A Proof of God from Reason

I enjoy taking snapshots of the glorious work of God. The one below is a snapshot of reason/logic. (All of these snapshots point back to the existence of their Creator.) Here’s how:

1.    REASON EXISTS.

2.    REASON REQUIRES A TRANSCENDENT INTELLIGENCE.

  CONCLUSION: A TRANSCENDENT INTELLIGENCE MUST EXIST.

1.    REASON EXISTS.

This hardly requires any support. In fact, any argument against the existence of reason requires the use of reason.

2.    REASON REQUIRES A TRANSCENDENT INTELLIGENCE.

There are several reasons for this. Reason is absolute, universal, and immutable. It must be immutable. If it isn’t, it would be like measuring with maple syrup, a moving measure. Consequently, there could be no truth, learning, or science.

It must also be universal or it would change from region to region. Consequently, reason would work differently in Alaska from the way in works in South Africa or even from one household to the next. Again, this would make learning or even meaningful

communication impossible.

Also, there seems to be fortuitous fit between our reason and our world. Our world is amenable to reason. What if reason worked according to different principles? Could we then be able to wrap our minds around it in order to navigate it?

These qualities cannot be accounted for by a universe of molecules-in-motion. They can only be accounted for by an immutable and universal Cause – something that transcends this universe and makes it amenable to an immutable and universal set of logical laws.

Reason is like the operating systems (software) of a computer (hardware), all of which had to be intelligently created. If there is just one mistake in the software program, the facts/data, which have been entered, cannot be properly tabulated and compared.

The software is comparable to logic/reason. If they are not properly calibrated to the world of facts, we will not be able to comprehend them. Can logic/reason be learned as we interact with the external world? This is unlikely because we need logic/reason to already be in place in order to learn.

While humans created operating systems, humans could not have created reason, since reason predates humanity like gravity predates humanitiy. Also, the operating system must be intelligently fine-tuned to the computer if it is to be functional. Amazingly, reason seems to have also been intelligently fine-tuned to both our brains and this world.

Besides, the humanly created systems are always being improved, while reason remains as is and yet is adequate for all of our enterprises, whether in China or Alaska.

CONCLUSION: A TRANSCENDENT INTELLIGENCE MUST EXIST.

This Intelligence seems to have mentally created us in His moral and mental likewise so that we can know and love Him for who He is (John 4:23-24).

This same proof can be constructed for every law of science. All are elegant, immutable, and universal. All reflect a Supreme Intelligence! All defy any natural explanation for their origin and operation.