[XLjedi]

Personally, these topics don't bother me at all. I do think atheists sometimes don't like to be confronted with the concept of an infinite God though.

I prefer to just rely on faith for my personal saving knowledge of Christ, but scientifically speaking, there are just too many unknowns to be so absolutely certain that God's hand can just be dismissed...

Do I need to prove there's a God? Could I even introduce perhaps a shadow of a doubt in the mind of an atheist? What represents our understanding of the infinite universe? If the universe were finite and represented a 12'x12' wall could I point to a pin-sized dot on the wall and say, "Here's what we understand?" Does it not take as much, if not more, faith to suggest that God doesn't exist in that vast infinite area that we know nothing about? :hmm:

Is it beyond the power of an infinite God to create humans who perhaps grow a tad larger over time due to improved health conditions? ...or perhaps in the same species of turtle give one a longer neck to more easily reach the food it needs? Darwin recanted his own theories before he died, and it's also fairly well known that his origin of the species was targetted more at racial superiority. Must I believe that because scientists dig up remains that they claim to be millions of years old that the Earth must therefore be that old? I s'pose it's beyond the power of God to just form the crust of the Earth with interesting things to discover already contained in it... or I dunno maybe Satan wanders around hollowing out strange shapes in the Earth just to cast doubt?

All I can say to those who dismiss God is... I hope for your own sake, you're right. In which case, all you need to endure is your own pointless life. The full realization of that must certainly be a depressing point to ponder. If God does exist however, and if the Bible is in fact true, perhaps not all believers in creation are wasting away their precious Sunday morning nap time paying homage to some fictitious being. Perhaps the uplifting and joyful message of the Gospel is not all just blissful ignorance.

The worst case scenario for me is, I end up no better off than an atheist. Although, the hope of living happily into eternity gives me a more joyful outlook during my short existance on this planet. In terms of eternity, is there really any upside for an atheist? ...anything to look forward to?

To me, the argument that there is no creator is akin to looking at a painting and suggesting there is no painter... Through a series of random events, it just happened to come into existance. Which by the way, sounding as ridiculous as it may, is more statistically likely to happen than a whole infinite universe just popping out of an infinitely small point. ...and even if you do subscribe to the big bang tiny point theory... What caused the infinite universe to exist in a single tiny point to begin with?

Perhaps it was God putting his plan into motion that caused the eruption of life from infinite nothingness?