A proof for God that I have mulled over in my head for a few years now is the reality of ancient mythologies and the polytheism that wedded together the people of primitive times.
Consider this...
From the very beginning of human history, for as far back and as detailed as we can get, people have been sensing 'gods' - that there is something more than what meets the human eye. With no prompting from established religions, from no cultural norms, from no real divine inspiration, people were sensing that that there must be gods at work here, and created their magnificent mythologies that still enthrall us to this day.
Mythology, magic, wizardry, spirits, pantheism, energies...they all point to the most basic human reality that we were made to be attuned to, interact with and connected to things higher and greater than ourselves. The ancients manifested that reality through their myths and practices, we, as Christians, have come to know this as The Trinity.
I believe that we are truly impoverished in our scientific, technological, post-modern industrialized world because there are so much subtle muting and pronounced distractions that hinder us from being as richly insightful as our prehistoric and ancient brothers and sisters.
Whenever we turn to the technology or science or industry or popularized culture to find meaning and answers, then we are truly worse off than the cavemen.
We cant say that what they believed was just as good as the Trinity, but we can say that they, in their limited resources and the void of Sacred Scripture and Divine Revelation, did a pretty good job at probing at the Truth.
I know this isn't one of the great proofs for the existence of God you may find in Anselm or Aquinas, but for a guy who appreciates and loves the beauty of the story and the pursuit for Truth, this is proof enough for me. Everything else is grace!
Let this Trinity Sunday prompt us to consider how we can make God as central and natural in our lives as the early polytheists and pagans wonderfully did. As they found fullness and completion in their mythologies and gods, let us do the same with our God, the Holy Trinity.
