God’s Existence Document #: TX004828. How Do We Know? Have you ever felt doubts about your faith? Have any of those doubts centered around God’s existence?

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God’s Existence Document #: TX004828

How Do We Know? Have you ever felt doubts about your faith? Have any of those doubts centered around God’s existence? How have you handled the doubts you have come across? What makes it hard for someone to believe in God? © Veronika Rumko/Shutterstock Do you have any further comments?

Is Seeing Believing? Many people feel they can believe only what they can see. © Yuganov Konstantin/Shutterstock.com It is natural to accept as true the things we can see. It can be difficult to accept something we can’t see with our eyes. How can we come to believe in what we cannot see?

The Supernatural Order When we believe something without the use of our senses, we are challenged to surrender to the supernatural. What does supernatural mean? From the Latin super, meaning “above,” and natural, meaning “nature.” The supernatural is beyond the powers of creation and is the result of God’s gratuitous action. Public domain

Reliable Sources Knowing about these sources of information does not mean you will never doubt God’s existence again. Several sources of information can help to assure us of God’s reality: © Markus Unger/Shutterstock.com Scripture provides the witness of the early followers of Jesus. © Lichtmeister/Shutterstock.com Our reason and intellect. The witness of the faith-filled lives of other believers. © Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock.com The witness of martyrs. Public domain Joan of Arc

A Faith-Filled Person Take a moment to think of someone you admire as a person of great faith. 1. Who did you pick and why did you pick that particular person? 2. Based on the examples provided, let us list some common characteristics of faith-filled people. © Andresr/Shutterstock Public domain

Review 1.What is meant by the notion that believing in God is part of the supernatural order? © Anatema/Shutterstock.com 2. Name some reliable sources that can help us to believe in God’s existence. 3. What are some of the characteristics of a faith-filled person that our class came up with?

Act of Faith O my God, I firmly believe that you are one God in three Divine Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I believe that your Divine Son became man and died for our sins, and that he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe these and all the truths which the Holy Catholic Church teaches, because in revealing them, you can neither deceive nor be deceived. © irin-k/Shutterstock.com