Does God Exist? Theism and Biblical Faith vs. Atheism and Agnosticism

.. .. .. Reality definition:re·al·i·tyNoun:1. The world or the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them: "he refuses to face reality".2. A thing that is actually experienced or seen, esp. when this is grim or problematic: "the harsh realities of life". Synonyms(always helpful to have):actuality - fact - truth - verity First I need to say I am not claiming that I can prove that God exists with absolute certainty. I am just saying that on balance of evidence theism is more plausible than not. Origin of the universe: I am amazed at the courage and brilliance of Stephen Hawking. I still remember reading his ideas about the Singularity and how the universe began millions of years ago at this singularity. He achieved this idea and proved it via mathematical calculations and also understood by this process that this singularity must transcend space and time. Of course Hawking and I might have different opinions on what the Singularity is, but the fact that he was able to come to this conclusion was amazing because in my estimation we had the ability to prove something had to be outside of space and time, and that the universe must have a beginning point. It proved that a less significant revealing of God in nature was real for everyone and not just to the regenerated. Over the past several years in his most recent book The Grand Design, Stephen Hawking has let his denial of God get the best of him and thwart his brilliance. He claims that gravity can prove the existence of the Universe without God and by doing this he not only contradicts himself but also tries to explain an impossibility. Laws are physical and operate under certain conditions. The Singularity has to be metaphysical because by Hawking own admission it transcends space and time, outside of "multiversesï¿½ of which there are the possibility of millions. So how would it be possible for a physical law to be responsible for creating something out of nothing? Answer. It isn’t possible. Why does Hawking say it then? Because he is searching for a way to explain the Universe without the Singularity instead of simply staying within the framework. I have seen many in the Scientific community do this in recent years as they try and stay away from confronting the Singularity issue so they can avoid the idea that a Intelligent creator may exist. Regardless of belief system a scientist should study science, a physicist should study physics and just let it take them wherever it goes. However this proves to be very difficult as those who don’t believe refuse to admit that Science cant explain God away, and indeed make attempts such as Hawking to turn it into a tool for disbelief. Why is there something rather than nothing ? According to Aristotle, philosophy begins with a sense of wonder about the world, and the most profound question a man can ask concerns the origin of the universe. My OPP asked for a definition of reality so I will use "reality" in my argument for the origin the universe. There are four possible answers to why we have something rather than nothing at all: 1. Reality is an illusion.2. Reality is/was self-created.3. Reality is self-existent or eternal.4. Reality was created by something that is self-existent. . http://en.wikipedia.org...[1](1) Reality being simply an illusion, which is what a number of eastern religions believe. This option was ruled out by Rene Descartes who is famous for the statement, "I think, therefore I am. " Descartes argued that if he is thinking then he must "be. " In other words, "I think, therefore I am not an illusion. " Illusions require something experiencing the illusion, and moreover, you cannot doubt the existence of yourself without proving your existence it is a self defeating argument. So the possibility of reality being an illusion is eliminated. . http://en.wikipedia.org...[2](2) Reality being self created. When we study philosophy, we learn of analytically false which means they are false by definition. The possibility of reality being self created is one of those types of statements for the reason that something cannot be prior to itself. If you created yourself then you must have existed prior to you creating yourself but that cannot be. In evolution this is called spontaneous generation something coming from nothing a position very few if any reasonable people believe anymore because you cannot get something from nothing. Atheist David Hume said "I never asserted so absurd a proposition as that anything might arise without a cause. " Since something cannot come from nothing, the alternative of reality being self created is ruled out. [1]There are only two choices left (3) an eternal reality or (4) reality being created by something that is eternal an eternal universe or an eternal Creator:* Something exists. * Nothing cannot create something. * Therefore, a necessary and eternal "something" exists. All key scientific and philosophical evidence points away from an eternal universe and toward an eternal Creator. From a scientific standpoint scientists admit the universe had a beginning and whatever has a beginning is not eternal. So whatever has a beginning has a cause and if the universe had a beginning it had a cause. The fact that the universe had a beginning has evidence the second law of thermodynamics, the radiation echo of the big bang discovered in the early 1900s, the fact that the universe is expanding and can be traced back to a singular beginning, and Einstein’s theory of relativity. All prove the universe is not eternal. ***image below shows the universe is expanding***. http://news.discovery.com...Now we know: * Something exists. * You do not get something from nothing. * Therefore a necessary and eternal something exists. * The only two options are an eternal universe and an eternal Creator. * Science and philosophy have disproven the concept of an eternal universe. * Therefore an eternal Creator exists. So does belief in God have intellectual warrant ? Yes. Is there a rational, logical, and reasonable argument for the existence of God? Yes. Objective morality:I will touch on my argument for objective morality:Are we inherently good or evil? Psychologists have some idea of whether or not we are inherently good or bad. Researchers presented four scenarios to 100 babies using puppets. After watching puppets act negatively or positively towards other characters the babies were shown puppets either giving or taking toys from these "good" or "bad" puppets. When prompted to choose their favorite characters babies preferred puppets that were "good" over the "bad" characters. The study shows that babies are born with morality and a strong moral sense. This also shows we are not blank slates at birth. These findings about babies moral notions tell us about adult morality. Some scholars think that the very existence of a moral sense has profound implications. In 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, who along with Darwin discovered natural selection, wrote that certain human capacities including the higher moral faculties are richer than what you could expect from a product of biological evolution. He concluded that some sort of godly force must intervene to create these capacities. In later rounds I will reinforce my argument for the origin of the universe. I look forward my OPP's rebuttals. [1]. http://en.wikipedia.org...[2]http://en.wikipedia.org...