The nineteenth century mathematician W. K. Clifford stated “It is always wrong, for anyone anywhere to believe anything without sufficient evidence.”

There does not seem to be any solid, physical evidence of the existence of a God. We can point to things that we surmise are from God then assume his existence but you can’t point to God, as you can to me, and say “there he is. Pinch him, he is right there”. So how do we know for sure without going into the nebulous, “I just feel is must be so” attitude, and show some of the evidence that Clifford demands? With circumstantial evidence.

Circumstantial evidence is defined by Webster’s as: “based on incidental (casual, minor) details”. One has to be careful when weighing circumstantial evidence. But if it can be used to convict someone of a crime, we should be able to include it with other details to make a case for the existence of a God we cannot see directly.

From “The Quest for Spiritual Truth” by Randal S. Kinkade, copyright 2007.