, nothing can be 100% proven. We consider something
'proven' when the evidence favors it more than it opposes it. So the question
is not 'can God be proven to exist?', but 'does the evidence favor the existence
of God more than it favors the idea that there is no God?'. When dealing
with the question of God's existence, we would not only look at the scientific
evidence (which alone, I believe, strongly favors God's existence), but also
the philosophical and spiritual evidence as well. For example, if someone
were to ask you whether or not love existed, I doubt you would deal only
with the scientific evidence, but would deal with the questions of why people
risk their lives to save others, or why a couple will stay together for many
years, forsaking all others. The only way that we can absolutely know something
to be true is to experience it ourselves. For example, if you've never been
to Singapore, believing in the existence of Singapore can only be done on
faith. You can see it on maps, read about Singapore in books, or talk to
people who claim to have been there, but you would have to have faith that
these maps, books, and people are truthful. Only once you've gone to Singapore
can you know, without relying on faith, that Singapore exists. Yet most of
us believe, by faith, that Singapore exists. The only way to know, for sure,
that God exists is to make the attempt to experience God in your life. This
can be done through prayer, through reading the Bible and applying it to
your life, and through going to church. |