I don't believe in God.

[Jesus.Freak]

I don't believe in God.
There is an over-confidence that says, "because I cannot see or feel
God, I do not believe in Him. Things are true and real only if I can
prove them scientifically."
INITIAL CHALLENGE
"I am interested you should say that because it shows you have been
thinking about these things. How can you be sure that God does not
exist? Do you have total information? How much of the world's knowledge
do you possess? Couldn't it be possible that God exists outside of your
realm of knowledge?"
THE BIBLICAL APPROACH
The Bible nowhere sets out proofs of God's existence on the lines of
2+2=4. But it provides a number of "signposts to God", aspects of the
world which point irresistibly to Him. Taken one by one they are not
conclusive, but put together they are compelling. Some of these are:
Nature. Romans 1 : 19-20. The world around us presents us with order
and law in minuteness of the atom and the vastness of the universe.
Whenever in human experience we see order, for instance trees in a
straight line, we say "Someone put them that way." Design demands a
designer. The world does not explain itself.
Conscience. Man, unlike any other creature, has a sense of "ought to"
which often conflicts with his "want to." Romans 2: 14-15. Why? Why
does he long for meaning and purpose? If he is only the product of a
meaningless world, why is he not content to live a meaningless life?
Something else has made him like this; this world does not explain it.
Jesus Christ. His unique character, death and resurrection can only be
explained by His being more than a man. He is the supreme signpost to
the supernatural. See section 8 for the expansion of this idea.
Prophecy. Within the Bible is a unique pattern of prophecy and
fulfillment in detail that only a supernatural Mind could have worked
out. Jesus Christ himself fulfilled over 300 of these prophecies,
including where He would be born, who his parents would be, how He
would die and where He would be buried. These were not fulfilled by
conscious planning.
Invisibility. 2 Cor. 4: 18. The essence of everything is invisible; the
visible is only the surface. The heart of human personality, the real
"you", cannot be seen but is the most vital part. The atom, the
essential building-blocks of the universe cannot be seen. The most
important things in life, e.g. love: truth, faith, cannot be seen. Yet
we believe in all these things because we can see their effects, The
ultimate heart of all things is the invisible God; we know He is there
by the effects that He has.
No God, No Hope. If you leave God out and think logically, this world
is pointless-just a product of chance and evolution. We men are no more
than the highest animals, Ephesians 2: 1 2: "having no hope and without
God in the world." As Bertrand Russell put it: "We must build our lives
on the foundation of unyielding despair." The existence of God is
essential if the world is to make sense.

God does not become a living reality to us until we make a step of
personal commitment, Turn to Law Four to make this point clear. You
could add your own testimony by saying "Let me tell you how God became
real in my life."