We're making progress in seeking the answer to these questions: Is there a God? If so, who is He?
We have not specifically proven the existence of God, but we have discussed direct evidence of Him: the commonly understood standard of right and wrong, which we call The Law.
Once you understand that this law exists, you can move on to the next question...
Where did this law come from?
For that matter, where did anything come from?
Why is there anything, instead of nothing?
There are two dominant views concerning how everything got here: The Big Bang, and Intelligent Design (the idea that someone, or something, purposely put it here).
Keep in mind that all this stuff around us: planets, solar systems, protons, and electrons, all follow predictable patterns in strict, measurable ways. Some stuff, which we call 'living' stuff (kittens, dogs, people) also follow predictable patterns, but in a less rigid way.
According to the Big Bang theory, all this stuff, which acts in predictable ways, did something very unpredictable... It blew up.
In fact, all this stuff blew up for no known reason as the result of nothing happening (because nothing existed, including time) at a time when none of it existed. Odd, don't you think?
On top of that, after all this stuff, which came from nowhere for no reason, exploded, it organized itself into an orderly, predicable, measurable universe. Then it randomly organized into air, water, proteins, crystals, planets, the suns, moons, and more.
Next, all this inanimate stuff that randomly came into existence organized itself into pairs of replicating life forms. Each life form didn't just randomly come into existence by itself... a second one randomly occurred at the same time so that reproduction was possible. How convenient.
These life forms, again by random chance, just happen to provide balances in the ecosystem. Insects, plants, birds, animals, parasites, flies... each create benefits for other creatures. Without some, others could not live, and yet they came to exist at the same time.
On top of all of that, all this stuff that began so explosively and randomly now acts very predictably.
If you believe all that. You've got a lot more faith than those of us who believe the other option: an intelligent force designed and created all that we know about, all that we can see, and all that we can measure.
Why this is so hard to accept amazes me. On the one hand: design. On the other: nothing from nothing caused by nothing randomly organizes into everything.
Nothing else in life or science follows any rule that says anything like, "it just happens out of nothing over gadzillions of years." Nothing. So, why does anyone think that everything could just appear out of nothing and over gadzillions of years organize itself into something?
Not believing in a designer is blind faith. Believing in a designer makes complete sense, and follows the patterns that we understand logically and scientifically.
Here are a few more things to think about:
- Your car is proof that there are car-designers and car-builders.
- Your shoes are proof that there are shoe-designers and shoe-builders.
- If you find a series of seven or eight quarters lined up and spaced evenly, you immediately understand that someone (or something) did that... it wasn't random chance.
Including the commonly accepted and understood Laws.
Just as a painter leaves behind traces and signatures of himself in the artwork... Just as a computer programmer leaves traces of his personality in the software... Just as a jeweler leaves telltale clues in his jewelry that it was his design... The Creator of the universe left clear indications of His design, including the Laws that are build into each one of us.
We'll explore this a bit more next time.
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