Psalm 14:1
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds;
There is no one who does good.
The question seems to always come up (of course), “Can you give me proof that God exists?” When such a person says that he does not see any convincing evidence for God’s existence, what he is doing is appealing to his subjective experience and opinions for validating God’s existence. He is appealing to his personal preferences, opinions, and experiences which led that person to doubt God’s existence. What would convince one person might not convince another.
When an unbeliever asks for material evidence in the search for answers, they are looking for something that is testable, something that can be proven using the scientific method. The scientific method is a system of learning that consists of observation, hypothesis, experimentation, prediction, and theory. It is based on logic and observations of the material universe and its properties, something that excludes transcendence, that which is in the Christian believer’s worldview. God exists outside of, and independent of, the material universe.
So if the unbeliever is asking for evidence, something within the material world, it would be considered a category error.
In a nutshell the materialist cannot logically ask for material based evidence for the immaterial without displaying a category mistake, so the materialist is left with the option of trying to demonstrate that the Christian worldview is irrational. If he can’t show that Christian theism is false, then how can the unbeliever rationally maintain his atheism?
Materialism, can’t be proven to be true. It is assumed. So how can an atheist prove there is no God? How does he demonstrate that materialism is the correct philosophical standpoint? I ask that the unbeliever truly search the Word of God in the Revelation that He has breathed onto the pages of the Bible. Do your research and pray that God will light the Way. I truly believe that the unbeliever truly knows there is a God as it is Worded in Psalm 14:1.
Materialism: Materialism is the belief that matter is the only thing that exists and that all things can be reduced to matter (and energy since matter is a form of energy). Therefore, materialism would state that all things in the universe, including mankind, are necessarily restricted to operate within the bounds of physical laws.
God Bless
Brian Mason
Beacon Apologetics 