Scientists 'Prove' God Exists? New Theorem Claims To Prove Existance Of Higher Being

Atheists and agnostics beware! Scientists have reportedly proven that God exists in a new theorem. Just this week, the Salt Lake Tribune reported that Hispanic-Americans are turning to atheism. In fact, the 2013 Hispanic Values Survey conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute found that 12 percent of Hispanics and Latinos are atheist or agnostic. This news came as a surprise to many, as many Hispanics are Catholics and most have some form of faith in a higher being. But now two scientists -- Christoph Benzmüller of Berlin's Free University

and Bruno Woltzenlogel Paleo of the Technical University in Vienna -- have supposedly built upon the work of mathematician Kurt Gödel and have proven that God exists. Sort of. In reality, the mathematicians have not proven God's actual existance, but rather, they have proven what superior technology can do.

Essentially, Gödel, who died in 1978, theorized that a higher being exists simply because we understand the existance. "By definition, God is that for which no greater can be conceived," writes ABC News. "And while God exists in the understanding of the concept, we could conceive of him as greater if he existed in reality. Therefore, he must exist." While abstract reasons has proven this logic, math has never held up to prove this. But Benzmüller and Paleo, and their MacBook computer, have proven Gödel's proof on a mathematical level. They submitted their findings on arXiv.org, titled "Formalization, Mechanization and Automation of Gödel's Proof of God's Existence," and the scientists believe their work can be used on a pratical level on artificial intelligence and for software and hardware verification.

"It's totally amazing that from this argument led by Gödel, all this stuff can be proven automatically in a few seconds or even less on a standard notebook," said Benzmüller to SPIEGEL ONLINE. "I didn't know it would create such a huge public interest but (Gödel's ontological proof) was definitely a better example than something inaccessible in mathematics or artificial intelligence," the scientist added. "It's a very small, crisp thing, because we are just dealing with six axioms in a little theorem. ... There might be other things that use similar logic. Can we develop computer systems to check each single step and make sure they are now right?" RELATED: Hispanics Losing Their Religion? New Survey Finds Number Of Atheist Latinos Is Increasing