Reynolds and Sjodahl expounded on the grand philosophical question, “Is there a God?”:
"Only a ‘fool’-that is, one who is deficient in moral qualities (see Rom. l:22)-contradicts this self-evident truth, and his negation is determined by the heart rather than the intellect; that is to say, he wishes that there were no God, and he talks accordingly. ’The fool has said in his heart, There is no God.’ (Psalm 14:1) That is his wish, his desire.
"Such an individual may, perhaps, find comfort in the conclusion of Kant, that the existence of God, a First Cause, cannot be proved by any argument known to logic, since every cause seems to require a previous cause to account for it, wherefore a First Cause can never be located. But St. Paul does not agree with this conclusion. His assertion is that all that which can be known by mortal man concerning God has been made manifest by our Lord himself, for ’God has showed it unto them.‘ Paul is also of the opinion that his eternal power and Godhead ’are clearly seen in the creation.’ (Rom. 1:19, 20) The Hebrew poet expresses the same thought:
“The heavens declare the Glory of God. And the firmament showeth his handywork. Day unto day poureth forth speech, And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language; Their voice cannot be heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the World.” (Psalm 19:1–3) (Reynolds and Sjodahl, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, vol. 1, p. 245)
“It is also recognized by a majority of the great scientists that there is a God and that he is the source of truth. As Albert Einstein said, ‘The harmony of natural law reveals an intelligence of such superiority that compared with it all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection’ (”Search for Truth" 7). Similarly, the great space scientist Wernher von Braun has written,
"Anything as well ordered
And perfectly created as is our earth
And universe must have a Maker
A Master Designer
Anything so orderly, so perfect,
So precisely balanced, so majestic as
This creation can only be the product of a Divine Idea…
’There must be a Maker; there can be no other way’ (“Creation” 21)" (Book of Mormon Symposium Series, edited by PR Cheesman, MS Nyman, and CD Tate, Jr., 1988, p. 348)
Ronald Reagan has been quoted as saying, “sometimes when I’m faced with an atheist, I am tempted to invite him to the greatest gourmet dinner that one could ever serve. And when we have finished eating that magnificent dinner to ask him if he believes there’s a cook.” (Quote Book #4, compiled by James H. Patterson, p. 5)