Proof That God Exists

Astronomers and Cosmologists insist that there definitely must be life, even intelligent life, elsewhere in the universe.  They claim that it is simply mathematically impossible that there isn't.  The logic goes like this: 1) There are billions of stars in our galaxy; 2) There are billions of galaxies in the viewable universe; 3) There are, therefore, multi-trillions of stars in the universe; 4) Of the star systems that we can observe in our own galaxy, we have found a certain percentage to have planets, and a certain percentage of those are believed to be "Goldilocks" planets, perfect for generating and nurturing life. 5) Applying that percentage of a percentage to the trillions of stars, there are many billions of planets out there that are capable of sustaining life; 6) Finally, it is mathematically (near) impossible that there aren't a great many of those planets that have life, and sufficiently many that it would be ridiculous to say that not a few of them have intelligent life.  Therefore, life exists because we can't prove it doesn't and there are enough iterations out there that the improbable becomes likely.

 

Using nearly the same logic, it is easily proven that there must be a God.  The scale and scope of the universe alone dictates that nobody on earth can logically claim that there is not God.  In order to definitively say that there is no God, one must be able to take into account all things in the universe.  You must have explored all corners of the universe, have known all creatures, know their minds and abilities, and know their ultimate potential.  In short, in order to know that there is no God, one must first be a God.

 

Therefore, God exists because you can't prove he doesn't, and the universe is big enough to make His improbability a likelihood.

 

All that logic nonsense aside (you can't actually prove a positive through a series of negatives, you can only prove that the positive is still possible).  As a believer, I have felt the presence of God in my life.  I have seen His workings in the lives of those who are close to me.  I have felt the witness of the Holy Ghost teaching me truth about many things.  These are positive proofs to me that God exists.  And because God desires a personal relationship with each of us, He has deliberately made the proofs of His existence intensely personal in nature.  My proofs cannot serve as your proofs, because you cannot experience my personal proofs the way I did.  And because God has shown us that he respects each of us as an individual by giving us agency, each person must invite those personal proofs into his own life, God will not force them upon you.