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Is There A Higher Power?
If your answer to this question is no, then this article is for you, and there are three questions for you to consider. I do not aim to make you believe in any particular God, so for the purpose of this article, God refers to a higher power that at this point we need not put an identity to.
These are just questions to start you thinking a little more into the topic, and attempt to use rational logic to reason the possibility of God’s existence to the atheist, which you are, by the way, if you answered no to the title question.
1. Do you believe that the blue whale exists?
If your answer to this question is yes, then consider why you believe that. Did you ever come close to a blue whale, and seen it live, touched it and felt it, or sailed by it? For the average person, the likely answer is no. Yet we vaguely know it as some kind of fact. That is probably because we have seen the blue whale on TV, perhaps on National Geographic or some other documentary, read about it in a book or encyclopedia, or found pictures and descriptions of it off the internet, even though the blue whale is an exceedingly rare mammal.
All these are third-party accounts, since you never saw it face to face, yet you believe them. Somehow, you trusted the credibility of those sources or resources. You took by faith that someone has seen it, encountered it, and believed their documentation of it, be it in whatever form. In that case, why not believe the bible, which is a compiled account of many authors who have experienced God? Why not believe your friends, who have encountered God in their own unique and special way? If I challenged you to prove that the blue whale exists, you would take me to personally see one; similarly, your Christian friends would try to invite you to church or other gatherings so that you can see for yourself. Why not give it a try?
If your answer to this question is no, then you at least should admit you do not know all there is to know, and hence, perhaps, consider the possibility of the existence of a higher power. Or read up a little more.
2. Do you believe that dinosaurs exist?
If your answer to this question is yes, then consider why you believe that. Similarly, have you ever seen a living one in existence? Hollywood theme parks do not count, by the way. Yet we also accept it as some kind of fact. It is odd, considering that none of the people living today could have ever seen it live those millions of years ago. In fact, we cannot even be absolutely sure how many years ago they roamed the earth.
This time round, you took by faith that archaeologists and scientists had properly put together the fossil evidence and constructed correct models of what the dinosaurs looked like back then, even though no one could possibly know exactly. It is at best an educated guess, supported by technology. It is all circumstantial evidence that can only be explained by the possibility of dinosaurs. Likewise, looking at the many religions that have been around for centuries or longer, they are all circumstantial evidence that something must have transpired to inspire them. We do have some archaeological evidence anyway, for instance, the discovery of the dead sea scrolls validate some books of the bible. With that many people believing in some higher power, surely the possibility of the existence of a God cannot be that minute?
If your answer to this question is no, then you need to come up with some viable explanation for the extraordinarily large and different fossils that had been discovered all these years that do not match any species of animals in existence today. Good luck.
3. Do you believe that aliens exist?
If your answer to this question is yes, why do you believe something that has no empirical evidence, especially since many of the photographs that were claimed to be of UFOs were proven to be hoaxes? Isn’t it a great leap of faith to believe something like this? If you had based your belief on things such as crop circles, how the Egyptians could have built the pyramids with their primitive technology, and similar ideas, these are merely interpretations of circumstantial evidence. If you can believe that something extraterrestrial exists, why not a higher power? If you can believe that a crop circle must be left behind by something extraterrestrial, why not consider that life itself, being vastly more complicated, similarly must have had intelligent and deliberate design?
If your answer to this question is no, why not?
Although extraterrestrials have yet to be discovered, it is altogether possible that they exist, whether it is probable or not. Humans have such limited knowledge of the universe, as well as technology. Since the universe is technically limitless, or at least, vastly huge, why can’t there be the possible existence of aliens in some remote part of the galaxy? How much of the universe have we humans combed? Similarly, just because we haven’t seen a tangible existence of a higher power here on earth does not exclude the possibility of the higher power being located elsewhere. Even with advanced technology, there are still things that cannot be tracked by what is tangible or visible. All the superstitions about ghosts and spirits must have some cause somewhere, and just because science cannot prove or capture it yet does not imply that the spiritual dimension cannot possibly exist either.
Is it not easier to accept the mere possibility of the existence of a higher power, because someone somewhere claims to have some experience of it, rather than insist on the non-existence of a higher power, which cannot be proven without searching the entire universe, assuming we can cover only the known three dimensions?
