Chance or the Dance?
Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth—in a word, to know himself—so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to the fullness of truth about themselves JPII Fides et Ratio
Recently our youth group prayed that everyone know the joy of experiencing God. This was on the heart of a couple of teens, as we pondered the things we wanted to talk to God about. And it really is that simple. There are people who do not have this joy. My son once had a dream about Hell. It was not a place of fire and agonized spirits. It was a void. It was the stark absence of God. This is what the atheist has before him. A terrible Nothing.
The knowledge of God gives the Christian a deep peace, a river of life that flows deep beneath his every thought. A Christian with a negative outlook is one who has not fully discovered his Faith, or is avoiding fully living his Faith.
A recurring theme I see when atheists are refuting theist arguments for the existence of God is “But who made God?” This is their “aha, gotcha” moment. But that is exactly the point. No one made God. He is the unmoved Mover, the uncaused Cause. He is the Lord of the Dance
If one microscopic detail were left out of the primordial mixing pot, we would not exist. A Christian scientist observes this and praises God. An atheist observes this and tries harder to find an answer. The atheist must end up believing that life is the product of chance. This is a conclusion that appears to amount to—faith. At which point the believer makes more sense.
An atheist cannot get over the idea that God transcends reason. Reason tells us that there is a God, and that he is the omnipotent creator. Faith tells us that he has spoken to us through scripture and He is a personal loving Being who loved us into existence. A Christian does not have to divorce reason to accept Faith. Reason takes the Christian to the brink Faith from where he flies on wings of Joy.
The Atheist chooses Chance. The Christian is drawn to the Dance.