The Reality of God: The Layman's Guide to Scientific Evidence for the Creator

This is such a lucid and necessary book! Steve Hemler explores three distinct disciplines and their evidence for a creator: space, including laws of nature, biology, including evolution and genetics, and human logic and philosophy. He covers each area thoroughly and convincingly but without overwhelming the reader with jargon. There is enough depth to participate in a debate about the details with someone else, such as a teen, a sibling or a co-worker. For instance, as a physician I have learned the science and I am glad the book describes enough of the concepts that I can have an intelligent conversation with colleagues about the evidence for God in the scientific details. A non-scientist, though, will still understand the arguments and evidence the author presents. You don’t need to be preparing for a debate to enjoy this book. Just reading it for yourself, you will come away with renewed awe and wonder for what our Creator has made for us. God is in the details, and Mr. Hemler's book will reveal or remind you of those details.As a parent, I am glad he reminds the reader of John Westerhoff's four stages of Christian faith : experienced faith (bells & smells), affiliative faith (connecting in a faith community), searching faith (with which this book will be immensely helpful), and owned faith (with which this book will be immensely re-affirming). My own three teenagers and many of their friends challenge the very ideas that Mr. Hemler covers. He gives a very thorough and convincing explanation of the evidence. Teachers and parents will love this book.The book is well written and well edited. If you are an informal member of the "Grammar Police," as I am, this book will not leave you irritated by typos and misspellings. All of the i's are dotted and t's are crossed. The book is well referenced, and has a bibliography and index. There is also Kindle edition if you prefer.After reading all the evidence, I am glad Mr. Hemler ended the book with this quote by Norman Geisler, "God has provided enough evidence in life to convince anyone willing to believe, yet has also left some ambiguity so as to not compel the unwilling." Mr. Hemler adds," ...it is not possible to absolutely prove the existence of God beyond any doubt. A 'leap of faith' is required from each of us."It just so happens that I chose this book to read on a recent vacation in Arizona. As my children and I looked over the Grand Canyon, my scientific mind was trying to integrate the facts of rock formation and water and soil erosion with the amazing grandeur in front of us. Why would rock and erosion be this beautiful? The obvious explanation is that the creator wanted us to be in awe. This was the evidence that Mr. Hemler writes about. As we stood there among the crowds of people at the Canyon that day, people of all ages, from all over the world, all faiths, all levels of education, I had this realization: not one of the birds, deer, squirrels, much less the trees and rocks are in awe at this site, but every single human there was in awe!Read this book. Learn or remind yourself of the evidence God has provided to convince you, then take that leap of faith in Him.

As the author of “The Parable Mysteries” book, I am quite impressed with Steven Hemler’s presentation of the scientific evidence, his discussion of the levels of observations, and interpretation of scripture pointing to God's involvement and work throughout the universe and in the DNA within us, all his children, human beings with souls. I enjoyed reading his book. Particular of importance are the characteristics, the will to choose, and the pursuit of perfect love, perfect beauty, perfect truth, etc… that separates us from all other living creatures on the Earth. God ingrained consciousness within us, made in his own image, our soul. God's hand reaches deeper into matter much further than we can imagine, powering, guiding and influencing creation at every level from the microscopic to the macro universe. God’s fine-tuning made the universe possible; he created all ordinary matter, space, and gravity.Like Mr. Hemler, I too am in awe about and concerning the universe. I, however, see the universe as infinite in time and space. Despite my own disbelieve in the big bang theory, I fully endorse and highly recommend this book all readers. Buy extra hardcover copies of "The Reality of God: The Layman’s Guide to Scientific Evidence for the Creator” book for your friends and family for Birthdays and for Christmas. I also recommend visiting his CAINA web site and seeing his presentations in person.

I've been an engineer since I discovered a screw driver as a toddler almost 70 years ago, and used it to discover how things worked. I've spent retirement discovering how the universe and humans work and how they evolved from absolutely nothing. This has always enhanced my Catholic faith. I discovered that God is the master engineer and scientist and rarely resorts to magic tricks. That seems to be contrary to what we are told in the media and in public schools and colleges, where it is easy and profitable to ridicule religious fundamentalists who rely on faith alone. This book provides a firm lock on the realities of science, and surprising to many, modern Popes agree. It's easy to read, because it follows a lecture outline, yet it gets quite specific when covering DNA, the "language of God" (ref: Francis S. Collins). My only regret is that it missed references to some noteworthy scientists in the clergy, such as Sister Miriam Michael Stimson. The book should be mandatory reading for every parent, and for every teen who was short-changed on parental guidance.

Steven Hemler's work on attempting to scientifically verifying the reality of God is deeply researched and clearly explained in a non-religious manner. His references are easily validated and come from the physical, biological, and behavioral sciences as he develops the logic to conclude the existence of God. The reader explores how the god of Einstein's universe is also likely the God of Abraham, through a series of examples taken from science and related to scripture, who created it all from the very beginning of the "Big Bang." Hemler's book is consistent with other authors such as Sagan, Einstein, Hawking and Mlodinow who work from a scientific perspective and may not have concluded the existence of God, but acknowledge the phenomenon of a creator of the universe. Hemler connects the dots between science and religion and gives us a provocative yet compelling case for the existence of God. I recommend this to graduate students as an example of properly sourced and cited publication as well as for my family members seeking clearer truths about the existence of God.-TEK

Excellent. A very good coverage in the existence of God in the whole of creation. andgood counter to those who believe that the big bang theory is valid without God.

A very easy read for anyone. The author does a good job of relating the Bible to Scientific results.