Proof of the Existence of God: An Evidentiary Truth Based on Science, Moral Values, and Philology

By Rev. Stephen Badu-Yeboah

This book is a bridge between science and religion. For much of the ancient times until the eighteenth century, all our human issues and answers were based on religion. However, from the eighteenth century onward (even though it started from the second century and peaked a bit more during the thirteenth century), people questioned the authenticity of all the religious responses to all our human quest. For this reason, many scientists conducted scientific research to find out the evidentiary truth to the religious responses about the universe, origin of moral values, the existence of God, etc.

This book is about the true origin of moral values and about the true existence of God. In this book, I seek to give objective, scientific, philological, and religious explanations as to the real existence of God. I also seek to explain who is the source of our moral values. In the final analysis, I do suggest in this book that science and religion are friends who are seeking and seeing the same thing from different perspectives. Therefore, they proclaim their findings with different names, which are generally of similar philological meaning. I also suggest that with the present lack of objective evidentiary proof, God cannot be said to exist anthropomorphically but truly exists pneumatologically, and he is the creator of our existence and the source of our moral values.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Nov 29, 2013
• ISBN: 9781490816616

Rev. Stephen Badu-Yeboah

Stephen Badu-Yeboah is a priest and has master’s degree in theology and divinity and intends to complete his doctorate degree at Howard University in Washington, DC. He also has a certificate as a pharmacy technician and as an enterprise developer.

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PROOF OF THE

EXISTENCE OF

GOD

AN EVIDENTIARY TRUTH BASED ON SCIENCE,

MORAL VALUES, AND PHILOLOGY

REV. STEPHEN BADU-YEBOAH

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CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Definitions

Chapter 1 Understanding Moral Values

Chapter 2 Science And Nature Of Moral Values

Chapter 3 The Importance Of Moral Values

Chapter 4 Moral Values And Religion

Chapter 5 Science And Religion

Chapter 6 Proof Of The Existence Of God

Chapter 7 Promotion Of Moral Values And God’s Existence

Conclusion

Dictum

For Further Reading

Sources

Dedicated to

My children: Stephanie and Megan Badu-Yeboah

You dear children are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

—1 John 4:4

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PREFACE

Many people of today, irrespective of their beliefs, social status, educational background, age, etc., hunger for a system of universal, ethical, or moral values that believers, atheists, agnostics, scientists, naturalists, spiritualists, and others can share or uphold—since at our core we are all moral beings who just may happen to be scientists, religious people, atheists, agnostics, and so on. As human beings, we all ask similar questions about our existence in the cosmos. For instance, we all desire to know the origin of moral values, and many of us also want to know if God really exists, who created the universe, and when the human spark arose. Some of our findings concerning, and our responses to, the human quest to understand the universe are similar, if not the same. However, our interpretations and even the terms we use are different because, many times, they are based on or influenced by our backgrounds, be they religious, scientific, atheistic, philosophical, or what have you, even though the terms we use more often than not have similar, if not the same, meanings, philologically speaking. This is why in this book I have offered philological insight to reveal the core meanings of the terms used, stripping them of their circumstantial influences, lexical nuances, and different interpretations, as these things can, and more often than not, become a bone of contention.

This book provides the true and objective answer to the question Does God exist? with unquestionable supporting evidence that does not rely on religious myth or science fiction. My aim is to show, using scientifically based evidence, that God truly exists and that moral values are innate to, or embedded in, all of us, as part of us, as they originate from the cosmic force (or the universal force, source, universal mind, or energy) which I, as a priest, call God—from whom we came to exist. In my opinion, God exists not anthropomorphically, but pneumatologically; not tangibly, but intangibly; not physically, but metaphysically; and not visibly, but invisibly.

Any scientific, logical, or philosophical material in this book is used as a tool to help prove—by way of evidence and objective reason—the existence of God and indicate the origin of moral values, and also to facilitate people’s understanding of the meaning of the word god, who God is, and both the source and importance of moral values.

Religion, as I make clear in this book, is a human organization based on a belief in the divine. It promotes moral values in a unique way, providing the driving or motivational force for moral behavior—strengthening and encouraging people’s ability and willingness to commit moral acts, regardless of their circumstances.

This book is not a philosophical tract that explains away or defends any theological or scientific errors, or that concurs with any religious prejudices regarding moral values or with any scientific research that denies the existence of moral truth. It is, however, a book about moral values and God, and it uses religious, rational, and scientific findings and evidence, based on objective (moral) truth to explore the nature of his existence.

