Atheism vs. Christianity

Resolution accepted, thank you Dave. For a Christian, you don't need science, or solid proof to believe in God. It's just faith you aquire over a lifetime of prayer. However, while we don't need proof, I know that Atheists call for scientific evidence as to why Christianity is more probable than Atheism. Before we can show that Christianity itself is more probable, I need to prove that a God actually exists. There are many valid scientific arguments that show this. For this scientific evidence, I turn to three very important ideas. First, is the Principal of Sufficient Reason.The Principal of Sufficient Reason Basically, anything that happens, does so for a reason. If you were to find a laptop on the beach, picked it up, pressed a button, and it turned on, one of two things could have come to your mind. Either this laptop was created over time by natural selection, or an intelligent mind created it because it is obviously so complex. Imagine that Laptop were the size of a house, still needs an explanation, right? Now imagine it is the size of the whole Universe, still needs an explanation. My point is that everything has a reason for its existence, this doesn't prove the existence of God, but it helps to understand my next argument. Leibnizian Cosmological Argument 1) Anything that exists has an explanation of its existence,either in the necessity of its own nature or in an external cause 2) If the universe has an explanation of its existence, thatexplanation is God 3) The universe exists. 4) Therefore, the universe has an explanation of itsexistence (from 1, 3) 5) Therefore, the explanation of the existence of theuniverse is God (from 2, 4)Warrant for Premise One One is a modest version of PSR: Anything that happens does so for a reason. One merely requiresany existing thing to have an explanation, which is compatible with their beingbrute facts about the world. Think of a translucent ball in the forest, thatball would require an explanation, no imagine that same ball the size of theuniverse, the universe is no exception to explanation, you cannot just dismissthe universe needed an explanation like a taxi cab. Warrant for Premise Two Two is the logical equivalent to what atheists often affirm,that if atheism is true, then the universe has no explanation of its existence.For the transcendent cause must be immaterial, and there are two things whichfit such a description: abstract objects or Minds. But abstract objectsdon't stand in causal relations, they don't fit our criteria for existence,hence the cause of the universe must be an ultra-mundane mind. The universeclearly exists, so therefore it follows logically that the universe has anexplanation, that explanation being God. Argument from Thermodynaimcs The law of conservation of energy under the first law of thermodynamics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, with this in mind, there are only three major theories about how the Universe came into being/exists. 1) The Universe was spontaneously created from a singularity, disproven seeing as how energy cannot be created, therefore, science cannot explain the singularity. 2) The Universe is eternal and has always been, but that goes against the second law of thermodynamics, which says the Universe is finite. Therefore, that is disproven.3) The Universe was created by a God who doesn't have to abide by scientific law. Three is the only plausiable explantion we have since science contradicts itself elsewhere. I will get into Christianity after my opponent responds. Thanks.https://bearspace.baylor.edu...http://en.wikipedia.org...