Hi Spikey - there was a thread on another forum about the proof of God existing.
Let me post my view here and see what you make of it :
As a background here's Romans Chapter 1 (forgive the formatting it's a cut paste thing) :
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
Here Paul is saying (and it's my position) that there is no such thing as an atheist - only someone who deceives themselves. Deep in the heart of every person is a knowledge that God has planted there that this incredible universe comes from the ordered mind of a designer.
There's also a passage (can't remember where atm) that also says that the "Law of God is written on every man's heart". I'm sure you experienced this yourself - let me give you an example :
If you've ever smoked then you probably felt a little pang of guilt first time you did it? If you don't smoke then think of something you've done that you just "knew" was a little naughty....I will say that the pang of guilt you felt was because you were violating the law of God that's written on your heart. However if you do the thing enough the guilt goes away....why? Because scripture also teaches that you can burn or sear your conscience (again the scripture escapes me) so that it becomes like dead scar tissue....you feel no guilt.
The Bible also makes it clear that God is a fair and just judge - He will judge you "according to the amount of light you've received". If your Creator God gives you no light...then He has no right to judge you...because you broke His laws in ignorance. For God to be fair, and just then He must judge you according to a revealed standard and these two things - conscience within and creation without are - according to scripture - enough of a witness to you to realise there's a Creator and search after Him.
That's my basic scriptural position.
But then speaking as a Father to another Father here's a challenge :
Look at your children...the sparkle in their eyes. The sound of their laughter - all different. Their personalities...again unique. Their gifts and talents. I remember when my daughter started drawing at age three thinking "where on earth does that come from?". Neither I nor her mother can draw a straight line but here's a person we produced that's incredibly talented at art.
Remember that feeling when your first child was born and the first time you looked at them?
Now - if there's no God then those things are chance. It doesn't matter if they live or die, because they were just random products of biological soup. No different from dust on the wind or sand on the shore. Anything special or precious about them comes from a random number generator. Play the game enough and you might get a monkey or you might get a Mozart.
If it was proven, really proven that God - Jesus - the "Christian" god was a fake I would HAVE to look for another Creator because the order, the majesty, the complexity that I see is too incredible to come from what Dawkins calls a "series of happy accidents".
Back to scripture in closing :
This is why the verse in Psalm 14 v 1 says "The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”".
It's because it takes effort to be that idiotic to want to believe this was all chance. You literally are lying to yourself and then agreeing that you believe it.
Let me share a little story.
A few years ago my first marriage broke up and I became a terrible drinker. I was alone, lost, drunk 5 days a week, suicidal, self-harming....the works basically. I made a conscious decision to reject Christ because of what my first wife (A Christian) and others had done to me.
I became so anti-God that one day a girl tried to give me a bible tract on a Saturday morning. I grabbed her and told her if she ever did that again that I would kill her where she stood.
You know the most annoying thing? I couldn't escape that small, inner voice that I alluded to. Every time I told someone that I was an atheist....right inside....there was an answer that said "you don't really believe that Dave".
I thought it was my mind...now I realise what or more specifically who it was. That inner voice of conscience that came from my Designer simply would not let me rest.
Anyways....hope these thoughts are interesting to you. Feel free to disagree and we can get a good chat going
Be blessed
~David
(PS - we can work out if there's a God and then worry about which one it / he / she / they is later
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