Written by husaynTuesday, 07 November 2006How can you prove God exists?Many have uttered the words "how can you prove that God exists?" and many will inthe days that follow. Yet very few of these have the intention or even the mildestinclination to take time to prove it for themselves. For those that care to followthis through to the conclusion, I would say to them that it is provable, beyondreasonable doubt, that God exists.However, if they need to literally see God in order to believe in Him, then theyare going to have a problem, as God is not a physical being like us. The Creatoris not like His creation. A programmer is not like his program. God is omnipresenti.e. present everywhere...For analogies sake, if a man sees footprints in the snow, he could conclude thatsomeone had passed through before him even though he hasn't seen that person withhis own eyes.Using the same reasoning, one does not have to see God in order toconclude that He indeed exists.The key to proving the Existence of God lies in using logic to examine theevidence placed before us.There is no magic to this process and there is no shortcut either. Even a scientist must examine evidence and test theories before he canreach a conclusion.If he were to draw up a conclusion before examining andtesting, his conclusion would be out-rightly rejected by even the most uneducatedof people.So, before we can so easily dismiss the existence of God (which would indeed be anunfounded conclusion), we should examine all the evidence first. So let us examinethis evidence over the next few chapters.- One Religion, the Same Religion -Now, lets just say there was a God, an Almighty and we were all His "children".Then would we not expect Him to teach us all the same thing? i.e. all of mankind,irrespective of geographical location and irrespective of what era they were/areliving in?Would we expect a mother to teach her first born that smoking was bad for theirhealth, yet the 2nd child that smoking was good for their health? Of coursenot.What is good for one child remains good for the next.No matter which bedroomthey sleep in or how many years lie between them. So, we should expect no lessfrom God. Although every man is unique in terms of personality, traits andcharacteristics we still have the same physical and spiritual requirements such asfood and water, self-purification and prayers.Mankind indeed needs the sameteachings, the same guidance.Now, lets assume that God created all of mankind as well as the earth and theheavens and all that lies between them. Seeing as God has created ALL things thensurely God knows ALL the pitfalls that there possibly are. So, much like a parentwould teach their children right from wrong based upon what they knew.God wouldsurely do the same thing to guide his children through the "big wide world". But,God would be in the advantageous position of being ALL-knowing.Through his Messengers and Prophets, God teaches mankind right from wrong, goodfrom bad, justice from injustice, pride from humility.So that, in learning what iswrong, man can avoid making bad decisions in this worldly life that will cause him
distress later. But mankind is stubborn and arrogant and believes that he himselfknows what is best for him. These days man no longer values the guidance given byGod...But this is the free will that mankind has been granted i.e. to accept God'sguidance or to reject it. Much like teaching your children the difference betweendoing right from wrong.At the end of the day, they get to choose whether to listento you or not. And their actions may be good and approved by you OR bad andunapproved by you.{Unfortunately, more often than not, many children ignore advice and this onlyleads to their own suffering, as the advice is generally for their own benefit.}Now, if the above is true and God gives (and has given) mankind continualguidance, then where, you may ask, is this guidance? And why is it that thesedays separate religions are being followed even though God should be teaching usone teaching?If we can prove to ourselves that indeed one teaching has been givento mankind throughout time (by God through his Prophets and Messengers) then weshould be open to believing that indeed there is a "Father", an All-Knowing Beingthat guides All His children.This, of course, would also necessitate anexplanation into why there are separate religions/teachings today.Obviously,bringing in every religion by name into these chapters would be ludicrous, but GodWilling, by the end of this, the bigger picture should be clearer. And thenfurther readings should fill in the rest.So, let us investigate this further.An Initial InvestigationOf the main monotheistic religions known today we have:- Judaism: Jews who claim to follow the teachings of Moses (around 1500BCE -Before Common Era, equiv. to BC)- Christianity: Christians who claim to follow the teachings of Jesus (around 1CEequiv. to AD)- Islam: Muslims who claim to follow the teachings of the final Messenger of God,Muhammad (around 580CE)These 3 religions span over a good 2000 years.This is a sufficiently large timespan to investigate to see if we are being taught one thing from God.An initial look into the religious texts of Islam, the Qur'an, seems to provide uswith evidence that God has been teaching mankind the same religion throughouttime, via all the Prophets/Messengers mentioned below:"The same Religion He has established for you as that which He enjoined on Noahthat which We have sent by inspiration to you and that which We enjoined onAbraham, Moses, and Jesus: namely, that you should remain steadfast in Religion,and make no divisions therein." Qur'an 42:13So, at face value at least, it would appear that this religion agrees with theabove hypothesis; that regardless of the passage of time, God has been teachingmankind the same teachings via all these Prophets and Messengers.However, to prove this though, we should investigate further.We should see if infact the Qur'an is right and that the teachings of Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesusand Mohammad are the same. However, seeing as we only really have certain booksavailable i.e. the teachings of God (through Moses) within the Old Testament, theteachings of God (through Jesus) within the New Testament and the teachings of God
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One God, One Religion, One Truth - Part I
Part One in the series by Husayn on finding your path towards "Hashlamah Consciousness"
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