Jonathots Daily Blog
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It is very popular to question the existence of God.
It is usually accompanied with the lie that in doing so, we, as humans, become more powerful and intelligent. Thus the POPULIE, delivered with a quizzical, doubtful tone: Is there really a God?
Politics favors this quandary because it promotes the notion of “us against them.” We can talk about culture wars. One party can be on the side of faith and the other on the side of knowledge. We can even present it in a dramatic form as “the saved against the damned.” What a great way to get people to the voting booth.
Entertainment pushes the concept by showing us through movies and television shows, that truly intuitive and mature people are always at least perplexed by the question of the presence of God, and usually in choosing disbelief, are proven to be more intellectual.
Ironically, even religion desires this discussion be thrust to the forefront because it provides the sense of being “persecuted for righteousness sake,” proving our devotion by defending the Almighty against His foes.
Yet the foolishness of the process leaves us stymied as human beings, without the ability to make quality decisions in our lives based on the truth that surrounds us instead of chasing dreams–whether they be in Bible learning or college classrooms.
Let me tell you what I feel. I do not have enough faith to accept the idea of a spontaneously spawned universe. When I watch a show like Cosmos, to follow through on the precepts presented by scientists about how all this began is much more of a fairy tale to me than accepting the potential of a creative force.
Yes, I doubt too much to be ignited by the Big Bang Theory.
There are three factors that scream at me that there is a divine reasoning in the universe:
1. An order in the chaos.
Even though the world is filled with tribulation, upheaval and ongoing evolution, there is always an order, sensibility and common agreement that steps forward to greet the next possibility.
If everything was chaos we would have to believe that luck was in charge, which is no different from believing that God is.
2. A respect for nature.
Since I believe God to be the Creator, He has put a team in charge of the maintenance of His creation. It’s called the natural order. And when you respect the rules of the system which flourishes around you, you set in motion the possibility of prospering. When you deny them, you are at the mercy of an evolutionary chopping block, which is not afraid to bring the hammer down.
3. A faith in progress.
The whole panorama of the law of physics points in the direction and favor of those who step out, try new things and acquire the instinct to go forward.
- After all, the single cell had faith to become two cells.
- The first fish emerged from the water to dry land, becoming the grandfather of the amphibians.
- And dinosaurs, who learned to accept their surroundings, eventually became crocodiles.
There is a faith involved in what we do.
I guess I could be sympathetic to the agnostic or atheist if it weren’t for the fact that there are laws in nature which are immutable. We call it science.
It is just impossible for me to believe that laws can be instituted without a legislator. And to me, that legislator is God.
So even though it may be the populie of our day and age, to try to be cool by questioning the reality of a Creator, I cannot muster enough trust to believe that all of this around me … spontaneously came from the dust of nothing.
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I too hope there is a God …partially because I see so many who have never been given a break in this life…I long for some sort of justice to give them a time of comfort and rest from physical, emotional, spiritual, and/or emotional pain…still, there is doubt, because the old statement that it is irrational to say that anything just evolved out of dust,etc.,rests ol the belief that everything that IS has to have been created…so, we are back to who c
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