The Necessity of God, Part IV

Okay, so we’ve talked a lot about the requirement that Supernature exist for us to be as we believe we are.

But what about God, where does He fit in? In previous posts, we pretty well covered our capacities for uncaused events and self-awareness. These mean that we can access realms and abilities that extend beyond what is possible in a merely physical universe. In these ways we are similar to the traditional concept of God. (Let us create them in our image.) But we cannot be God, for some conditions exist that demand the existence of a Greater Power.

First, who made the universe? I don’t remember doing it. Do you? The intricacy and apparent design of our physical environment shouts of an intellect, skill, and power that are infinitely greater than our own. Besides, I wouldn’t be much of a Supreme Being if I had created the universe and couldn’t even remember it.

Second, who made you and me? I do not remember always having existed. I seem to have had a beginning. Since it is nonsensical to say a thing created itself, there must have been a Beginner, a Creator.

Third, who made the rules? There seem to be objective rules of right and wrong governing our existence, rules like fairness, honesty, and the “Thou Shalt Nots” of the Ten Commandments. These are universal—or nearly so—throughout the human race. They transcend our physical laws. I still believe in these rules even when I don’t obey them, even when my initial impulse is to do their opposite. They do not appear to be an extension of myself, so where do they come from? It is rational to expect that, if there was a Creator, any non-physical laws—any morality—would extend from intrinsic characteristics or values of that Creator.

And that Creator we call “God.”