News Flash: God Did Not Create the Universe!

Thursday, September 02, 2010 Posted by Pastor Fred Wolfe

Would this face lie to you?

No one can deny that Stephen Hawking is a brilliant man. But I ask all who read these words: Did anyone have any doubt that an unregenerate man who attempts to explain the existence of the universe would come to the conclusion that God had nothing to do with it? In his new book, "The Grand Design", Hawking claims that the universe would have come about all on it's own because of gravity.

I'll give him that mathematically, you my be able to come up with a theoretical explanation of something coming from nothing if you use theoretical mathematics that don't deal in concrete numbers. And you have to defy logic. And physics. And History. And philosophy. And empiricism. And purpose. And Humans. And consciousness. And morality. And sanity. As you might have guessed, I'm not a fan of this new book. I'm not a fan not only because he denies the creative God that is responsible for the universe, but also because it bases it's premise on theory, and asserts it as fact. Too many people will read this book and not understand that theoretical mathematics is based in conjecture and not concrete empiricism, as it implies. If anyone has read this book, I would also ask that you take a look at this one:

For all of the atheists who are inevitably going to be sending me messages, I am going to give you a list compiled by my buddy in Christ Matt Slick of things to remember when debating Christians:

Understanding what you attack - This is a huge one for atheists. They attack Christianity and, in my opinion, frequently fail to understand what they are criticizing.

Learn biblical theology - A lot of answers to objections can be found in basic Christian theology. For example, the Trinity is not three gods. Jesus has two natures: divine and human. Justification is a legal act and sin is a legal problem.

Learn from correction - When a faulty understanding of Christianity is corrected, they very often deny the correction and defend their error.

Don't be stupid, a tough one. But you can do it if you strain yourselves.

Don't use incendiary statments - like the one I used in point 4 above. It was an example of what not to do since it raises emotional blocks that prevent rational discourse. (I have to admit I struggle with this one when dealing with atheists. I guess you can say that I'm jaded after all my dialogues with them -- something I have to work on.)

Don't use emotionally laden terminology - This only detracts from the argument. For example, atheists will use terms like magic, magic sky god, christian fantasy, christian mythology, etc., when attacking Christianity. Such terms only close the doors of communication.

Be respectful to what we believe - You don't have to agree with Christianity. But you need to realize that if you, for example, insult Jesus our Savior, all you do is make yourself look bad, get people defensive, and make atheists, as a whole, look like obstreperous twits.

Use logic and evidence - when attempting to refute Christianity.

Read biblical passages in context - It seems that atheists refuse to do this and just jump on a standard "contradictions" without researching the context

Don't cut and paste from anti-Christian websites - Too often atheists want others to do their thinking and research for them so they cut and paste really bad, poorly researched stuff from other sites.

I would also encourage the atheist community to come to a consensus as to why God cannot exist, so that we may trounce you with more efficiency.

Mr. Spock says: Atheism is: