A list of Evidences for God
Some of these pertain specifically to the God of the Bible; others apply to a general concept of God, but the God of the Bible fits especially well. Other evidences also exist, but these are the ones that I find the strongest.
- Origin of the universe: there was a beginning and it was incredibly precise
- The Anthropic Principle: properties of astronomy, physics constants, and biomolecule properties exist within the narrow limits needed for life on earth
- Evidences for the resurrection of Jesus point to his divinity
- Other miracles of Jesus are evidence of divinity
- The early church spread despite a lack of usual reasons for a movement to spread
- Bible prophecies point to Jesus as a divine redeemer
- The amount of biological information present in a cell indicates a need for a creator
- Many other aspects of the origin of life and of advanced life's traits reflect the input of a creatior
- The phenomenon of consciousness cannot be explained by natural laws alone
- Modern scientific knowledge is reflected by certain comments in the Bible Old Testament (ie. the nature of the earth’s water cycle)
- Nature shows the influence of both design and sin (a Biblical concept)
- Jesus outrageous claims indicate he was divine, or crazy, or a liar, or Gospel accounts are inaccurate. Gospel accounts of Jesus make crazy or a liar unlikely.The Gospels historical accuracy meets the highest standards. That leaves only the divine option.
- Most people have a sense of the reality of objective morals. A moral God provides the basis for that objectivity.
- The existence of beauty and aesthetics points to a creator
- The earth’s ecology is a mystery, but a divine creator provides an explanation
- Certain Bible Old Testament laws and customs are consistent with modern knowledge about health promotion
- “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics" points to a divine giver of order.
- Human recognition of degrees of “good” leading to perfection indicates that there must be a perfect God (not one of my favorite evidences but some people argue this)