Is there a God?

This is the question that is going around, and has been going around for centuries. Why? I always thought is was because man needs to believe there is something/someone bigger than he is. He needs to know that there is someone in control, otherwise things that make no sense have no real purpose. He concludes there must be some explanation for organization and complexity in the universe.

However, as I listen (via blog/website/youtube) to the atheist discussion of the impossibility of a God, I am overwhelmed that the question is raised more in arrogance than in pursuit. In other words...

• One cannot prove God, therefore He does not exist.
• One cannot articulate God, therefore He does not exist.
• Experience cannot be used to "prove" God, therefore He does not exist.
• The Bible cannot be used to defend God's existence, therefore He does not exist.
• History cannot be used to argue the existence of Christ, therefore He and God do not exist.
• People of all faiths fail in following God, therefore He does not exist.
• Order in nature is not evidence for a Creator, therefore One does not exist.
• Chaos in our world screams that there is no God, therefore He does not exist.
• God did not reveal Himself to me, therefore He does not exist.
• Only weak and simple people believe in God, therefore He does not exist

And on the reasoning goes, very logical, very empirical, usually very intelligent, however it misses one basic reality...

GOD!

Jehovah of the Bible does not go to any measure to explain Himself, defend Himself, prove Himself to anyone - not even His followers. Jehovah of the Bible begins His book with the assumption that He exists. "In the beginning, God..." He needs no defense. He needs no explanation. He was, He is, and He will always be.