Proof God doesn’t exist
I posted earlier this month about the Northwestern College (Roseville)professor who invites an atheist into his Christian Theology classroom to present 18 Unconvincing Arguments for God. I’ve been thinking about the 18 points and corresponded with Mr. Berkshire about his list. I think that the professor’s efforts to help his students or to possibly have an effect on an atheist miss on both points. I remain unconvinced that Mr. Berkshire’s list is, indeed, unconvincing arguments for God. I wouldn’t use any of those arguments at all. Instead, I would challenge him to create a list of proof that God doesn’t exist.
I heard a good quote from tonight’s Issues Etc. guest, Dr. Ron Rhodes of Reasoning from the Scriptures Ministries and author of “Answering the Objections of Atheists, Agnostics & Skeptics”. Dr. Rhodes commented that he considers atheism a belief system because of the amount of energy that goes into denying the existence of God. He quoted Isaac Asimov (shown in the bolded sentences - I’ve used the entire quote for accuracy),
I am an atheist, out and out. It took me a long time to say it. I’ve been an atheist for years and years, but somehow I felt it was intellectually unrespectable to say one was an atheist, because it assumed knowledge that one didn’t have. Somehow, it was better to say one was a humanist or an agnostic. I finally decided that I’m a creature of emotion as well as of reason. Emotionally, I am an atheist. I don’t have the evidence to prove that God doesn’t exist, but I so strongly suspect he doesn’t that I don’t want to waste my time.
~Isaac Asimov
People like to make arguments. But is that how we come to believe as we do? When and how did you, personally, begin to believe in God? Is it because you heard an argument one day and said to yourself, “Hey, that’s a good argument, so from now on, I’ll believe God exists.”
Or is there more to it?
Editor: Scripture is quite clear that no one can choose faith in God by themselves. Our nature is to fight and deny God, a legacy from the Garden of Eden. Simply put, I believe faith comes from God. Faith in God is a gift..a gift available to all from a God who pursues us second by second, and with the power of a tsunami, with a love that is unfathomable. From the day we are born to the day we die, we are pursued by our Creator as a mother pursues her wandering toddler. Is there more to it? Sure, but it’s also quite simply. I’ve written on this topic for several years at my other blog. See the link at the top of the page or click here.