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This journal is dedicated to presenting evidence. Blind acceptance is not a way to develop or maintain faith in the face of significant life challenges. What evidence do we have that our existence and everything we see around us is the work of a Creator? The person who denies God's existence has no answer to the question of “why there is something rather than nothing.” An Oxford philosopher wrote a book with that title, but he gave no answer except to claim that “nothingness” is impossible. We do not believe in God simply because the alternative seems unlikely, but because there is positive evidence pointing to the existence of a Creator God.
THE EXISTENCE OF A CREATOR
ANSWERS THE TIME QUESTION.
It is a scientific fact that matter and energy depend on time to exist. All equations in physics and cosmology describing the physical universe include time. For this to be true, the cause of creation must be outside of time. Suggesting that the universe could be eternal and thus not require a Creator contradicts scientific laws, especially the second law of thermodynamics, also known as the principle of entropy. No scientist would deny the second law, so the idea of an eternal universe is not an option.
For the physical universe to exist, the cause must be outside of time. Genesis 1:1 clearly states this. The very first word in the biblical account in Hebrew is “reshith,” translated “In the beginning.” That word means “that for which there is nothing before,” and indicates that time was created. Quantum mechanics now shows us that time had a beginning, which implies it must have a Creator.
THE EXISTENCE OF A CREATOR
EXPLAINS THE SCIENTIFIC CONSTANTS.
One thing that always amazed my physics and chemistry students was the book known as The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. This very thick volume contains thousands of scientific constants that make the material world possible.
In physics, we use the gravitational constant, 6.6743 x 1011, to determine the force of gravity. If it were larger, all matter would collapse into a giant black hole. If it were smaller, matter would fly apart, and we would be cast away from the Sun, and the Moon would disappear into outer space. This constant keeps the solar system together and allows us to exist. In chemistry, we use Avogadro's constant of 6.02214076 x 1023 to calculate the number of particles in one mole of a substance. All chemical reactions depend on the ratios of atoms of different elements. These constants are critical for the universe to exist and support life. While many numerical values could be possible, the ones we observe allow for this universe to exist in a way that sustains life.
THE EXISTENCE OF A CREATOR
GIVES MEANING TO LIFE.
One of the many questions that atheists cannot explain is why they exist. Why do we exist? What is the meaning of life? If humans are merely the result of random accidents, then life would have no purpose or significance. Survival of the fittest is not a satisfactory answer because what is considered “fittest” changes over time. As I have aged into my 80s, I know I am not as physically fit as I was at 21. The presence of morality, concepts of good and evil, and a purpose for living, regardless of our physical existence, can only be understood by embracing a Creator as the source of life.
One of the great tragedies of our culture rejecting God and the Bible is that those with no religious beliefs (“nones”) find no ultimate reason to exist and lack a way to handle life's struggles. Unsurprisingly, today's high rates of drug dependence and suicide reflect this loss of hope. As a society, we have rejected the Creator and lost sight of true hope amid life's hardships.
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