How can you prove god exist without the bible?

Answer 1

As scientific discoveries continue to breakthrough barriers, more and more 'non-believers' are becoming true believers. Consider the conclusion of one of the world's most famous atheists, Professor Anthony Flew based upon Genetics - specifically DNA:

"What I think the DNA material has done," he wrote, "is that it has shown, by the almost unbelievable complexity of the arrangements which are needed to produce [life], that intelligence must have been involved in getting these extraordinarily diverse elements to work together.
"It's the enormous complexity of the number of elements and the enormous subtlety of the ways they work together. The meeting of these two parts at the right time by chance is simply minute. It is all a matter of the enormous complexity by which the results were achieved, which looked to me like the work of intelligence" ( There Is a God, 2007, p. 75).

An open minded individual does not need Church teachings or The Bible itself to prove Creation, in all its perfection and fine tuning, required a higher authority than man or chance to come about. The Apostle Paul was inspired to reflect upon the natural world as a teaching to all who have eyes to see that a divine Creator was at work here:

Romans 1:20-22New International Version (NIV)20 For since the creation of the world Gods invisible qualities his eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools ...

But speaking without biblical references, think about the things mankind has 'created' like our extremely complex and fast computers. Could these things simply form on their own, by chance? No way, they were made by an intelligent designer - man. How much greater then is the entire physical Creation - macro and micro? Worthy of thought...

Answer 2

In my opinion, you cannot prove God's existence, even with the Bible. However, you can show signs of His existence, such as the high improbability of the universe and everything in it coming into existence by chance, and the complexity of Nature becoming what it is today by mere natural processes. It's impossible to establish the truth of the existence of God in such a way that faith is no longer needed. Ravi Zacharias said, "God has put enough into the world to make faith in Him a most reasonable thing. But He has left enough out to make it impossible to live by sheer reason or observation alone."

ADDITIONALLY:

There is no way in these last days that we can know about God through our five natural physical senses, except that God's "inspired" Words reveal Himself to us. And even this is not PROOF. It is only EVIDENCE.

The fact is... God's Word is primarily written, NOW, for those whom He is "sanctifying": calling out of the world for His Holy use and purpose. It's only for those, right now, to whom God is GIVING THE FAITH THEY NEED to believe and trust in it:

"Sanctify them through thy Truth: Thy Word is Truth." (John 17:17 KJV)

"For ye are saved by Grace, THROUGH FAITH; and this [Faith is] not of yourselves; it is God's Gift..." (Eph.2:8 DRBDarby's Bible)

God opens the minds and hearts of [and gives Faith to] those whom He is calling... and it is THEY who have all the PROOF they need for now, to dare to Believe, Trust and Hope in the Promises He sets forth to mankind in His Word: The restoration of His Kingdom [His Sovereign Ruling Government] to the earth, and Salvation; Eternal Life

"Then He [Jesus] opened their minds to Understand the Scriptures." (Luke 24:45 WEY Weymouth's New Testament)

In the end, it's not up to God's servants to prove God to anyone... but only to "tell about Him, witness to His Truth [His Word, the Bible] through their own actions, and give testimony as to what is coming upon the earth through His prophecies."

The Truth is, that when God is ready for it, He shall PROVE to ALL THE WORLD that He is by RETURNING TO PLANET EARTH in a most decisive way FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE... and it will be THEN that:

"Disease will strike down those who are far away in exile. War will destroy those who are nearby. And anyone who survives will be killed by famine. So that at last I will spend My fury on them. When their dead lie scattered among their idols and altars, on every hill and mountain and under every green tree and great oak where they have offered incense to their gods, then THEY WILL KNOW THAT I ALONE AM THE LORD. I will crush them and make their cities desolate for the wilderness in the south to... the north. Then THEY WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD." (Ezek.6:12-14 NLT New Living Translation)

After the world has learned the lessons Satan has to teach it about sin's bottomless depth, and about its destructive end -- then will God reveal Himself to all the nations and all the deceived generations of man.

And THEN will the world learn, wholesale, God's lesson about Mercy, and Grace, and Forgiveness; on the Day of Judgment, when it learns how utterly foolish and blind and deceived it has been to God's shining Truth.

