The Possibility For A Belief In A God

For who makes you

differ from another?

And what do you have 

that you did not receive? 

Now if you indeed receive it,

why do you boast

as if you had not 

received it?

1 Corinthians 4:7

     Many people will not, if never, agree that there is a God and that they have been so constituted that they are without excuse if they do not admit in a God. They boast of their belief, such as Atheistic people often do, that it is impossible for a God to exist. They ignore what is true of themselves, that God so constituted man so that they do know of Him and have no excuse no matter if they avoid to admit that it is possible for Him to exist and be in their lives. This begs a question: If we say that the belief in God is universal among men, is it also a necessary belief? Furthermore, is it impossible for the mind to dispossess itself of the conviction that there is a God?  If it is possible to dispose what the mind may consider to be true, then there is no necessity for anyone to believe or be held responsible for their unbelief in a God. Yet for a truth to be universal it then holds true that there is a necessity involved in knowing that truth., inasmuch as it is part and parcel of universal knowledge. How does a person account satisfactorily for the universal belief in the existence of God? The only way possible is that such belief is founded upon the very nature or our constitution. This ignorance or disbelief is not the final answer for there are criteria that may be used of intuitive truths, that which is being considered, and they are generally distinguished and in some ways are distinct. 

     Let us begin by asking: "Is it possible for a sane man to disbelieve in the existence of God?  So often this question is answered in the negative and objected that the facts proved otherwise. Yet, man will not object to the intuitive truth that two plus two equals four. This cannot be denied by any sane person, although many do reject intuitive truths of a different nature and can be found to exist in the minds of Atheists. Are all intuitive truths the same? No, there are different kinds of necessary truths and these differences understood will aid in the understanding and knowledge that man is without excuse even if he denies the necessity of the intuitive truth that God exists and that knowledge is part and parcel of their constitution. 

     Because of the nature of this discussion I will stop at this point and continue in the next blog with the answers as this is somewhat lengthy and delves deep into this subject and must be meditated upon in small consistent doses. Allow this to conclude today's blog: "But as it is written: 'Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man those thing which God has prepared for those who love Him. But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God" (1 Corinthians 2:9-10)

May the Grace of God be With You

Richard L. Crumb