AN: This is an essay I entered in a contest. Please let me know what you think. I encourage everyone to do their own research if this captures anyone's interest.

What does science tell us about God?

Perhaps one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the universe is whether or not God exists. Many people today need to see to believe. The fact is, the proof of God's existence is all around us.

Take our own world, for example. According to everystudent.com, "Even a fractional variance in the Earth's position to the sun would make life on Earth impossible." This means that if we were just a little bit closer to the sun, we would burn up, but any farther away and we would freeze. Our moon is also in the perfect position. It keeps the oceans from flooding over, yet it keeps them moving to create tides and waves. Our position in the solar system is so perfect, how could Earth's creation happen by chance?

There's also evidence of God in us. Dr. Phillip Bishop, a professor of exercise physiology, puts it this way: "...it seems highly doubtful that we are the product of chance errors of our forebear's DNA." Certain areas of DNA have another message that's able to be read by a cell. The genome can mean something different when read backwards, which saves space. All parts of DNA are used in one way or another. Just DNA alone is proof that there is a God.

The laws of nature would be something else to consider. The website allaboutphilosophy.org mentions, "The combinations of physical constants in our universe are perfectly set for the existence of life." In other words, there's an endless amount of ways our universe could have been different. If that's the case, then the odds of us getting the universe we have today by random are one in a trillion. With this in mind, one can say that the universe and all the laws of nature had to be set by someone.

The proof of God is everywhere. One just simply has to be open minded and alert. No one can tell others what to believe; each person must decide for themselves.

Works Cited
Adamson, Marilyn. "Is There a God?" EveryStudent.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2016. <http://www.everystudent.com/features/isthere.html>

Bishop, Phillip. "Evidence of God in Human Physiology-- Fearfully and Wonderfully Made." Evidence of God in Human Physiology. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2016. <http://www.leaderu.com/science/bishop.html>.

"Evidence God Exists." AllAboutPhilosophy.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2016. <http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/evidence-god-exists-faq.htm>.