OK, there is evidence in how unique the earth is, the universe and its sudden beginning, DNA, the fact that we (most of us) seem to think we have a non-corporeal “soul” and the like.
But what we really want is some sort of direct contact with God Himself. We want to experience God. Not from some LSD trip or lunatic type raving, but we want a sober solemn, real experience with God. I lifted this from EveryStudent.com as this guy says it better than I ever could. The “God if you are there, please reveal yourself to me.” The honest seeker concept.
Here it is:
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We know God exists because he pursues us. He is constantly initiating and seeking for us to come to him.
I was an atheist at one time. And like many atheists, the issue of people believing in God bothered me greatly. What is it about atheists that we would spend so much time, attention, and energy refuting something that we don't believe even exists?! What causes us to do that? When I was an atheist, I attributed my intentions as caring for those poor, delusional people...to help them realize their hope was completely ill-founded. To be honest, I also had another motive. As I challenged those who believed in God, I was deeply curious to see if they could convince me otherwise. Part of my quest was to become free from the question of God. If I could conclusively prove to believers that they were wrong, then the issue is off the table, and I would be free to go about MY life.
I didn't realize that the reason the topic of God weighed so heavily on my mind, was because God was pressing the issue. I have come to find out that God wants to be known. He created us with the intention that we would know him. He has surrounded us with evidence of himself and he keeps the question of his existence squarely before us. It was as if I couldn't escape thinking about the possibility of God. In fact, the day I chose to acknowledge God's existence, my prayer began with, "Ok, you win..."
It might be that the underlying reason atheists are bothered by people believing in God is because God is actively pursuing them.
I am not the only one who has experienced this.
Malcolm Muggeridge, socialist and philosophical author, wrote, "I had a notion that somehow, besides questing, I was being pursued."
C.S. Lewis said he remembered, "...night after night, feeling whenever my mind lifted even for a second from my work, the steady, unrelenting approach of Him whom I so earnestly desired not to meet. I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected and reluctant convert in all of England."
Lewis went on to write a book titled, "Surprised by Joy" as a result of knowing God. I too had no expectations other than rightfully admitting God's existence. Yet over the following several months, I became amazed by his love for me.
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Seems to me that "faith" is not just somehow believing in God without cause. If God is calling and I see that it is God calling, then my "faith" does indeed rest on something. It rests on the call of God to me. This is a surety. This is the substance of my hope.
As has been posted before, faith alone, placed in the wrong thing will yield nothing. One might have faith in a special rock or totem, but faith placed in that will only disappoint. One might have faith in his good works or accepted status as a "good ole boy." Won't work either.
But is one responds to the call of God, then that faith IS based on reality and the reality of God's wooing.
And for AS.... no, it is not an overactive imagination. That is also not an excuse for ignoring God. God has showed Himself time and time again.
So, as has been said before my belief in God is indeed not "blind faith" but based on God calling to me.
