There are many evidences that point to the existence of a transcendent God who created the universe.
I was reading some arguments that weakened the case for materialism. This ISM maintains that all there is in the universe is that which is verifiable empirically. Simply put, if you can touch it, or hear it, or measure it in someway, then it exists. Without getting very complicated, all the non-measurable stuff like love, or courage or memories have a physical explanation only, (neurons firing that give the illusion of meaning). No doubt I have OVER-simplified the argument, so please forgive me. I am not claiming to do justice to the case for naturalism/materialism.
The point the author was making is that even if one were to grant as true that the material is all there is, that kind of reductionism makes life difficult to live.
On to the argument proposed by the author. He used the simple syllogism that is the building block of all reasoning.
Premise 1: If God does not exist, then life has no ultimate purpose or meaning
Premise 2: Life has ultimate meaning and purpose
Conclusion: There must be a God
It seems that materialists tend to pull meaning out of thin air (nothing to ground it). If they are honest in their philosophical materialism, then all that is is what can be measured. Ergo there IS no ultimate meaning. But as the realistic existentialists reasoned and wrote mid 20th century, the only logical conclusion to THAT assessment of life is suicide. Fortunately few materialists are willing to to that far. In their hearts they might believe: “Life is absurd, without any meaning,” but they ALSO make this decision, “….so we are just going to assert that it is meaningful.”
Question: What other syllogisms can you form as an evidence for the transcendant God?
Surprised by Logic 
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