THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
During this class we have looked at a wide range of theories about God from the creation of the universe to the theory of being reborn and life after death. What this all comes down to is whether God exists or He doesn't. There is no middle ground. Any attempt to remain neutral in relation to God's existence is automatically synonymous with unbelief. It is far from a "moot" question, for if God does exist, then nothing else really matters; if He does not exist, then nothing really matters at all. What follows are some of my views on the existence of God. Also thrown in are some amazing facts I found during research I did during this class. One might wonder why it is necessary to present evidence for the existence of God. How can we sit here and pretend that logic in any way applies to religion? Everyone's talking about faith vs. intellect and one can't really expect them to cross much more than your own introspection. Christianity never claimed to have all the answers. Christians profess a God infinitely beyond our comprehension, since having neither parts nor limits he bears no relation to us. If Christians were to attempt to answer everything, they would not be keeping their word. The very lack of ans
It seems to me, however, that as we really don't have a clue, it's just as likely that it was God and that there was a beginning as it does that there is an infinite regress. Little wonder Paul stated that "in him we live, and move, and have our being. The world he made was utterly good until humanity turned against him, but God does not attempt to control our minds. What they can do, however, is try to clarify issues. Christianity doesn't offer a knock-down solution at a philosophical level, but the Bible does give ground to stand on as one tries to live in a world where suffering is real. Imagine we trace the causes back to the world. The empty tomb stands as a silent but powerful witness that God does exist (Acts 2:24; Romans 10:9) and that Christ is His Son. That Christ existed cannot he doubted by any rational person. Since our finite, dependent (and contingent) universe (of matter/energy) did not cause itself; it was obviously caused by an infinite, independent, eternal Mind. The Ontological argument does not, however, allow us to argue anything into existence. Had he known what species would evolve and not liked the results, before they happened, he would probably have chosen a different mechanism to evolution. The interval between the date of the original composition and the earliest extent evidence becomes so small as to be negligible, and the last foundation for any doubt that the Scriptures have come down to us substantially as they were written has now been removed. Where did they come from? Wipe out all evil. The men who wrote it were either deceivers, deluded, or telling the truth.
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