Why I Believe God Exists

In my first post I promised to talk about why I, personally, am convinced that God exists.

Every time I learn more about the Earth, and more about our bodies, and animal life, and vegetation (and on and on) I am more and more convinced that there is a God.

In a TV series called Planet Earth we learn about a group of trees called the Boreal Forest, also known as The Tiger. This massive forest is found 500 miles south of the Arctic Tundra. "[It] contains A THIRD of all of the trees on Earth, and produces so much oxygen that it changes the composition of the atmosphere." (Planet Earth).

I remember watching this for the first time and wondering at the incredible "coincidence" that there should be almost all the trees we need tucked away up in an uninhabitable part of the world where man would never settle and de-forest. 

This is one small thing (of the many) that testifies that there is a God.

I'm reading a book called The Physics of Superheroes. It was written by Physics Ph.D. James Kakalios, a professor at The University of Minnesota.
During one chapter he talks about the Sun and how it literally supports all life, in many, many ways.

Two of the ways that the Sun provides life are: by creating wind currents which brings water from the ocean onto the main land. And the rays of sunlight that carry energy, which plants photosynthesize into energy that they can use. This is how animals (including humans) get energy by eating these plants.

The nuclear fusion that happens in the core of the Sun only happens because (if you don't like physics just read the bold text) the nucleus of a Helium atom has a mass slightly less than that of two deuterium nuclei. In fact, The Helium nucleus is exactly 99.3 percent the mass of two deuterium nuclei. If it were 99.4 percent of the mass then the deuterium nuclei would not form and nuclear fusion would not proceed. Stars would be dim and would not be hot enough to create wind currents, or provide energy to plants. If the Helium nucleus were 99.2 percent the mass then too much energy would be expelled from the Sun. And in the early universe too much nuclear fuel would have burned and very few stars would have been able to form. (information taken from The Physics of Superheroes, by James Kakalios)

This is mind-blowing!!! In fact, at the end of the paragraph where this information is found, the author (an atheist) writes "The source of this amazing fine-tuning of the basic properties of nature is the subject of current investigation." (Kakalios) 

The source is God. 
It is generally understood that the majority of scientists do not believe in God. I find this incredible. That those who best understand the perfect system in which we live can disregard the possibility of creation by design.

In The Book of Mormon, one of the prophets spoke about this:

...The scriptures are laid before thee, yea, and all things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator. (Alma 30:44)

I have had many spiritual experiences that have caused me to strongly feel that God not only exists but that He is my Father and that He loves me very much. Many times I have received an answer to my prayers. Things that I have asked for have happened, and I've received answers to questions.

I testify that God lives, and that He loves me. I know also that He loves all of His children. This knowledge has brought so much comfort and guidance in my life. 

check out mormon.org if you have any questions.
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In my next post I want to talk about The Bible and other scriptures like The Book of Mormon.