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At separate times I have offered three proofs that God exists. The have either been ignored or denied as proof. Here are the three proofs:
1. I look around and I see a universe that is highly complex, and in this universe, I see so many things that could not happen by randomness. They had to be designed. If not God, who designed the following:
A. The human body with the unbelievable complexity of muscles, bone, veins, arteries, blood, cornea, iris, hair, reproductive organs, joints, nose, ear, eye, phalanges, finger and toe nails. Nothing truly explains this better than there is a God.
B. Animals that are similar and not similar. Some can swim, some can fly, and some can neither swim or fly. Some are black, brown, gray, blue, green, white, etc. Some walk on 4 legs and some can walk on 2. Some cannot walk at all. Nothing truly explains this better than there is a God.
C. The planets, stars, asteroids, etc. Hubble has not found the end of the universe. Could it be infinite in length. If so and we traveled at 10,000 miles per second, we would be no closer to the beginning or the end as neither exists and man's mind can't really grasp this. Nothing truly explains this better than there is a God.
D. Many things in nature have a mathematical equation to them. Where did math come from and why is it it plays a part in science?
2. On February 29, 2012, my wife and her 40-year long Agnostic husband left on a tour of Israel. I had agreed to go as I thought it was a great place to see history and historic sites. When I returned from the trip, I had yet to be born again. I still had questions. I had friends who helped me obtain the answers. I began attending church regularly. I read Lee Strobel's book, "The Case For Christ." I joined my wife's Life Group and did some Bible studies. Through all of this, God was leading me back to Him. I understand why non-believers cannot accept this as proof, but I can state emphatically, that God brought me back to him. I was never an Atheist. I never knew that God did not exist. God knew that given the chance, I would begin to have a relationship with Him. I guarantee you that I did not just wake up one morning and say I believe.
3a. There have been many events in my life that I used to say were coincidences, but they were not. One is simply meeting my wife. How we met was an unreal event and I knew that I would never date her, but I did. We have now been married for nearly 49 years. My wife's mother was one who tried to control my wife. After 12 years of marriage, I got a transfer to another city and the control cycle was broken. Then, in yet another city, I lost my job. I was out of work for 6 months. I applied for a position at a company that had a location in a different city in the same state. That company called me and told me that they thought I might have better qualifications for a job at their corporate office. That office was in the city where we first moved from. I got the job and lost it the day we closed on a house we had just built. The move was in 1989. My wife was referred to a company where her (the referrer) mother worked. She got the job and had a 25 year career there. My father died in 1992, which left my mother in dire straights as she did not drive. For six years, I ran all the tasks she needed done. If I had not been offered the move back home, I would not have been there to assist her.
3b. On this one, I won't give details. The Holy Spirit has told me what to do on several occasions. These occasions were always to help others that I did not even know. These have been blessings to me from God.
Now, the last two are personal and might be denied by unbelievers, but I guarantee you, they happened and God was the driving force. Maybe, just maybe, non-believers cannot hear from the Holy Spirit or understand how God has had an invisible hand over their lives simply because one has to believe in order to see.
And now, for those who know what I mean, my wife, kids, grandchildren, and great grandson are going out to our Bumpus Christmas dinner.
1. I look around and I see a universe that is highly complex, and in this universe, I see so many things that could not happen by randomness. They had to be designed. If not God, who designed the following:
A. The human body with the unbelievable complexity of muscles, bone, veins, arteries, blood, cornea, iris, hair, reproductive organs, joints, nose, ear, eye, phalanges, finger and toe nails. Nothing truly explains this better than there is a God.
B. Animals that are similar and not similar. Some can swim, some can fly, and some can neither swim or fly. Some are black, brown, gray, blue, green, white, etc. Some walk on 4 legs and some can walk on 2. Some cannot walk at all. Nothing truly explains this better than there is a God.
C. The planets, stars, asteroids, etc. Hubble has not found the end of the universe. Could it be infinite in length. If so and we traveled at 10,000 miles per second, we would be no closer to the beginning or the end as neither exists and man's mind can't really grasp this. Nothing truly explains this better than there is a God.
D. Many things in nature have a mathematical equation to them. Where did math come from and why is it it plays a part in science?
2. On February 29, 2012, my wife and her 40-year long Agnostic husband left on a tour of Israel. I had agreed to go as I thought it was a great place to see history and historic sites. When I returned from the trip, I had yet to be born again. I still had questions. I had friends who helped me obtain the answers. I began attending church regularly. I read Lee Strobel's book, "The Case For Christ." I joined my wife's Life Group and did some Bible studies. Through all of this, God was leading me back to Him. I understand why non-believers cannot accept this as proof, but I can state emphatically, that God brought me back to him. I was never an Atheist. I never knew that God did not exist. God knew that given the chance, I would begin to have a relationship with Him. I guarantee you that I did not just wake up one morning and say I believe.
3a. There have been many events in my life that I used to say were coincidences, but they were not. One is simply meeting my wife. How we met was an unreal event and I knew that I would never date her, but I did. We have now been married for nearly 49 years. My wife's mother was one who tried to control my wife. After 12 years of marriage, I got a transfer to another city and the control cycle was broken. Then, in yet another city, I lost my job. I was out of work for 6 months. I applied for a position at a company that had a location in a different city in the same state. That company called me and told me that they thought I might have better qualifications for a job at their corporate office. That office was in the city where we first moved from. I got the job and lost it the day we closed on a house we had just built. The move was in 1989. My wife was referred to a company where her (the referrer) mother worked. She got the job and had a 25 year career there. My father died in 1992, which left my mother in dire straights as she did not drive. For six years, I ran all the tasks she needed done. If I had not been offered the move back home, I would not have been there to assist her.
3b. On this one, I won't give details. The Holy Spirit has told me what to do on several occasions. These occasions were always to help others that I did not even know. These have been blessings to me from God.
Now, the last two are personal and might be denied by unbelievers, but I guarantee you, they happened and God was the driving force. Maybe, just maybe, non-believers cannot hear from the Holy Spirit or understand how God has had an invisible hand over their lives simply because one has to believe in order to see.
And now, for those who know what I mean, my wife, kids, grandchildren, and great grandson are going out to our Bumpus Christmas dinner.
