The Ultimate Proof That God Exists.

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The Ultimate Proof That God Exists

ABSOLUTE TRUTH What is “truth” without God? Subjective and arbitrary? The product of chemical reactions? There is not an objective standard of truth if atheism is true.

ABSOLUTE TRUTH If objective/absolute truth exists, God exists; Therefore, God exists

OBJECTIVE MORALITY If you cannot have objective truth if God doesn’t exist, you cannot have objective morality either If atheism is true All morality is relative (and self-refuting) We have no more value than any other animal

OBJECTIVE MORALITY If objective morality exists, then God exists; Objective morality DOES exist; Therefore God exists

KNOWLEDGE What is the basis of knowledge if God does not exist? Knowledge is commonly defined as justified, true belief. You must have truth to have knowledge. Atheism cannot know anything for certain. They could be wrong about everything they claim to know, therefore they do not know anything. Any foundation for knowledge if God does not exist is self-refuting or illogical

KNOWLEDGE If people can know things, God exists People can know things Therefore, God exists

LOGIC AND REASON Atheism claims to have the monopoly on logic and reason although they do not have a rational basis for these things. If evolution were true, there is no reason to trust our reasoning is even working properly

LOGIC AND REASON Darwin said: “…with me the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of man’s mind, which has been developed from the mind of the lower animals, are of any value or at all trustworthy. Would any one trust in the convictions of a monkey’s mind, if there are any convictions in such a mind?”[1] [1] From http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-13230

LOGIC AND REASON Whenever an atheist uses “reason,” they are presupposing logic exists, the laws of logic exist, and that they are absolutes: The Law of Identity The Law of Non-Contradiction The Law of Excluded Middle On what basis does the atheist believe in logical absolutes that are universal, immaterial, and unchanging?

LOGIC AND REASON If universal, immaterial, unchanging laws of logic exist, then God exists Universal, immaterial, unchanging laws of logic exist Therefore, God exists.

UNIFORMITY Uniformity is the belief that nature will continue to work in a law-like fashion on a daily basis; that the future will be like the past Science is based on this belief, but if atheism is true, there is not a logical reason to believe it Much of your life is based on the belief in uniformity

UNIFORMITY If science can be logically done, then God exists Therefore God exists

But put all together, they form the ultimate proof that God exists These are all great proofs for the existence of God, but they are not the ultimate proof. But put all together, they form the ultimate proof that God exists

is that without Him you couldn’t know or prove ANYTHING! The Ultimate Proof That God Exists? is that without Him you couldn’t know or prove ANYTHING!