I have often read of people saying that God doesn't exist because our five senses (touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight) cannot identify Him. This is not evidence that there is no God. It is actually evidence that God DOES exist. Let me explain through historical fact and other means.
I. VIEWING THE CELL
According to the timeline on http://nobelprize.org/educational/physics/microscopes/timeline/index.html:
"1675 – Anton van Leeuwenhoek uses a simple microscope with only one lens to look at blood, insects and many other objects. He was first to describe cells and bacteria, seen through his very small microscopes with, for his time, extremely good lenses."
Now, is this to say that cells did not exist up to this point in time? No, but rather that man did not comprehend them, or even know of their existence until 1675, because they could not yet be comprehended. This also means that just because something abstract can't be seen and understood until aided by another thing, doesn't mean it doesn't yet or beforehand exist. So it is with God. One man may say, "I have never seen God or experienced Him with my five senses, therefore, he doesn't exist." Or one may say, "I cannot at this point in time see, hear, taste smell, or touch God, therefore, He doesn't exist." God exists, regardless of how many people have not yet experienced Him; they haven't looked hard enough.
II. THE TRAVELERS AND HAMBURGER
A man living in Tonga who has never experienced a hamburger cannot say hamburgers do not exist, for if two travelers come from the United States to Tonga and say they have experienced hamburgers, and thoroughly explains the experience, the Tongan cannot refute it, especially because there are more witnesses than one. Therefore, God exists, just like the hamburger, because there is more than one witness.
III. THE LAW OF WITNESSES
Deuteronomy 17:6 reads, "At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death, but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death." In ancient Israel, it required more than one witness to condemn a man to death, so as to verify to the people the man's evil deeds, and justice served. If the witnesses were false, the man was set free. So it is with God and proof of Him. Alma states,
"ye have the testimony of all these thy brethren, and also all the holy prophets? The scriptures are laid before thee, yea, and all things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator (Alma 30:44)."
Alma lists eight things proving the existence of God. Doctrine and Covenants 88:45-47 states,
"The earth rolls upon her wings, and the sun giveth his light by day, and the moon giveth her light by night, and the stars also give their light, as they roll upon their wings in their glory, in the midst of the power of God. Unto what shall I liken these kingdoms, that ye may understand? Behold, all these are kingdoms, and any man who hath seen any or the least of these hath seen God moving in his majesty and power."
The order of planet Earth, the tides moving with the phases of the moon, the artistic beauty of a sunrise and sunset, and the soothing sound of waves upon the seashore give proof of God, because all things are in order. Chaos cannot create chaos. But God, who is a God of order, can turn chaotic matter into order, as in the creation of the earth. It is explained by the Prophet Joseph Smith in these words:
"The word create . . . does not mean to create out of nothing; it means to organize; the same as a man would organize materials and build a ship. Hence we infer that God had materials to organize the world out of chaos –chaotic matter (HC 6:308-311)."
Only God can turn chaos into order and be as beautiful as this earth.
"ye have the testimony of all these thy brethren, and also all the holy prophets? The scriptures are laid before thee, yea, and all things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator (Alma 30:44)."
Alma lists eight things proving the existence of God. Doctrine and Covenants 88:45-47 states,
"The earth rolls upon her wings, and the sun giveth his light by day, and the moon giveth her light by night, and the stars also give their light, as they roll upon their wings in their glory, in the midst of the power of God. Unto what shall I liken these kingdoms, that ye may understand? Behold, all these are kingdoms, and any man who hath seen any or the least of these hath seen God moving in his majesty and power."
The order of planet Earth, the tides moving with the phases of the moon, the artistic beauty of a sunrise and sunset, and the soothing sound of waves upon the seashore give proof of God, because all things are in order. Chaos cannot create chaos. But God, who is a God of order, can turn chaotic matter into order, as in the creation of the earth. It is explained by the Prophet Joseph Smith in these words:
"The word create . . . does not mean to create out of nothing; it means to organize; the same as a man would organize materials and build a ship. Hence we infer that God had materials to organize the world out of chaos –chaotic matter (HC 6:308-311)."
Only God can turn chaos into order and be as beautiful as this earth.
In conclusion, Elder Joseph F. Merrill of the Council of the Twelve Apostles said, "He who makes no effort to learn of the existence of Deity will, in this life, likely not learn there is a Deity. But his ignorance does not warrant him in declaring there is no God (The Truth-Seeker and Mormonism, Deseret Book Co., pp. 76–77)." If I have not sufficiently proven, through many instances, the existence of God, the reader must search for God, as Elder Merrill said, or they will never find Him. One cannot say something does not exist until there is substantial proof that it does not exist, and this from witnesses.
I myself know God exists. I use the term "know" the same way one "knows" the Sun shines because I have experienced God. The Sun still shines regardless if people say it does not; that fact is a reality. God still exists regardless if people say He does not; that fact is a reality. In the Name of Jesus Christ His Son, Amen!
I myself know God exists. I use the term "know" the same way one "knows" the Sun shines because I have experienced God. The Sun still shines regardless if people say it does not; that fact is a reality. God still exists regardless if people say He does not; that fact is a reality. In the Name of Jesus Christ His Son, Amen!
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