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Book 56 of the [[Marfat]]

'''56: Proofs of God'''

1.	Some of the atheists ask for proof of 

2.	God. The believers reply that belief 

3.	in God depends on faith alone. They are

4.	correct. However, many of the atheists

5.	demand logical proof., believing they can

6.	outsmart the believers. Although faith 

7.	and belief in God should not require 

8.	proof, God has the mercy and caring to 

9.	establish logical proofs, though His prophet Aquinas, to convince

10.	even the unbelievers. God is truly great. 

11.	Thus God will say to the unbeliever:

12.	“You observe that some things in the 

13.	world are in motion. Whatever is in motion

14.	is put into motion by still another object that is in motion. 

15.	Just ask my prophets Newton and Einstein. This other object, in turn was

16.	put into motion by still another object,

17.	and so forth. This series cannot go no

18.	backwards into infinity, though, since there

19.	would otherwise be no first mover and thus 

20.	no subsequent movement. Therefore, one must

21.	conclude that there is a first unmoved mover,

22.	who is I, God. Following this, you

23.	observe that everything has an efficient cause

24.	and that nothing is or can be the cause 

25.	of itself. It is impossible, though, that

26.	the series of causes should extend

27.	back to infinity because every cause

28.	is dependent on a prior cause and

29.	the ultimate cause is thus dependent 

30.	on a previous cause. So if there is no

31.	first cause, there will be no intermediate 

32.	causes and no final causes. But the

33.	absence of such causes obviously does 

34.	not match with your observations, and so there

35.	must therefore be a first efficient cause, 

36.	which everyone knows to be Me, God. 

37.	Furthermore, observe that beings in the 

38.	world have characteristics to varying degrees. 

39.	Some are more or less good, true, noble, and

40.	so forth. Such gradations are all

41.	measured in relation to a maximum

42.	however. Thus, there must be something

43.	best, truest, noblest, and so on. Therefore, 

44.	there must be something that is the 

45.	cause of goodness, being, and every other

46.	perfection we find in beings in

47.	the world. I, God am this maximum. 

48.	Finally, you observe in nature that

49.	inanimate and non-intelligent objects act

50.	towards a favorable purpose, even chaos does. 

51.	Obviously, these objects do not

52.	achieve their purpose by sheer chance,

53.	but according to a plan. A plan needs

54.	a maker. I am this maker. I am

55.	God and I exist.” God exists. Repeat:

56.	“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear

57.	is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my

58.	fear. I will permit it to pass over me and 

59.	through me. And when it has gone past,

60.	I will turn the inner eye to see its path. 

61.	Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing.

62.	Only I will remain, a survivor.” Crush

63.	those who hoard wealth and exploit others. 

64.	Spread the truth and justice of 

65.	God everywhere. As the prophet Zoroaster said:

66.	“The greatest moral concerns of men are these, 

67.	to make him who is an enemy a friend,

68.	to make him who is wicked righteous,

69.	and to make him who is ignorant learned.” 


'''Commentary:''' This book offers logical proofs of the existence of God although it states that a true believer should not need proof and should act on faith alone. The founder once said: “The fact that such a great and wonderful Universe exists is proof enough for me. If they believe so be it, if they do not, so be it.” The proofs of God can be summed up as such: 

1 - FIRST MOVER: Some things are in motion, anything moved is moved by another, and there can't be an infinite series of movers. So there must be a first mover (a mover that isn't itself moved by another). This is God. 

2 - FIRST CAUSE: Some things are caused, anything caused is caused by another, and there can't be an infinite series of causes. So there must be a first cause (a cause that isn't itself caused by another). This is God.

3 - NECESSARY BEING: Every contingent being at some time fails to exist. So if everything were contingent, then at some time there would have been nothing -- and so there would be nothing now -- which is clearly false. So not everything is contingent. So there is a necessary being. This is God.

4 - GREATEST BEING: Some things are greater than others. Whatever is great to any degree gets its greatness from that which is the greatest. So there is a greatest being, which is the source of all greatness. This is God.

5 - INTELLIGENT DESIGNER: Many things in the world that lack intelligence act for an end. Whatever acts for an end must be directed by an intelligent being. So the world must have an intelligent designer. This is God.

The books ends by warning against fear, condemning hoarding, and praising the spread of truth and justice. It states that everyone should make negatives positives. 

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