The Argument from Human Behavior: The New Strongest Argument

FOREWORD

Although I have known Eric Demaree for more than ten years, I was still surprised to find that he seems to have discovered one of the most persuasive street-wise arguments for God that I have seen. In this thought-provoking book, Eric reveals his masterful ability to discover heretofore unknown truths and articulate the difficult study of God’s existence.

As a philosopher, I was awed by his Argument from Human Behavior. It is strong enough that Eric makes the case for God’s existence to be declared scientifically probable because, he argues, we all have indirect perceptions of God when we take our sense of wrong seriously.

His religious narrative, Christian Objectivism, is both simple and comprehensive. Its entire theology is derived from only one directive—Be reasonable. Someday it could possibly be called The Theology of Everything because, drawing from Einstein’s ideas, it attempts to unify God and faith and science and reason.

This book is a must read for everyone who wants a solid understanding of the God who is, which begins with what He has written into our conscience. I believe The Argument from Human Behavior and Christian Objectivism will clear the air about religions because they are reason’s most perceptive assault on, not only atheism, but also on religious absurdities.

Tom K. Lee

Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Retired

INTRODUCTION

The Argument from Human Behavior has exceptional force because if our hard-to live-by sense of wrong (our sense of everyone’s moral obligations) came from evolution, then why do we ALL take at least part of that sense of wrong seriously, as if it were authored by God, AND enforced by God?

This Argument is the strongest argument for God yet because it enables any thinking person to achieve the certainty unto death that God exists. More than a few martyrs have followed, sometimes subconsciously, a definite rational certainty into martyrdom for God. This argument, for the first time, verbalizes that rationale.

Nobody would be able to say to God on His Judgment Day: You should not punish me because it was impossible for me to achieve the certainty You existed. No one would be able to out-argue God about knowing of His existence. Consequently, if the Biblical God exists, then a slam-dunk argument for Him must exist also!

Furthermore, the Bible prophesies in Hebrews 8:11 that a slam-dunk argument for God assuredly will be discovered! This verse says: And they shall not teach every man his neighbor and every man his brother, saying: Know the Lord. For ALL shall know me from the least to the greatest.

Three qualities of The Argument from Human Behavior make it superior to other arguments for God. First, this argument discovers a universal indirect perception of God that everyone has many times every day: the fact that we all take seriously our sense of wrong. Second, this argument reveals that the Biblical God claims He is the legislator of the moral laws in our mind. Third, it understands that discovering God will always demand a step of faith; thus making an objective proof of God unattainable. However, the fact that we all have perceptions of God produces the extreme probability, and the inductive certainty, that God exists.

This book is philosophically precise, however, it is still accessible to non-philosophers. Everyone who is willing to stop and think should readily understand the Simplified Argument. The Superior Argument may be difficult reading for some, however, only thinking things over is needed to grasp it.

This book will also give you a basic understanding of the theory of knowledge, the philosophy of science and, perhaps, even your own personality. It will be a great blessing to you if are a seeker who is willing to do just a little thinking because this book contains the ultimate religious argument as well as the ultimate religious narrative—Christian Objectivism.

While writing this book many at the God-in-me Ministries of Las Vegas were supportive and helpful in giving me feedback on my work, especially Tom K. Lee. I would like to thank them for helping me prepare this book for publication. Most of all, I thank God for giving me tremendous joy while writing this book, which is the greatest reward. Thanks to Him for that!

SECTION I -

THE ARGUMENT FROM HUMAN BEHAVIOR

ABSTRACT:

We would consider our hard-to-live-by, yet seriously taken sense of wrong an ever-evolving and unenforced absurdity if we did not have perceptions of God’s existence in our minds!

The template for the Argument from Human Behavior:

Premise 1: If we take any part of our sense of wrong seriously, we have perceptions of God’s existence in our minds.

Premise 2: We all take at least part of our sense of wrong seriously.

Conclusion: Therefore, we all have perceptions of God’s existence in our minds.

Corollary: Either an outlandish quirk of evolution put God’s existence into everyone’s mind or God Himself did it.

THE CONDENSED ARGUMENT

The Argument from Human Behavior is the new strongest argument for God because it has superior epistemology and it understands that God’s existence can never be an objective fact. It establishes that we (including martyrs) are able to achieve the certainty unto death that God exists through faith in our sense of wrong (our sense of everyone’s moral obligations). This Argument reveals that when we take our sense of wrong seriously, we behave as if we have perceptions of God’s existence in our minds!

Without God, our sense of wrong would be constantly evolving and unenforced. Consequently, without God, our hard-to-live-by sense of wrong would be an absurdity, never qualified to be taken seriously!

This essay does not argue that morality comes from God. It does not even argue God exists! This essay does argue that we all have perceptions of God’s existence in our minds just as the Biblical God promises in Hebrews 10:16—This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts and in their minds will I write them.

The template for the Argument from Human Behavior:

Premise 1: If we take any part of our sense of wrong seriously, we have perceptions of God’s existence in our minds.

Premise 2: We all take at least part of our sense of wrong seriously.

Conclusion: Therefore, we all have perceptions of God’s existence in our minds.

Corollary: Either an outlandish quirk of evolution put God’s existence into everyone’s mind or God Himself did it.

Explanations:

Premise 2: Everyone behaves as if some type of lying or some type of cheating is seriously wrong.

Premise 1: No one, besides