This book is useful for anyone who is interested in understanding our core values as humans, what makes us human beings, and the notion of God beyond our religious beliefs, atheistic views, scientific findings, and/or philosophical perceptions. My motive is to encourage people’s willingness to objectively accommodate or tolerate other reasonable perceptions and beliefs, as opposed to subjectively foisting upon others the Christian viewpoint on moral values and God in a way that is unreasonable, hostile, prejudiced, or hateful.

This book is appropriate for use as a teaching tool and is suitable for moral theology studies, comparative religious studies, bioethics courses, and courses in astrophysics and evolution (at colleges or in universities, in seminaries, or for Bible studies). It is also for general reading.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

With the passion to write a book about the core ingredient of what makes us human beings and the true existence of our Creator, but seemingly without enough time to write it, I thank the members of my church, especially Brother John Stephen Pappas and Sisters Gertrude Assimaku-Idun, Eva Taylor, Naomi Agyen, Olivia Agyen, and the late Comfort Asare Yeboah, who helped make it possible by providing me with a lot of motivation. I do appreciate their encouragement.

I also thank Maryse Hubert, who encouraged me as well. I express my gratitude to Jon Lineback, who showed a lot of interest in the book and was willing to find the best method for its production. I also thank all those who, in their individual and diverse ways, inspired me to produce this book. In a special way, I thank James Arthur of Great Britain; Anna Aubyn, Stephen Richard Aidoo, Florence Aidoo, Judy, Derek, Melvin, and Monica Omari Mensah, Theresa Ama Davies, and Joseph Eshun of the Ghana Gold Mines; Brother Charlie Pee; Erma Ivy; Luzia Dasilva; Steve Leskowitz; Ron, Kevin, and Maria Wilson; Richard Turchi; Victor Garcia of the US Army; Wendy Mejia; Maria Elena Chavez; Daniel Korir; Zohinon Patrick; Marina Andrade; Kossi Klassou, manager of the Wintergreen Mobil in Maryland, US; Madam Esther Essilfie, Sister Alberta Stephens, and Dr. Nii Lamptey-Mills of Maryland; and Kenneth Patrick of the US Post Office—for the great and diverse ways in which they inspired me.

Mention must be made of the Conventual Franciscan Friars, in particular, Rev. Frs. Dominic Slemba, Paul Marut, and Giles Zakowicz—and the entire Franciscan community in Ghana (of which I used to be a member)—as I am especially grateful to these people, whose influence ingrained in me the importance of religious life, spirituality, the essence of life, the core values of life, and the importance of sincere love, simplicity, and humility—all principles to which I hold to this very day.

Rev. Stephen Badu-Yeboah

Maryland, US

2013

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INTRODUCTION

Generally, God is perceived as having the essence of existence. He is considered by many people and by many religions as the Creator of the universe. He is also considered the ultimate good or the ultimate principle. In addition, some see him as the ultimate value in the universe or the essential, existential ingredient in the universe, in nature, in religion, in scriptures, in faith, in hope, in love, in peace, in joy, in happiness, in kindness, in mercy, in unity, in spirituality, in science, in laws, in regulations, in worship services, in music, in healing, in well-being, in life, and in death. He is called by different names by different people; some call him God, others call him Spirit, and still others call him energy. His other names are the Almighty, the Omnipotent, omniscient, master designer, Creator of the universe, Adonai, Jehovah, Allah, Nyame, ultimate consciousness, the ultimate One, ultimate conscience, ultimate substance, uncaused causer, unmoved mover, unpropelled propeller, universal mind, and the source.

With regard to the existence of God, many believe that he exists and that he is the Creator of heaven and earth and all that is within them. They also believe that he programmed moral values into our hearts and minds in order that we might freely live a good and moral life and achieve peace, harmony, and happiness, so that we may continue to survive in the universe. There are other people who do not believe that there is a God—that no God at all exists in this universe. These nonbelievers are called atheists. They claim that there is no evidentiary proof, whether in the universe itself or stemming from any scientific data or research, that demonstrates without a doubt that God exists. These people claim that God did not create the universe and that he is not the source of moral values. They believe that moral values have been part of our human behavior since the inception of the human spark.

Those who believe in the existence of God are divided into two camps: (1) those who believe that he exists in a humanlike form, lives in heaven, rewards