Basic Assumptions: There Is a God

I cannot prove to you that there is a God. You cannot prove that there is no God. We cannot even establish one belief or the other as substantially implausible in any objective sense, although many try. I will probably, from time to time, dedicate time to debunking some of the more popular or common attempts to disprove God, but I am not likely to spend much time trying to prove that He exists.

I will say this: For myself, I know for certain that God does exist, because I relate to him directly and indirectly on a regular basis. I know that anyone who believes He does not exist is mistaken, because I have insider knowledge, but I cannot copy this knowledge into other minds.

In some ways, knowing God can be a bit like having met Big Foot out in woods. Let's say he invited you over to his den in a mountain cave, and you met his family, eventually learned his language, and know how to reach him any time you're in the neighborhood. But the thing is, Big Foot is shy. If you bring a skeptical friend, Big Foot's not going to show up. That's just the way he rolls. Well, understandably, a lot of people are going to find your story implausible. They don't think Big Foot exists. I mean, the only supposed pictures are really fuzzy, and could just as well be a guy in a big ape suit. And we can point to certain pieces of "evidence" of Big Foot, and clearly show that they were hoaxes propagated by mischievous people. And so on.

If you told me your story, I wouldn't believe you. It would only hurt your credibility with me. Even if you have a few friends that back up your story, and have been there with you, I would strongly suspect that I was being scammed, because the thing is, I know of several others who say the same sorts of things, who are clearly nut cases. The bottom line is that I have a lot of good reasons to believe that Big Foot is a hoax.

But what if it all really had happened? What if you really had experienced those things?


I know this being we call God, our Father in Heaven. If you don't believe me, call me a liar. But I try to sustain a very high level of integrity, as do many many people who make this very same claim. If you are still a doubter, I hope you will eventually see enough reason to doubt your doubts, because the truth can set you free in ways that you can't imagine.