Believe

1. Is God Real? 

Yes, God is! As of the year 2013, practically every major discovery in science in the last eighty years has led to one inescapable conclusion: the universe, our earth, and man are constructed in a unique, complex, and orderly way. They are not just complex and orderly; they have been fine-tuned with such precision, and to a degree so extraordinary, that there is absolutely no doubt that everything we know did not—could not—happen randomly or naturally on its own. Rather, our universe was designed to exist and function the way it does. And if everything shows this evidence of design, then it must have had a designer who has an intelligence far greater than anything we know. All of the recent scientific evidence points to intelligent design, and design in living things points to there being only one capable Designer/Creator: God. 

This evidence comes from many different fields of science, including but not limited to biochemistry, biology, cosmology, astronomy, mathematics, paleontology, and genetics. You likely learned some of this information in high school. As amazing as this information is now, back then, it was probably not as exciting as girls, boys, music, movies, and other important subjects. But much has been discovered in just the last thirty years, and though the evidence is known, it is not taught in our schools or spread throughout our culture, so some of this may even be news to students now in high school or college. The nature of this recently discovered evidence led scientists in many different fields at the end of the twentieth century to independently conclude that everything we know was intelligently designed. 

These were the scientists—mostly atheists who did not believe in God—who stayed true to the scientific method. As professionals in their own fields of science, they followed where the evidence led, regardless of their religious opinions, and each came to realize on his or her own that all the evidence pointed to intelligent design, which in turn pointed directly to God. Even though many did not believe in God, their science did not lie. There was only one answer: God. Atheists used science to prove that God exists! 

But there are many more scientists who think differently. People process information through the filter of their own belief system, and since the first way in which people separate themselves from each other is by religion, many find it hard to accept information that contradicts their religious beliefs. That is why many scientists don’t believe in God and don’t want to believe in intelligent design. They want a natural explanation for what occurred—an explainable cause for the effect they see. They cannot accept a miracle, because they believe that, as with some card trick, there must be a natural explanation for what happened. They only have to find it. 

But sometimes this answer just doesn’t work. Sometimes things are too complex to have evolved. Sometimes the facts don’t lead where you expect them to. And when this happens, it is hard for many scientists to accept, so they will not accept these facts, and they refuse to discuss them at all. As you will see time and again, scientists who do not believe in God will take the position that evolution occurred, even if the evidence shows evolution is extremely unlikely and others feel the odds are impossible. 

Evolution is a virus that affects us deeply. Even the faithful—those who believe in God—learned about evolution in school. Like everyone else, they have not taken the time to sit down and research exactly why the theory of evolution does not work. So even those who believe God created everything might sometimes have a little part of their minds that wonders, What exactly is the truth about how everything works with our creation? Or when their pastor or priest tells them that God created everything, they might think, Exactly how is this true? Even those who believe in God’s creation can have doubts without more information. 

That is the purpose of this book—to present some of the wealth of evidence that God is real. I will present just a small portion of the vast amount of information that has recently been discovered. You will first see the lack of evidence that the universe and man were created naturally. You will be able to see the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments for random natural creation of man and the universe. You will be able to compare these arguments against the scientific facts discovered and see that they point only to God. You will see some of the recently discovered scientific evidence about the human body that reveals how amazingly complex some of the smallest things about us are. This information is so amazing that you will realize that these body systems had to have been designed to function as they do, and you will understand that because they were designed, they could have come only from God, for there is no other conceivable explanation. 

After proving God’s creation of the universe, the earth, and man, I will show you further evidence that evolution could never have occurred. You will read about the biological proof that God created us. You will see the historical evidence and how it has been proven that the Holy Bible is the most historically accurate ancient text known to man. As you will observe, the evidence shows that Jesus performed many miracles and was resurrected from the dead. This book will show that the Holy Bible really is God’s Word and that Jesus really is the Son of God. 

I wrote this book for everyone—those who don’t believe in God, those who believe in other religions, and those who do believe in God. But I wrote it particularly with one person in mind—the person who is ultimately looking for only one thing: the truth. This person is not considering God or religion. He or she wants to know only one thing: What is the real truth about life, the way the world works, how we got here, and why we are here? This person wants only the facts about how he or she was created—just the simple scientific facts. 

This book will prove that God created us, and it will do so with one simple method: I will present the evidence and will allow you to read and digest the contents and then decide for yourself, on your own, if God is real—because this is the only way you can decide.