PROOF OF GOD

THREE TYPES OF CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENTS EXIST TO PROVE THE EXISTENCE OF GOD. TWO ARE A POSTERIORI - COSMOLOGICAL AND TELEOLOGICAL - BASED ON EXPERIENCE. THE OTHER IS A PRIORI - ONTOLOGICAL- BASED ON NO EXPERIENCE IN REALITY. EACH PROOF STRETCHES MY I.Q. TO IMPOSSIBLE ELASTICITY, YET I DON'T UNDERSTAND THEM. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF NO GREATER ENTITY, REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM, AND ARRIVE AT THE EXISTENCE OF GOD. BUT I'D RATHER THINK OF MY SPARROWS AND JUNKOS. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO BACKTRACK EVENTS INFINITELY TO ARRIVE AT A FIRST CAUSE, GOD. BUT I'D PREFER TO THINK OF MY COWBIRDS AND WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCHES. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE COMPLEXITY OF CREATION TO THE NECESSITY FOR INTELLIGENT DESIGN. THIS TELEOLOGICAL APPROACH HAS THE BEST FEEL, BUT THEN I THINK OF MY HOUSE FINCHES AND SQUIRRELS.

WHO NEEDS PHILOSOPHY WHEN I HAVE MY WELFARE WILDLIFE? WHENCE THE COLD RETURNS, MY WINTER BIRDS DESCEND TO THE SEEDS I HAVE STREWN FOR THEM. BIRDBRAINS TO BE SURE, BUT THEY ARE FAITHFUL. SPICED BROWNS WITH TAN CROWNS, SLATE GRAYS, CHARCOALS WITH BROWN HEADS, MIDNIGHT BLUES WITH CREAM BIBS AND HOUSE FINCHES WITH THROAT BLAZES - FIVE SIMPLE BIRD FORMS - JOIN MY SILVER-TICKED SQUIRRELS CONSTANTLY FLICKING THEIR FLUFFY TAILS. I DELIBERATLY ENTICE THEM TO FREE LUNCH BECAUSE IT PLEASES ME TO PLEASE THEM. WHEN I'M DOMESTICATED AND WARM INDOORS, DINERS APPEAR ON THE WING AND SQUIRRELS DESCEND FROM THEIR HOLES IN TREES. ST. FRANCIS' FRIENDS ARE APPARENTLY INURED TO THE COLD. EXCLUDING HIGH, BITING WINDS, THEY ENJOY DAILY SNACKINGS WITHOUT BLITHERING. TINY BIRDS PECK AT MILLET, LARGER ONES AND THE CAUTIOUS RODENTS PREFER THE SUNFLOWER SEEDS FOR THEIR NATURAL SELECTIONS. WITHOUT MY BENEFACTION WOULD THEY SURVIVE? OF COURSE. WHOEVER HAS SEEN TO IT THAT THEY LIVE PROVES TO ME THAT HE WILL ALSO OVERSEE MY DEATH. GOD EXISTS.