CAN WE PROVE GOD? WELL, SORT OF.
There is no 'proof' of God that does not depend in some way upon belief. But there are arguments, and there is evidence. The meaning of this evidence is something for each person to decide. There is a 'scientific' way to handle this evidence - and that is by experiment.
In this area, it doesn't quite work like the science we are used to. Using the conventional scientific method, we begin with some evidence, or data, we form an hypothesis - an explanation - and then we experiment to verify the hypothesis. Once verified, we rely upon a second or third independent experimenter to duplicate our results.
This almost works with metaphysics, but not really - because the hypothesis is that there is SOMETHING which responds to our dominant thoughts and beliefs to create the experience of life that we want. Since the overall contents of our mind includes the unconscious, it is not really possible to firmly verify that it has worked - except to ourselves! We cannot prove it to anyone else. Others can, however, prove it for themselves. Because this law works within the individual, we must encourage others to do their own experiment - they cannot duplicate ours.
The way that we prove our concept and our experience of God is to act out of faith - and then watch what happens. If things start to happen, and we begin to understand the rules of why things are happening - then we have tested our ideas with success. If we can get fairly consistent results, then we have a model or concept that works!
But there's a catch. If it is done unto you as you believe, then ANY concept you have of God, if you truly believe it, will be proven for you. This will be just as true of a God a vengeance as for a God of Love, because the Law of God is to always deliver on your true beliefs. So all concepts of the Creator become self-consistent. Ouch!
ONE CREATOR FOR EVERYTHING
If we choose to believe there is a creator, a creative energy or force, behind our experience, then what exactly did she create? The answer has to be EVERYTHING, because if you have something besides the creator, and she didn't create that, then what did? Another creator? And if there's two, what created them? It opens a real can of worms, doesn't it? If we start with effects and their causes, and trace the causes backward, it is logical that we will arrive at one, single, all inclusive cause.
So in back of everything, there's ONE creator. And if he created everything, what's it made of? There wasn't any material, or if there was, who created it? Why, it was that other creator again! It got here first!
The Bible begins with "In the beginning, God" - whatever we believe God to be.
If there was nothing originally but God, the Creator, then all things are made out of the substance of God. To put it another way, if only God existed, before anything was created, then any change in the form of God would result in something being created. Starting with nothing, any change produces something, or else there wouldn't have been a change.
Confused? Many are. Just let it be for now.
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