It occured to me the other day that we cannot accept the human instinct to search for a greater being or purpose in life as proof that such a thing exists. It's also man's instinct to fear what he does not understand or is not familiar with, but it does not seem rational to accept those fears as grounded. I don't know if that makes sense.
Maybe it's not important, (or even our business?) to 'prove' God's existence anyway, at least not scientifically speaking. I'm not saying that faith shouldn't have intellectual basis, which considering my nature would be a bit like a fish deciding that water was to be shunned, but when was a relationship ever established or maintained through scientifically prooving that the other party existed? Besides, we live in a post-modern(!) age where it's hard enough to prove that your goldfish exists.
I think that half the time I've simply been zealous in my attempts to prove to my friends that God exists because I've been insecure in my faith. In reality, we probably shouldn't have to, our lives should be the proof. This sounds awfully trite, but I think it's what it boils down to. I certainly know that if my life isn't proof, then my intellectual proof is meaningless. After all, if I truely believe what I've always claimed to, it's going to have a pretty phenomenal impact on my life. Which is actually fabulously exciting, in a bladder-burstingly terrifying kind of way x
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