For those familiar with Christian apologetics you will know of the long standing arguments that are often employed to argue for the existence of God.
The Kalaam Cosmological Argument impossibility of an infinite regress of physical causes and effects.
The Teleological Argument The glaring evidence of design within the universe, the world, and the human body (not just the “appearance of design†as Richard Dawkins asserts to his embarrassment).
The Moral Argument That mankind is governed by an objective morality that with which we seem to innately identify.
The Ontological Argument This one is tough - God is the greatest conceivable being therefore because we can conceive of Him, it stands to reason He does in fact exist.
Well seeing as how the above arguments are quite convincing it is understandable that the lesser known arguments go unused and even unnoticed.
It is often said that the best way to go about the study of God is by studying man. I feel that the arguments listed below accurately reflect the human condition and subsequently point to something outside of ourselves to which we often appeal. So I think they are at least worthy of consideration.
10. The Road Rage Argument That more people not succumbing to road rage is evidence of God existence. That I don’t succumb to road rage personally is evidence of His existence. Have you ever been stuck behind a long line of soccer moms creeping along in their SUVs drinking Starbucks and talking on their cell phones in Peachtree City? Oh I have, and the fact that I haven’t climbed out of my vehicle (Dukes of Hazzard style) to pummel them is evidence that God exist. (Evidence of common grace as well but I digress…)
9. The Stop Looking at Me Argument again, this is to do with mankind’s ability to constrain their wrath. How many times a day has a mom or dad heard one of their children say to another “Stop looking at me”? It isn’t simply the words said but the sound that accompanies it. A sound which echoes throughout the house or car with such volume, that it has been know to draw blood from even the most resilient ear drum. That parents don’t lose their sanity completely from such things is evidence that God exists.
8. The Stop Touching Me Argument - this mimics the Stop Looking at Me Argument. (These two can be used interchangeably.)
7. The Post Office Argument Standing in line at the post office as apathetic postal workers shuffle back and forth at a sloth like pace can try even the most patient of souls. That we can do this and still avoid jumping on the counter and wrapping their heads with packing tape and bubble wrap whilst screaming WHY ARE YOU SO SLOW is evidence God exist. Continue Reading »
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