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The Skeptic Asks For Proof

The skeptic says, prove it and I'll believe, prove God is real and I'll believe--but, I answer, how can I prove the reality of a Being that is beyond the lines of space and time, life and death: eternal.... How can I even grasp the idea of God, when I can think one thought at a time, speak with one voice at a time, hope and love with but a single heart--how can I see God with the eyes of men? How can I prove my love for God, His love for me, even for the skeptic?

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/22/2019 8:31:00 PM

fantastic poem. I totally relate to this.

L. J. Carber
Date: 6/23/2019 8:24:00 AM

Thanks, Andrea--- though I fear we may be in a minority nowadays,even here at Soup--though I pray to God I'm wrong.

Geoffrey Brewer

Date: 5/24/2019 4:02:00 AM

As you say: ‘How can I even grasp the idea of God’ - although some essay to define nature, character, demeanour, gender! And even name! So it is not surprising that skeptics question THAT. For myself I think that there must be an ultimate reality that encompasses all others, but don’t know if that is a being with its own self awareness - whom we might address as ‘THOU’. Perhaps we shall only know when WE KNOW (not by being told) As always, Len, you raise an interesting point. Blessings.

L. J. Carber
Date: 5/24/2019 10:09:00 AM

You make a good point too, my friend. I suspect--and hope-- that God is a person, and that we may indeed be made in His image--the best parts at least. I learned 1/2 a century ago that my soul exists forever as a personality, so why not the Great Soul as well? After all, we can only truly long for another being...

Nette Onclaud

Date: 5/20/2019 2:18:00 PM

LJ, each breath we take is life in itself and a free gift from God... thought-provoking piece...huggs

L. J. Carber
Date: 5/22/2019 3:40:00 PM

Thanks Nette-- it's good to hear from you!

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 5/19/2019 5:52:00 PM

Idea: Show him a newborn baby. A rose. A willow tree. Those three things surely will be enough, right L.J.? If they are not, nothing would be.

L. J. Carber
Date: 5/20/2019 9:15:00 AM

I expect you're right. I have tried to reason with atheists who say just believing something doesn't make it true by countering with the logic that not believing something does not make it untrue-- but they never get it.