After some very similar debates on the topic of God's existance I just thought I'd include this :
They say I'm crazy for believing in something that I cannot prove. They say I'm weak for having faith. I tell you this, faith is not easy. It is easy to doubt, to question, but it is not easy to choose to believe and to fight for what I believe in. No matter the arguments the world will never take God away from me. I say if I am crazy, I'm all the better for it. I say I am not weak, rather I am strong for I have taken the narrow path. (Matthew 7 v 13/14 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+7%3A13-14&version=NLT)
"Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see" The whole of Hebrews 11 talks about faith. It is not a comfort blanket for the weak. It is personal. It is not about belonging to a denomination, it's not even really about following a set of rules. Faith is about a relationship with God.
There are questions I cannot answer and things I do not understand. I admit freely that often things are beyond my comprehension. Some say science will figure out all the answers, that one day God's existance will be disproved. Yet how many people think that science just goes to prove it? If he created everything then he created science too. All these scientific theories are as full of man's flaws as anything else, but the inspiration, the devotion and the intelligence? That's God-given. No-one, not the greatest scientest nor a great prophet can prove how the universe came into being. That split second is a mystery to all of us. The difference? I believe God was there in that split second, I just can't explain what he did.
So, for every atheist who insults me and calls me crazy - I pray for you. Though we do not share beliefs, we are equally as certain and equally as stubborn. I respect that choice. Respect mine and stop trying to disprove me.
If someone does prove that God does not exist, what have I lost? But at the same time, what have you gained?
They say I'm crazy for believing in something that I cannot prove. They say I'm weak for having faith. I tell you this, faith is not easy. It is easy to doubt, to question, but it is not easy to choose to believe and to fight for what I believe in. No matter the arguments the world will never take God away from me. I say if I am crazy, I'm all the better for it. I say I am not weak, rather I am strong for I have taken the narrow path. (Matthew 7 v 13/14 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+7%3A13-14&version=NLT)
"Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see" The whole of Hebrews 11 talks about faith. It is not a comfort blanket for the weak. It is personal. It is not about belonging to a denomination, it's not even really about following a set of rules. Faith is about a relationship with God.
There are questions I cannot answer and things I do not understand. I admit freely that often things are beyond my comprehension. Some say science will figure out all the answers, that one day God's existance will be disproved. Yet how many people think that science just goes to prove it? If he created everything then he created science too. All these scientific theories are as full of man's flaws as anything else, but the inspiration, the devotion and the intelligence? That's God-given. No-one, not the greatest scientest nor a great prophet can prove how the universe came into being. That split second is a mystery to all of us. The difference? I believe God was there in that split second, I just can't explain what he did.
So, for every atheist who insults me and calls me crazy - I pray for you. Though we do not share beliefs, we are equally as certain and equally as stubborn. I respect that choice. Respect mine and stop trying to disprove me.
If someone does prove that God does not exist, what have I lost? But at the same time, what have you gained?
