Philosophical arguments fail to establish the existence of God. This must be so or else our faith could be based on pure reason. Faith (which comes from God - Heb 12:2) is so simple that children can have it (Matt 18:3); while strong philosophical reason is reserved only for the deep thinkers and is not common in the sick, poor, retarded, or elderly. But these are exactly the people Jesus came for (Matt 9:12).

So does that mean faith is unreasonable and irrational? Faith is an experience and as such is outside the realm of logic. For example, if I have a headache, you cannot verify that I indeed have a headache by logic. I could be lying to you. Yet I experience the headache and cannot share that experience with you except to say that I have one. Likewise with faith, I can only liken it to a sort of trust where I might agree to go to a doctor who will cut my head open and remove a tumor. I trust him to heal me. Our problem is not physical but spiritual.

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Atheism

Atheism cannot be proven true because it requires the atheist to have an infinite amount of knowledge to say that no being exists with infinite knowledge. This very statement is a contradiction! However, we can show that atheism is false by using only one small proof of God's existence. Christians have experienced God and this is our proof. Consider these two logical arguments:

• If God exists, He has infinite knowledge.
• If I have infinite knowledge, I can prove that no God exists.
• THUS: If I have infinite knowledge, no being has infinite knowledge. <== CONTRADICTION!!

OR

• If God exists, He has infinite knowledge.
• For me to prove God doesn't exist, I must have infinite knowledge (or I can't prove it)
• THUS: I am God (or I am wrong). <== CONTRADICTION AGAIN!! YOU'RE WRONG!!

The contradiction becomes even stronger if we start with the premise:

• If God exists, He doesn't have infinite knowledge, but only a lot of knowledge.
• If I have infinite knowledge (I still need an infinite amount!), I can prove that no God exists.
• THUS: If I have infinite knowledge, no being has more than just a lot of knowledge. <== CONTRADICTION!! {Now I'm even limiting my knowledge to being only finite!}

Thus atheism cannot be proven true. The atheist commits the "fallacy of unknowable fact" to assert that God doesn't exist and then implies that he himself does not exist. The very nature of the term atheism is meaningless. Thus atheism does not exist.

Evolution and Scientism cannot both be true because evolution asserts that man is the product of random chance, devoid of meaning and lacking in intelligent design; yet Scientism asserts that everything is deterministic and if we know enough about a system (e.g. a human), we can predict exactly their behavior. Yet many who put their faith in science also put their faith in evolution.

We can blame atheism. Was Hitler wrong to kill innocent people? His passion for obliterating jews was founded on the principles of atheism poured out by Nietzsche. What about AIDS? It's the product of a society liberated by ignorance toward God. This freedom is a slavery. Nietzsche, who spent the last 20% of his life insane, gave birth to the "God is dead" movement, but now Nietzsche himself is dead, while God lives on. In dethroning God, atheism has set up new gods: the quest for power (e.g. Hitler) and the quest for pleasure (e.g. Hugh Heffner). These gods reign now in a purposeless, wandering society that is crumbling by its own strength.

The existence of infinity is all around us. We know about earth and its place in the solar system of 9 planets (well, 8 now with Pluto gone). We are part of a larger belt of such systems all over the universe. How big is the universe?? If you found the end of the universe, what would it look like? If it's finite, then what's outside of it? Why are we trapped in it? If it's infinite, where did it come from and who put all these planets here? We cannot grasp the concept of the outer limits of space. Let's look at the atom. It consists of protons, neutrons and electrons. Protons and neutrons consist of quarks, which in turn consist of leptons. Where does it end? The smaller and smaller we are able to see, the more we find that our "elements" are made up of smaller pieces. What do we expect to see finally? A smaller particle? We could cut that open and find something yet smaller. This process also seems to go on infinitely.

The existence of eternity must be wrestled with. How old is space? How long will it last? If it has an end, we certainly have no idea what will become of all the matter that is in it. If space collapses, what would be left? Certainly, we see that something lasts forever, but it isn't clear what. Now look at ourselves. You have a mind that thinks. You control your body. If you touch a hot stove, you feel pain; if someone else touches a hot stove, you can't feel their pain. You are an isolated system. Furthermore, you can't take your own consciousness and put it in someone elses body - you're stuck in your own body. What happens when you die? Your consciousness (soul) is separated from the body. Does the soul live eternally? This is a question that science can't answer.