“Salvation” series (post #2)

The heavens tell of the glory of God. The skies display his marvelous craftsmanship. Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make him known. They speak without a sound or a word; their voice is silent in the skies; yet their message has gone out to all the earth, and their words to all the world… (Psalm 19:1-4, New Living Translation)

Any talk about salvation, a plan of salvation, or getting saved must begin with talk about God. After all, if atheism is correct, the very idea of salvation becomes pointless. Saved from what? Saved to who? Saved to where?

So, how do we know that God exists? Well, the go-to answer is still: creation. As one writer has said, “The Bible does not waste time proving the existence of God, because the evidence of Him is everywhere.”

Of course, atheists hold to the idea that nothing + nobody = everything. But that idea is simply ludicrous. They give me a hard time for believing in a Creator God when they believe that all this creation we live in just kind of “happened” on its own without any impetus, power, or intellect behind it. Please. That’s so illogical and nonsensical it makes my head hurt.

I’m reminded of a story from the life of Sir Isaac Newton. He once built a miniature replica of our solar system. At its center, the replica had a large golden ball that represented the sun. Revolving around the ball were smaller spheres that were attached to it by way of rods of varying lengths. These smaller spheres represented the solar system’s planets in proportion to how far each one is situated from the sun. The replica was made even more impressive by the fact that it featured cogs, belts, and gears working together in unison to make the “planets” actually move in an orbital pattern around the “sun.”

One day, when Newton had the replica set up and was studying it, an atheist friend of his happened to stop by for a visit. The friend marveled at the replica and watched as Newton worked it to make the “planets” orbit around the “sun.” The friend said, “My, Newton, what an exquisite thing! Who made it for you?” Without looking up from his work, Newton said, “Nobody.” In disbelief, the friend asked, “Nobody?” Newton replied, “That’s right. I said nobody! All of these balls and cogs and belts and gears just happened to come together; and wonder of wonders, by chance they began revolving in their set orbits and with perfect timing.” His point was made.

Currently, the leading explanation for how the universe began is a theory called “The Big Bang Theory.” The website space.com says the following about this theory:

The Big Bang Theory stands as the most widely accepted explanation for the origin of the universe. According to this theory, the universe began as an infinitely small, hot, and dense point, which rapidly expanded and continued to stretch out over 13.7 billion years. This initial period of rapid inflation set the stage for the vast and still-growing cosmos we observe today.

Okay, with this definition in mind, here’s a good question to ask: “Where did that infinitely small, hot, and dense point come from?” You see, nothing will continue to be nothing endlessly unless some kind of Creator God creates that “something” the advocates of The Big Bang Theory call a “point”? I mean, a “point” (even a small one) doesn’t just appear out of thin air. For that matter, thin air doesn’t just appear out of thin air!

Delving a bit deeper into The Big Bang Theory, atheist Matt Williams, on the website phys.org, writes:

Today, the consensus among scientists, astronomers and cosmologists is that the Universe as we know it was created in a massive explosion that not only created the majority of matter, but the physical laws that govern our ever-expanding cosmos. This is known as The Big Bang Theory.

Here again, we’re supposed to believe that “nothing” suddenly exploded and out came a whole bunch of matter. Really? Doesn’t that theory raise more questions than it answers? I mean, “nothing” doesn’t just inexplicably explode and produce “something,” let alone produce the primordial elements of what would become our ENTIRE UNIVERSE. I’m no astronomist or physicist, but my head is starting to hurt again.

Somebody else says, “Aliens created it all, even this universe in which we live.” Fine, let’s run with that idea for a second. All it does is set the fundamental question back a bit further by making it: “Who created the aliens?” At the risk of me repeating myself, nothing will continue to be nothing endlessly unless a creator God interjects Himself into the process and creates something. As one fellow has said, “I’m amazed at how much stuff evolutionists (and I would add in atheists) start with to tell us how everything came into existence.”

Hey, listen, I don’t claim to have God all figured out myself. I don’t know why He does do this and doesn’t do that or why He allows one thing but doesn’t allow another. But me turn atheist and believe that our indescribably structured and ordered creation — a creation that operates in finely tuned orchestration like a gigantic machine with a zillion moving parts — just happens to be here apart from a Creator God? Sorry, that ain’t happening. No, there HAS TO BE a God out there somewhere. You can love Him or hate Him. You can agree with Him or disagree with Him. You can believe in Him or not believe in Him. But He’s out there somewhere, and He’s very much real. And to know that, all you have to do is look around at the creation in which you find yourself.