I am a skeptic by nature. I was a skeptic as an atheist and I am skeptic as a Christian. So why do I believe in God? Obviously since I left atheism, I have thought this over and my belief in God is not based on tradition.
I would like to share three reasons why I am convinced that there is a God. I need to make it clear that I am not offering three reasons why YOU need to believe in God. Nor am I formulating these as philosophical arguments. These are the three reasons that when in the middle of the night I wake up with a question about God that I can go back to sleep in confidence.
- I exist. This reason includes a number of philosophical arguments but I’m going to present it as they appear in my mind. I live in a universe that exists, on a world that has life and I’m a complex life form living among a wide variety of other complex life forms. I’m too skeptical to believe this was an accident.
- I believe that Jesus rose from the dead. The evidence for Jesus being dead one day and being seen alive a couple of days later by a number of people from different backgrounds is very good. Explaining the resurrection of Jesus from a naturalistic perspective is more difficult than explaining it from a theistic perspective.
- I believe that God has answered many of my prayers. I do not mean vague prayers like hoping that I would find a parking spot. I mean very specific and dramatic answers to prayer. It has happened too often for me to dismiss them as coincidences.
You might be interested in this video where I explain my journey from atheism.
1: Argument from ignorance / incredulity logical fallacy.
2: Cherrypicking logical fallacy.
3: Confirmation bias.
How skeptical can one be when this is what one is bringing to the table?