What If Atheists Are Right About the Beginning of the Universe?
by Perry Hall
As to the beginning of our universe, I am aware of at least two atheistic positions. This becomes for atheists an either-or proposition:
- Either you believe that matter came from non-matter - that is, something came from nothing.
- Or, that matter has no beginning and is eternal, but not living matter - that is, life came from non-life.
Let's expand on those positions:
- If you believe that nothing produced something, since that is scientifically unprovable and impossible, you believe based upon faith. Basically, you believe in what the Bible calls a miracle! I, too, believe in a miraculous beginning.
- If you believe matter is eternal, and I believe God is eternal, then we both believe in eternity. Using the Scientific Method, you cannot prove matter is eternal; therefore, you take it on faith. I don't need to prove God through the Scientific Method since my "eternal something" is outside the realm of matter. However, focusing on the commonality, we both believe in something eternal.
This means we both believe in an eternal "substance" that created everything. Again, we both believe in miracles!
Your eternal miracle maker is part of the system it created. My eternal miracle maker is outside of the system He created.
So the question that needs asking is this: if we both believe in "miracles" and eternity, aren't miracles and eternity part of the definition of "God"? So now we both believe in "God".
This moves every atheist out of the atheistic position to a theist position. So the only question now is, based upon our presuppositions, which God do we believe in?
