One of the classical demonstrations of God's existence is the so-called argument from desire: Every innate or natural desire corresponds to some objective state of affairs that fulfills it. Now we all have an innate or natural desire for ultimate fulfillment, ultimate joy, which nothing in this world can possibly satisfy. Therefore, there must exist objectively a supernatural condition that grounds perfect fulfillment and happiness, which people generally refer to as "God."
I have found in my work as an apologist and evangelist that this demonstration, even more than the cosmological arguments, tends to be dismissed out of hand by skeptics. They observe, mockingly, that wishing something doesn't make it so, and they are eager to specify that remark with examples: I may want to have a billion dollars, but the wish doesn't make the money appear; I wish I could fly, but my desire doesn't prove that I have wings, etc.
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