On Why There is a God

          Hey guys! Sorry I kind of dropped out of the blogging world for a week :( Things have been pretty busy. I've been prepping for a debate in my biology class this week. My topic is, "Is there a God?" Since I'm on the creation side of the debate, I have been prayerfully writing my short speech on why there is a God. I've decided to post it here as well. Enjoy!

         First of all, no one can definitely say whether or not there is a God. The arguments on both sides are just too good, however, with faith, many people have come to believe in the infinite, powerful God.
        Let's talk about faith for a minute. Faith is a word many Atheists tend to shy from, because they think it implies religion. Truthfully, it doesn't, it simply implies belief, and while you can believe in a religion, you can believe in other things as well. But even if it did imply religion, it wouldn't matter because Atheism can be classified as a religion. There are many accepted definitions of religion and one is this: a pursuit or interest to which someone ascribes supreme importance. I know of a lot of Atheists who definitely ascribe supreme importance to Atheism, so I'd say that Atheism counts as a religion. So, we can say that Atheists believe in Atheism, therefore they have faith. Why? Because of the definition of belief, "Trust, confidence, or faith in something." So, now we see that having faith is not an unreasonable thing. But what about faith in God? Is that crazy? Is it crazy to believe that there is a divine creator behind this world, or did we just evolve? Do you know the chances of a snowman just appearing? Yeah, that's crazy. So why is it crazy to believe that we were created? I don't know! Obviously humans are much more complex than snowmen! So, you might say, maybe there is a God. But, there are still arguments again one, like the fact that there is definitely bad in this world. If there is a God and He is good as you say, then why did He create bad? To answer your question, God indirectly created bad. He created an angel named Lucifer, and Lucifer, on his own free will (a gift from God) turned against God and went into the world to create sin. Now, of course, God could have stopped Lucifer, but He had a better idea. That idea? Jesus Christ. (yup, it all points back to Jesus!) You see, God so loved the world that He was willing to sacrifice His only son so that we sinful humans could spend eternity with Him. Because God is good, He cannot be in the presence of bad, but Jesus washed away our sins, making us good before God.
       So, getting back to the main point of God and faith, what do we say now? That we did evolve because, given billions of years, it could have possibly happened? Why, then, do we see evidence for an earth that is only 6,000 years old? I think most evolutionists would agree that us evolving in just 6,000 years is quite crazy. What evidence for a young earth is there? you may ask. There are many examples, but for times sake I'll just give you two. Take, for example, the recession of the moon. For complicated, science-y reasons, over time the moon moves. If the earth is indeed 6,000 years old as creationists say, then the moon has moved about 800 feet, no big deal. If, however, it's billions of years old, then we are in trouble, because about 1.5 billion years ago, the moon would have been touching the earth. That, my friends, is bad, very bad. So there's the whole moon-touching-earth thing, and another example I have: the world's population. We can get a relatively conservative estimate of the population by simply taking the starting number of people and doubling it for every 150 years humans have been around. When we do this, we get figures consistent with the age of the earth being 6,000 years. If however, we draw out our calculations to figure that humans have been roaming the earth for a mere 50,000 years, we get a giant figure: 10 to the 99th power. Yeah, that's a lot of people. So, those two examples plus many others that can be found on the Answers in Genesis website provide ample evidence for a young earth.
      Now we see that while the idea of a young earth isn't absurd, the idea that we evolved is, creating a basis for a divine creator. One final argument comes to mind now: if God created us, then who created God? I don't know if you were listening earlier when I said that God is infinite, but, well, He is. That means that He wasn't created, He has simply always been and always will be, a Biblical principle hard for our tiny little finite human brains to understand.
      In conclusion, the only thing that will truly convince a person of the existence of God is their own faith. We might not ever prove that there is a God because it's one of those things that can't be proven, but I think it's pretty cool that this God is a God who doesn't force Himself upon us, but rather lets us, in faith, make our own decisions as to whether or not we believe in Him and love Him.

-Emily