So, if you call yourself a rational atheist, why do you think atheism is rational? I believe that science (particularly physics) has basically proven that there is a God of some sort. Here's how:
Through the Big Bang theory, we see that the universe has now been widely accepted to have a beginning. We know that this beginning didn't spontaneously appear out of nothing, because nothing is a scientific impossibility*. Nothing can't create something, because it is nothing. It doesn't work. The only other possibility is that something created the universe.
--Lets stop for a second, and define God. This will make the rest of our conversation much easier if we define Him. By definition, he is omnipresent (present in all places and times), omnipotent (having unlimited power) , and omniscient (having all knowledge). There. Now we can continue without much confusion.--
So, something must have created the universe. If I go out and say, "God was the creator." you will most likely say, "Then who created God?" which is an amazing question. So lets explore it. If something created God, then something needed to create whatever created God, and something needed to create that, and something needed to create that, etc. You get an Infinite amount of creators (called an infinite regress), but you acknowledge that there is a creator of some sort.
--For reference, an infinite regress is something very hard to wrap your mind around. Its infinity. What is infinity? Infinity is a constant "something". Is infinity impossible? No. Actually, through reason, we know that it is only possible, because since there is no such thing as nothing, there always most be a constant something which is again: Infinity.--
So, if Infinity is possible, is infinite regress possible? Yes, but again, if you believe in an infinite regress (at least in this context) you are also acknowledging that there is some sort of a godly creator. Therefore, God is real in one form or another, and your atheism is refuted.
Another way of looking at this is by saying that, since the universe is everything, then the creator of the universe must have unlimited power (omnipotence), must be outside of time (omnipresence), and must know everything to create everything (omniscience). Sounds a lot like the criteria for God that I listed above, right?
I want you to answer this one question to me: If you don't believe that a Creator created the Universe, then how did the universe come about into existence?
*http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/11/why-there-is-no-such-thing-as-empty-space.html
Through the Big Bang theory, we see that the universe has now been widely accepted to have a beginning. We know that this beginning didn't spontaneously appear out of nothing, because nothing is a scientific impossibility*. Nothing can't create something, because it is nothing. It doesn't work. The only other possibility is that something created the universe.
--Lets stop for a second, and define God. This will make the rest of our conversation much easier if we define Him. By definition, he is omnipresent (present in all places and times), omnipotent (having unlimited power) , and omniscient (having all knowledge). There. Now we can continue without much confusion.--
So, something must have created the universe. If I go out and say, "God was the creator." you will most likely say, "Then who created God?" which is an amazing question. So lets explore it. If something created God, then something needed to create whatever created God, and something needed to create that, and something needed to create that, etc. You get an Infinite amount of creators (called an infinite regress), but you acknowledge that there is a creator of some sort.
--For reference, an infinite regress is something very hard to wrap your mind around. Its infinity. What is infinity? Infinity is a constant "something". Is infinity impossible? No. Actually, through reason, we know that it is only possible, because since there is no such thing as nothing, there always most be a constant something which is again: Infinity.--
So, if Infinity is possible, is infinite regress possible? Yes, but again, if you believe in an infinite regress (at least in this context) you are also acknowledging that there is some sort of a godly creator. Therefore, God is real in one form or another, and your atheism is refuted.
Another way of looking at this is by saying that, since the universe is everything, then the creator of the universe must have unlimited power (omnipotence), must be outside of time (omnipresence), and must know everything to create everything (omniscience). Sounds a lot like the criteria for God that I listed above, right?
I want you to answer this one question to me: If you don't believe that a Creator created the Universe, then how did the universe come about into existence?
*http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/11/why-there-is-no-such-thing-as-empty-space.html