"You will look back at all your sins and HATE YOURSELVES because of the evil you have done. YOU WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD, O people of Israel [and the world], when I have Honored My Name by TREATING YOU MERCIFULLY IN SPITE OF YOUR WICKEDNESS, says the Sovereign LORD." (Ezek.20:43-44 NLT)

The nations of the world shall stand face-to-face with their Creator in that Day of Judgment... and have ALL THE PROOF THEY NEED. It won't be the Bible that proves God's existence to them. It shall be God, Himself.

"...there will be deep mourning among ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. And THEY WILL SEE the Son of Man ARRIVE ON THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN with Power and Great Glory." (Matt.24:30 NLT)

"On that Day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives... On that Day the sources of light will no longer shine, yet there will be continuous Day! Only the LORD knows how this could happen! There will be no normal day and night, for at evening time it will still be Light... And the LORD will be KING OVER ALL THE EARTH. On that Day there will be ONE LORD - His Name alone will be worshiped." (Zech.14:4-9 NLT)

The LORD doesn't need the Bible to reveal Himself, irrefutably, to all the world. He will do it, PERSONALLY, in His good time.

But the Bible does serve two great purposes. For now it: 1) serves to prove God to those whom He is calling out of the world to train; and learn to Obey God's Voice, for the administrative offices, jobs and positions in His coming Kingdom to rule the nations with Christ when He comes back.

And 2) The Bible shall serve as God's "measuring stick" in His Righteous Judgment of the world, when all of mankind's evil works throughout his generations will be measured against the inspired Words written in the books of the Bible:

"...And the books [of the Bible] were opened, including the Book of Life. And the dead were Judged ACCORDING TO THE THINGS WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS, according to what they had done." (Rev.20:12 NLT)

"...if any man hear My Sayings, and keep them not, I Judge him not: for I came not to Judge the world, but to Save the world. He that rejecteth Me, and receiveth not My Sayings, hath One that Judgeth him: THE WORD that I spake [which is recorded in the Bible], THE SAME SHALL JUDGE HIM IN THE LAST DAY." (John 12:47-48 ASV American Standard Version)

God proves Himself to those whom He's calling, and to whom He is giving Faith, through the Bible. And when He is ready to reveal Himself to the whole world; He will do so, PERSONALLY... by COMING BACK AND STANDING ON THE EARTH FOR ALL TO SEE! No faith needed then. His sun-like brilliance, Power and Glory will be self-evident, and there will be no atheists or skeptics in the world.

"...His eyes were bright like flames of fire... And His face was as bright as the sun in all its brilliance." (Rev.1:14-16 NTL)

The Bible is only the "evidence," for those whom God calls "the wise" people of the world... those who are of "Faith"... will take as "Truth" -- and who KNOW THAT GOD IS.

"I heard what He said, but I did not Understand what He meant. So I asked, 'How will all this finally end, my LORD?' But He said, 'Go now, Daniel, for what I have said is FOR THE TIME OF THE END. Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined by these trials. But the wicked will continue in their wickedness, and none of them will Understand. Only THOSE WHO ARE WISE will KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.'" (Dan.12:8-10 NLT)

" '...the time is near. Let the one who is doing wrong continue to do wrong; the one who is vile, continue to be vile; the one who is good, continue to do good; the one who is holy, continue in holiness. See, I AM coming soon, and My Reward is with Me, to repay all according to their deeds.'"

No one PROVES God exists with or without the Bible. They can only provide EVIDENCE of Him through the Scriptures... or by their good deeds; by example. It's God, Himself, will PROVE HIS EXISTENCE when the world sees His Brilliant Self approaching darkened, cloud-covered planet earth with His angelic army.

"...Let everyone tremble in fear because the Day of the LORD is upon us. It is a Day of darkness and gloom, a Day of thick clouds and deep blackness. Suddenly, like dawn spreading across the mountains, A MIGHTY ARMY APPEARS! How Great and Powerful they are! The likes of them have not been seen before and never will be again..." (Joel 2:1-2 NLT).

"The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon will turn blood-red before that Great and Terrible Day of the LORD arrives. And anyone who calls on the Name of the LORD will be saved... These will be among the survivors whom the LORD has called." (verses 31-32)

The evidence of God's existence is there for all to see in the Bible. But the PROOF is in the heart and mind of the Believer.

Answer 3

No, no one can. Hebrews 11: "without faith it is impossible to please God."