Someone Was Here

If you went into a room and looked around, you could tell whether someone had been in it or not. You would notice a book sitting here, a chair slightly pulled out, a stack of mail, and perhaps a partially filled mug of cold coffee resting a foot or so back from the edge of the table. No one left a note saying he was there, but the room itself implies the existence of someone, who had been there: simple, uncomplicated ways of judging something obviously occurred.

God leaves evidence that He is here and has been here. We can’t see Him in the room, so to speak, but He leaves a massive number of traces much more prevalent. Both examples depend on indirect evidence to support their conclusions.

Life requires multitudes of precise values of physical constants. Natural laws across the board appear tailored for life-supporting conditions. Gravity helps retain an atmosphere around a planet or moon, preventing it from dissipating into space. Without sufficient gravity, any atmosphere would eventually escape, making it impossible to maintain breathable air. Humans require a specific atmospheric composition to survive. The atmosphere must contain a sufficient amount of oxygen and other gases to support human respiration. For instance, we need atmosphere with 21% oxygen at sea level pressure.

Water acts as a solvent for biochemical reactions necessary for metabolism and cellular processes. Sunlight provides the energy necessary for photosynthesis in plants, which form the base of our food chain. Someone could go for hours and hours listing all the means by which someone knows God created and sustains the heavens and earth. Truly every good and perfect gift comes from Him (James 1:17).