(February 11, 2017 at 8:30 pm)pocaracas Wrote:False Equivalence - created entity to eternal entity.(February 11, 2017 at 8:23 pm)snowtracks Wrote: No one has come close to showing that even the simplest living entity could possibly assemble itself.
Can I try, too?
No one has come close to showing that even the simplest god could possibly assemble itself.
Creation affirms that God is a necessary being (a being that cannot not exist or must exist) that called all contingent realities (things that cannot create themselves) into existence. God is thus the infinite and eternal, self-existent. Past infinite regression explanations breakdown logically into metaphysical speculations. God has reveal himself in two ways: 1. General Revelation (Creation), 2. Special Revelation (Scripture). All 7 billion persons should know the reason for Creation*. It appears per scripture that a large minority will choose connection with God thru redemption; while the smallest majority will choose separation by rejecting redemption.
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Probably most would concluded using the natural mind where we perceive things subject to the cosmic timeline (didn't exist prior to the Big Bang per the space-time theorems) that there should be nothing (as no thing), but there is. How can a Triune God have always existed, no one can come close to comprehending.
* The reason is per Special Revelation: God's Work of Redemption**. Creation is the backdrop or stage where it's all played out.
** He has saved us and called us to a holy life--not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time - (before Creation, therefore a greater work). The gift of free will makes people responsible for their choices.
Atheist Credo: An universe by chance that also just happened to admit the observer by chance.