THE EXISTENCE OF GOD

             During this class we have looked at a wide range of theories about God from the creation of the universe to the theory of being reborn and life after death. What this all comes down to is whether God exists or He doesn't. There is no middle ground. Any attempt to remain neutral in relation to God's existence is automatically synonymous with unbelief. It is far from a "moot" question, for if God does exist, then nothing else really matters; if He does not exist, then nothing really matters at all. What follows are some of my views on the existence of God. Also thrown in are some amazing facts I found during research I did during this class.
             One might wonder why it is necessary to present evidence for the existence of God. How can we sit here and pretend that logic in any way applies to religion? Everyone's talking about faith vs. intellect and one can't really expect them to cross much more than your own introspection. Christianity never claimed to have all the answers. Christians profess a God infinitely beyond our comprehension, since having neither parts nor limits he bears no relation to us. If Christians were to attempt to answer everything, they would not be keeping their word. The very lack of answers shows they do not lack sense. What they can do, however, is try to clarify issues.
             If you take a look at the Bible this is a resounding YES for the existence of God. The Bible contains 66 books, written by an enormous variety of authors over a period of 2000 years in 3 languages. All the writers tell the same story. They all had the same view of God, the same understanding of human nature, the same view of Jesus Christ, and the same hope.
             The Old Testament: The transmission of its text is extraordinarily reliable. The Dead Sea Scrolls, found in 1947, give the Hebrew text of a number of Old Testament books. Written between 150 BC and AD 70 they are 1000 years older than any other Hebrew manuscript of the Bible previously know...

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