Published in the Buffalo News

Recently an atheist opined in this column that you cannot prove God exists. Really? Perhaps she should look in the mirror and figure out how she “evolved” from a hairy ape. How about the complexities of her own body? Childbirth? How come the solar systems are in perfect order? Ever see a bird fly? The proof of God is endless if you open your eyes and look for it. There is only one God and he is returning soon to save mankind.

Look around you—corruption, moral decay from special interest groups, divorce, abortion, hunger, etc. Do you really think this “feel-good” mentality is going to improve man’s existence? It’s nothing new. Believing in God requires constant work in overcoming human weakness. Being an atheist requires nothing. Of course, secular humanism is man-made. That’s the problem.

Bart Smith, Kenmore

A May 10 letter to this column claimed that the proof of God is all around us. The author went on to give examples of the complexities of the world as proof of such a creator. Actually, these complexities grew over the course of billions of years. We have a very good understanding of how they happened and we can even observe them today. The mistake is thinking that they happened overnight and resulted in perfect specimens (the human anatomy is surprisingly flawed). Besides, even if there was a creator, the Christian still has all of his work in front of him to prove that the Christian God is that creator.

The same letter also chided secular humanism. I’m not sure that the author would want to go back in time to a period where secular humanism was not allowed to exist. People were burned at the stake for believing in the wrong God, science was forbidden, people were enslaved and women were possessions. All of these acts are either condoned or demanded by the Bible. It was the secular movement that led the way in fighting these battles, and we continue to fight them today to ensure that all people have the same liberties in spite of what any holy text might say.