It takes faith to believe in an invisible God. It also takes faith to believe that the physical universe and all that exists came out of nothing without intelligent design—without God. More faith is needed to believe something came out of nothing than it does to believe some intelligence influenced our creation.
Nobody has witnessed our origins throughout human history, and we all believe what we believe in faith. Just because we believe an “origin story” doesn’t make it fact.
A scientist named Stephen Hawkings, shortly before he died from Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS), told the world that he could prove the existence of the physical universe without including God.
There might be a mechanism that created the physical universe without intelligent design, but Hawking’s ideas are just an unprovable theory.
It is possible that Stephen Hawking was bitter at having this disease and blocked out the idea that a God who is supposed to be all-loving and kind would inflict Him this way—he couldn’t accept that a God that cruel could exist and be described as “all loving”. He threw out the idea of a loving God because he started with a false premise—that God inflicted him.
It probably wasn’t God who afflicted him. After all, things also happen because of sin, evil, and human will—not because God inflicts us. Did you know that, according to Judeo-Christian doctrine, sin can actually mutate genes?
The point is that we must be on guard that we don’t miss the truth because of bitterness and misplaced resentment.
Questions About Hawking’s Assertions Remain
Hawking asserted that gravity existed in the beginning and pulled together “matter clouds” to create the Big Bang. However, he could never explain where the “matter clouds” or gravity came from. Without the use of a creator, how do you explain the existence of these things? After all, the matter clouds contained the code for everything in the physical universe, and gravity somehow instigated the release of that power. It’s unfathomable to imagine those things were just there without help of some kind.
When asked, “What happened to put these things in space?” He said they were at the beginning of time, and there was no “before that”.
Where did the “matter clouds” and gravity come from? Why did they “just exist”? Why not more than that? Did no one put them there? Suppose someone from a higher dimension outside the physical universe’s timeline put them there. Why does the physical universe seem to have intelligent design?
He never attempted to explain how the physical universe could interface with higher dimensions, which is also a science.
The God Who Exists Outside of Time
One of God’s Hebrew names is El Olam, which means “The everlasting God without beginning or end“. That means He existed outside of physical time. Science only examines what has happened inside of the physical timeline. What about things outside of the physical universe?
Can you see how Stephen Hawking heavily relied on faith? There’s nothing wrong with believing things on faith. We all rely on faith. But some things can distract us to the point of missing the important things.
Another atheist named Richard Dawkins once said, “Prove the existence of God“. And, of course, the reply was, “Prove God doesn’t exist”.
The point is that nobody can prove beyond a doubt their ideas about what did and didn’t happen at the beginning of our origins.
Many scholarly people have found God by attempting to disprove God’s existence. (Explore Josh McDowell, Nicky Gumble, Jim Wallace, and Lee Strobble.)
Christopher Hitchens, well known atheist who wrote a book called, “God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything“, is said to have had a deathbed conversion to Christianity. Some leftwing media outlets dispute this claim, but first-hand, eye-witness accounts suggest that he did convert in the end.
It takes faith to believe something one has not witnessed firsthand. Nobody witnessed the beginnings of the universe.
So, what is faith?
Faith Defined From the Christian Bible
According to the Christian Bible, “…Faith is the substance of things hoped for, [and] the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1). Substance is “practical importance”, and evidence is “something that furnishes proof—testimony“.
So, “Faith is the practical importance of things hoped for, and the testimony of things not seen“.
The Christian Bible tells us, “…Without faith it is impossible to please [God], for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.” (Hebrews 11:6)
So God can be sought! This sounds like God invites us to seek Him! He chooses to remain invisible to people in general, but He wants us to seek Him—and find Him! What better way to demonstrate devotion to God?
In a previous blog post below, we showed how an invisible God can exist. Since He is invisible, it makes sense that He is ordinarily not seen—unless we look for Him.
We find a promise in the Judeo-Christian Scriptures that “You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13). If we search for God in faith and belief, He will let Himself be found!
Science Versus Religion
We would postulate that Richard Dawkins doesn’t find God because he doesn’t seek God in faith. Rather he rejects the idea of God out-of-hand. It’s sad. But you can seek God!
If this is all new to you, then you have something new to consider! Science offers some comprehensive ideas that seem to make sense, though they don’t consider all aspects of science. Those aspects explain an invisible God. Science doesn’t cover why the physical universe has so much intelligence built into it. A creator does.
Science cannot even study higher universes so how can science that incomplete be enough to omit possible eternal life?
Consider what Christian Scripture says about God: “He who believes in [God] is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [Jesus]“
Judgment refers to what happens at the end of physical life when our spirits are resurrected and stand before God to account for our lives. If we believe in God, we will dwell with God; if we don’t, we will dwell for all of eternity in a dark place where there is wailing and gnashing of teeth—not because God punishes us for not believing in Him, but because in eternity, God is the source of light, and God is Love, which translates into all kinds of benefits like peace, joy, contentment, etc.
Knowing that those condemned are locked out of an eternity like that is what causes some to mournfully cry, and others to get so angry they shake their fist at God and gnash their teeth.
What’s That Inner Urging?
Have you ever felt an inner compulsion to investigate something? We’re betting you did, and that’s how you found this website. We believe God is speaking to you through your inner compulsion—not that you found this website, but that you felt an inner urge to seek information about life’s questions. Keep listening to those inner compulsions and develop sensitivity to them. If they lead to God, you are listening to God.
If they lead you to something evil, it isn’t God because God is good in nature.
We believe we have sought God enough to find Him, so we put together this website. You have to discern whether this is truth for yourself. We only ask that you consider our information and see if it is true.
I appreciate the balance and fairness in your writing. Great job!