If your answer to this question is no, then this article is for you, and there are three questions for you to consider. I do not aim to make you believe in any particular God, so for the purpose of this article, God refers to a higher power that at this point we need not put an identity to.
These are just questions to start you thinking a little more into the topic, and attempt to use rational logic to reason the possibility of God’s existence to the atheist, which you are, by the way, if you answered no to the title question.
1. Do you believe that the blue whale exists?
If your answer to this question is yes, then consider why you believe that. Did you ever come close to a blue whale, and seen it live, touched it and felt it, or sailed by it? For the average person, the likely answer is no. Yet we vaguely know it as some kind of fact. That is probably because we have seen the blue whale on TV, perhaps on National Geographic or some other documentary, read about it in a book or encyclopedia, or found pictures and descriptions of it off the internet, even though the blue whale is an exceedingly rare mammal.
All these are third-party accounts, since you never saw it face to face, yet you believe them. Somehow, you trusted the credibility of those sources or resources. You took by faith that someone has seen it, encountered it, and believed their documentation of it, be it in whatever form. In that case, why not believe the bible, which is a compiled account of many authors who have experienced God? Why not believe your friends, who have encountered God in their own unique and special way? If I challenged you to prove that the blue whale exists, you would take me to personally see one; similarly, your Christian friends would try to invite you to church or other gatherings so that you can see for yourself. Why not give it a try?
If your answer to this question is no, then you at least should admit you do not know all there is to know, and hence, perhaps, consider the possibility of the existence of a higher power. Or read up a little more.
2. Do you believe that dinosaurs exist?
If your answer to this question is yes, then consider why you believe that. Similarly, have you ever seen a living one in existence? Hollywood theme parks do not count, by the way. Yet we also accept it as some kind of fact. It is odd, considering that none of the people living today could have ever seen it live those millions of years ago. In fact, we cannot even be absolutely sure how many years ago they roamed the earth.
This time round, you took by faith that archaeologists and scientists had properly put together the fossil evidence and constructed correct models of what the dinosaurs looked like back then, even though no one could possibly know exactly. It is at best an educated guess, supported by technology. It is all circumstantial evidence that can only be explained by the possibility of dinosaurs. Likewise, looking at the many religions that have been around for centuries or longer, they are all circumstantial evidence that something must have transpired to inspire them. We do have some archaeological evidence anyway, for instance, the discovery of the dead sea scrolls validate some books of the bible. With that many people believing in some higher power, surely the possibility of the existence of a God cannot be that minute?
If your answer to this question is no, then you need to come up with some viable explanation for the extraordinarily large and different fossils that had been discovered all these years that do not match any species of animals in existence today. Good luck.
3. Do you believe that aliens exist?
If your answer to this question is yes, why do you believe something that has no empirical evidence, especially since many of the photographs that were claimed to be of UFOs were proven to be hoaxes? Isn’t it a great leap of faith to believe something like this? If you had based your belief on things such as crop circles, how the Egyptians could have built the pyramids with their primitive technology, and similar ideas, these are merely interpretations of circumstantial evidence. If you can believe that something extraterrestrial exists, why not a higher power? If you can believe that a crop circle must be left behind by something extraterrestrial, why not consider that life itself, being vastly more complicated, similarly must have had intelligent and deliberate design?
If your answer to this question is no, why not?
Although extraterrestrials have yet to be discovered, it is altogether possible that they exist, whether it is probable or not. Humans have such limited knowledge of the universe, as well as technology. Since the universe is technically limitless, or at least, vastly huge, why can’t there be the possible existence of aliens in some remote part of the galaxy? How much of the universe have we humans combed? Similarly, just because we haven’t seen a tangible existence of a higher power here on earth does not exclude the possibility of the higher power being located elsewhere. Even with advanced technology, there are still things that cannot be tracked by what is tangible or visible. All the superstitions about ghosts and spirits must have some cause somewhere, and just because science cannot prove or capture it yet does not imply that the spiritual dimension cannot possibly exist either.
Is it not easier to accept the mere possibility of the existence of a higher power, because someone somewhere claims to have some experience of it, rather than insist on the non-existence of a higher power, which cannot be proven without searching the entire universe, assuming we can cover only the known three dimensions?
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