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Aristotle, Aquinas, and philosophers throughout history have tried to rationalize through their writings that the existence of God can be proved not from a source of divine writings alone, but from our very existence itself. Most people cannot or do not want to think past their everyday lives. It has been the philosophers throughout history that could not leave the hows and whys of what is seen to chance and had to explore the possibilities.

Last week I talked about the conscience. To me, the conscience is a proof of God. How does a conscience evolve into a mechanism that can know right from wrong, or bring a response of remorse? The animal and insect world is focused on a fight for survival. Human beings are also, but we are rational beings purposed to go far beyond the realm of just surviving. Civilizations generally had laws that upheld the Law given to Moses before God ever revealed the Commandments to Israel. I think the Apostle Paul sheds some light on this in his letter to the Romans (2:14-15) Paul tells us that even the Gentiles do by nature what is in the Law even though they do not know the Law. Paul tells us that God has written His law in our hearts and the conscience bears witness to it. God's Law is in our hearts when we are born.

Our conscience can be trained to be silent and we can ignore it entirely given the right attitudes and behaviors. It can be shut off as a tool in our moral behavior when our emotions drown out the voice of our conscience. The new enlightenment in society is called moral relativism. A worldview where one believes that anything goes. What I judge to be moral is good and you have the same right, even if we conflict. The good part is, we will not confront because we respect the other person and their opinion. Moral relativism is a way of life on college campuses and denies that there is an eternal law from God. If you question a person about this belief, especially if they believe that anything goes, you can ask if they believe murder is acceptable if someone wants it to be a part of their lifestyle. The answer is most likely well...no...in which case you can accuse them of being a moral absolutist. Either God's Law is 100% accurate or none of it is. There is no pick and choosing of God's Law. More next week.