Light or Darkness

"Open your heart, Judas, not your mind"

-spoken by Jesus to Judas in the miniseries "Jesus of Nazareth"

Suppose some scientist, however unlikely this might seem, could come up with a formula proving God's nonexistence. What would I do? I would still believe in Him.

What if, upon the discovery of this formula, belief in God was made illegal, with harsh penalties or even death for those who believe? I would still believe in Him.

Why?

There is either a Light in this world, or it is the most abject darkness without a trace of redeeming features. There is either Light or there is the total absence of light. Although the world sometimes seems predominated with shades of gray, you cannot even see grayness without light.

Were it proven to me that there is no God, then I would seek to be the Light for as long as I live, so that at least as long as I am, there is Light. Jesus himself said the same thing:

While I am in the world, I am the light of the world. Jn 9:5

Which is not to say that he didn't believe in a greater Light which is God, but that he was vowing to be the manifestation of that Light while he was here. And in fact he said the same thing about his followers in Mt. 5:14, that THEY are the light of the world too.

The difference between believing in God as a proposition and living that belief is faith. This is faith: not a belief in that for which you lack evidence, but to make your soul like steel, like a titanium sword, pointed towards a higher directive that supercedes mere logic. It is not a determination of the mind, it is a determination of the heart and spirit.

If there is not Light, meaning a spiritual force of order, peace, love and unity, then there is only abject darkness period. And the source of this Light is God.

Were it to be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that God is not, then I would say what He said when the Universe was yet unformed: Let there be Light.