Is God real?

Boy how I love a theological debate. I’ve often wondered if you could prove god(or gods in our case) is real. Most people would say the existence of miracles is proof, but that is really a flimsy thing to rely on. I’m not saying they don’t exist, maybe they do, but to rely on one as proof of something? I’ll give you a couple examples. I have a door at the end of my hallway that will on occasion open by itself. Nice and slow, with nobody near it, while you are watching. My house is big and over 105 years old, it fits the idea of what a “haunted house” should be. I’ve also had bouts of strange knocking on the walls and another door in the hallway. A person who is prone to believe in ghost would have all the ammo they need to “prove” my house is haunted. That is if they didn’t believe in structural engineering. See the door at the end of the hall sticks and doesn’t catch when you shut it. When anyone over 200 pounds walks down the hallway the stress on the floor causes the frame of the door to flex just enough to release the door and because the house is crooked the door swings open. The knocking? A loose window and another sticky door that basically does the same thing the previously mentioned one does. All my ghost have been found out ;-) So my point is, nothing really magical has happened at all. Yet I still have some friends who claim my house is haunted. It’s all in perception.

So, most of the time I think proof of god(s) mostly lies in gut feelings. Anything outside of that is either someone trying to prove god to themselves or convince others. Perhaps it is beyond our understanding to imagine that there is nothing outside of us? When we die, that’s it, game over, there is nothing else. I don’t believe that but it is of course possible. The whole god(s) created everything theory kind of falls apart when you ask one simple question, who created god? Hmmm, the whole chicken or the egg thing. Are we the chicken, or the egg I wonder. Say you buy into the idea of one god over many. Why? Well because he told you so, or at least someone says he told them to tell you. So now you are not even relying on miraculous first hand proof, you are relying on what someone else has passed on to you. In my haunted house situation you are now not even coming over to have a look for yourself but relying on what someone who has been here told you. Worse, someone who ignored the facts and just stuck with a “that dang place is haunted, I seens them!” So you get the point. If we presume god is real, how do we know he is telling us the truth? Perhaps we have all been mislead. In the case of our theology there are many gods, they are a race of their own. Actually, even among the gods there are different races. I believe the bible confirms that more than one god exist. It even states that their god is a jealous god. I don’t want to misquote anything, but you could at least admit the possibility that the god as portrayed in the bible could be misleading all of his followers. I guess what I am saying is to take all of the things people tell you, including me, about religion with a grain of salt.

Everyone believes their god(s) to be real if they in fact follow a god(s). Their reasons for this are their own. They could of had a miracle that provided them all the proof they need. Perhaps their god(s) talked to them. They just may have a gut feeling. Our teachings say the gods would be honored to answer any question asked of them, they actually respect that. Other religions say who are you to question god. Either way, what ever answers you may find are your own. If you are relying on any kind of “proof” , well one persons proof may not be another’s. I will tell you all the proof I need is gut feeling. In the end I feel that is the best proof of all because I don’t need to prove anything. So yes, for me the gods are real.