On Morality and the Actual Existence of God

I know the title seems like this blog is going to go into some deep territory; but when you are involved in the Abeka curriculum, a fan of someone named Stephen Christian, and reading books like The Case for Faith by Lee Strobel and Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis, all that philosophy starts getting to you. I would have to say it is both mind-boggling and satisfying. This is something I am really big about right now. I want to learn more, especially when it comes to God.

About half of the teenage Christians in America today are not solid in their faith. Sure, they have accepted Jesus in their heart and know all the answers to all the questions the church-people ask, but they never stopped to think, "Why do I believe this? Is this really the truth?" (Now, be careful if you ask yourself this question. We will not understand everything about God, but that does not mean we stop believing in Him just because we don't understand something about Him. If you were to ask this question, ask it with the mindset that Jesus is the truth, not with the mindset that something else may be the truth.)


Christianity is not just a religion just like all the other religions. God is real. God exists. He is actually there whether we like it or not. I do not believe that Christianity is just "I believe in God" and that is the end of it. We need to know what we believe, and why we believe it. 1 Peter 3:15 tells us: "But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect."



There are many things that seem to prove that God exists, but I will just focus on one for right now: the existence of morality. Let us just temporarily think like an atheist: there is no God. Now that we have that settled, let us ask this question: "How did people know what was right and what was wrong?" C.S. Lewis put it this way in Mere Christianity, "Human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and cannot really get rid of it." It seems like people just decided somewhere deep inside of them what was right and what was wrong. Murder is wrong. That is not an opinion; it is a fact. If we see someone declare that murder is right, we strongly disagree. It is not right, which means that our morality is better than that person's morality. Lewis also said, "If your moral ideas can be truer, and those of the Nazis less true, there must be something--some Real Morality--for them to be true about." What does this mean? It means that there is such thing as absolute truth, and there is no other place absolute truth could have come from except for a higher, more intelligent Being.



Sorry, I make things so long. After all, I am a girl, and girls like to elaborate on things. I hope it all made sense and strengthened your belief that God really does exist. If it did not make sense, feel free to say so in a comment, and I will try my very best to explain it better. I am not at all smarter than anyone else; I am just learning. JESUS IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE!



And the ONLY way, truth, and life.