The Reality of God

Today in Faith and Reason I asked my professor after class about some questions about knowing truth. Eventually he claimed that he knew God existed as well as he knew the sun was in his eyes or that I was standing before him.

I remarked that I wished God was that real. He said the knowledge is different but it is as much a reality. He then asked whether my parents were real. And whether I knew they loved me. How did I know? But I still didn’t get it.

So then he asked whether I thought Bush was real. Yes, I replied as floods of doubt came into my mind.
“Well I say you can know God exists just as much as you can know President Bush exists.”

And for the first time I realized the possibility of God being more than an abstract thought.