Evidence for God and Supernatural but NOTHING from Atheists | By Brett Keane
“The Book of Job talks about the beginning of the universe and how it’s a beginning beyond matter, energy, space and time.
“It’s the first book of the Bible that talks about the expansion of the universe.
“Fred Hoyle, the famous British astronomer, said that the Bible is amazing in what it says about cosmology.
“The universe is traceable back to an actual beginning of matter, energy, space and time.”
Nature can’t cause itself, because then it would have to exist before it came into existence! That is nonsense. It’s absurd if something existed before it brought itself into being! According to the rules of logic, the cause of nature cannot be natural. Nature would have to pre-exist itself so that it could be causally prior to itself. And that idea is absurd.
Nevertheless, those with a naturalistic worldview often have faith that naturalistic explanations will be found for each of the eight facts.
The supernatural explanation says that the universe is a product of something beyond the laws of nature or something miraculous that is outside the physical universe. Is this a reasonable cause for the cosmological, biological, mental and moral facts?
The creation of space, time, matter and energy from nothing requires a cause that is spaceless, timeless, immaterial, enormously powerful and uncaused (a timeless entity cannot be caused) itself. And the creating agent must be greater than the universe.
This is consistent with a supernatural cause.
The apparent design and fine-tuning for conscious life of the universe requires a cause that is purposeful. A universe in which life is impossible is more likely than one that permits it. This is consistent with an intelligent supernatural cause.
And the existence of and the applicability of the laws of mathematics and the laws of logic to our universe is consistent with an intelligent supernatural cause.
The origin of life requires a cause that is intelligent. This is consistent with a supernatural cause.
The apparent design in biology and immense amount of complex information in DNA requires a cause that is creative and resourceful. And information always comes from the mind of an intelligent being. This is consistent with a supernatural cause.
The existence of consciousness requires a cause with a conscious mind. This is consistent with a supernatural cause.
The existence of free will requires a cause that is free to choose and create purposefully. This is consistent with a supernatural cause.
Objective moral truths require a cause that is a source of moral truth. The best explanation for universal, objective, moral laws and obligations is the existence of a universal, objective and personal moral law giver. The objective moral truths come from the mind of the lawgiver. This is consistent with a supernatural cause.
Evil and injustice require a cause that is a source of the standard for good by which we define evil. This is consistent with a supernatural cause. The personal moral law giver sets the standard for good.
Inference
From above, the supernatural explanation which says that the universe is a product of something beyond the laws of nature or something miraculous that is outside the physical universe can explain these eight facts about the universe. The characteristics of this cause are spaceless, timeless, immaterial, enormously powerful, uncaused, greater than the universe, purposeful, intelligent, creative and resourceful, a conscious mind, free to choose and create purposefully, a source of moral truth, and a source of the standard for good by which we define evil. Because it’s a conscious mind who is the source of moral truth, this cause can’t be an impersonal force or a machine.
Discussion
The supernatural explanation provides a more plausible explanation for the eight facts about the universe than the natural explanation.
