Behind this seemingly humble and reasonable request there is actually a vast amount of pride. The trouble is that the person making this claim assumes they are in the position of being able to judge the evidence. They assume they have the neutrality, intelligence, and ability to assess whether there is a God or not. They have, in effect, positioned themselves as the judge of The Judge. So the first question we should ask anyone who demands evidence, is why they think they have the capacity to judge any such evidence? You cannot see God without humility. It is only when we kneel at the cross, rather than flying over it at drone height, that we are able to see where love and mercy meet.
Very often, the person who demands evidence has already made a pre-judgement that there can be no such evidence. Some have found that if you answer a particular problem, or provide a particular piece of evidence, the person you are answering immediately turns to something else just to avoid the issue. In order to overcome this prejudice and to avoid wasting a vast amount of time arguing about such vital issues as whether Noah walked to Australia to get kangaroos, simply suggest the following: ask anyone who demands evidence, what evidence is it that they would accept for God? Honest atheists like Richard Dawkins admit that there is almost nothing that would convince them of God. If a giant finger was to write in the sky, “I exist”, they would find some alternative way of explaining it. Anything other than believing in an almighty personal Creator.
When the Big Bang was proven and it became clear that the universe did indeed have a beginning, as the Bible stated, some atheists were so desperate to avoid the obvious implications that they refused at first to accept it (and afterwards quickly ran off to place their faith in the unproven multiverse theory). Their philosophy is what I call ABG-ism (Anything But God). It is not so much that they believe there is no evidence for God, but they are emotionally driven by their desire that there should be no evidence for God.
In the end believing in God is a choice. He created a belief system and the right to either abide by it or not abide by it. He calls it “free will”. There IS no solid, tangible evidence that there either IS a God or ISN’T a God. To potentially complicate the issue even more, just because atheists say there IS no God, doesn’t mean they are right.
Until next time, walk with the King & be a blessing.
In His Name & for His Glory,
RL Keller
Bread of Life Ministries
Source: https://www.solas-cpc.org/what-to-say-when-someone-asks-for-proof-of-gods-existence/
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