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does God exist

DOES GOD EXIST

Were you to visit any country in the world, you would find that the majority of people believe that a supernatural Being (we’ll call Him God) does exist. In other words, believers in a God of some sort outnumber unbelievers. Many people believe that there are thousands of gods, not just one: though they will readily agree that over and above the lesser gods is One Almighty God. In this small booklet, we will try to prove the existence of God with simple logic and small stories.

One important point we need to understand in the first place is that the existence of God cannot be proved in the same way, as you prove the existence of a physical object. This is simply because God is not a physical object. Any physical object is subject to your five senses.

 In simple terms, you can see, hear, smell, touch or taste a physical object. This is not possible in the case of God, as He (Subhanahu wa Ta’ala / swt) is a Transcendental Being [existing on a level beyond our sensual perception].

There are people who argue that the only form of knowledge available to humans is experiential knowledge or experimental knowledge, gained primarily by the use of outer senses.

This led to the belief that human beings are constituted in such a way that the knowledge of reality is always unavailable to them, and so it resulted in a renewal of attention to the everyday world of appearances.

The knowledge of here and now became the only object of human knowledge and concern. Thus from this point of view, the project of seeking knowledge of reality behind appearances must be abandoned, because it is beyond the scope of human understanding.

Now think: Can’t there be a way of “being” [existing] that is not susceptible of being perceived by the limited capabilities of humans through their defective senses?

I hope that the implications of the two expressions I used above [‘limited capabilities’ and ‘defec- tive senses’] are evident to any thinking person. The claim that something does not exist, because you haven’t seen or heard it is untenable.

When we consider the limitations of our sensual perception and of our reasoning powers, it is not necessary that we understand everything.

We can speak meaningfully about everything simply on the basis of our perception. So to speak of “proof” with regard to a Transcendental Being becomes irrelevant.

What we can do is to point out facts that lead to a constant and inescapable awareness of the presence of God. It is clear that logically we cannot rule out the possibility of more things exist- ing than can be perceived by our senses or can be arrived at by our reasoning. As for Man, there are two dimensions to his existence: One of matter and the other of spirit.