The Answer to Atheism: Part 1

The following article is part one of a six-part 
series written in response to Bertrand Russell's  
"Why I Am Not a Christian." 

For reference, I have included a link to his essay 
at the bottom of each article.

 First of all I want to say that Mr. Russell’s arguments are nothing new and essentially boil down to a very low opinion of God and a belief that God is flawed and/or human. Which again, is not a new belief. Just look at the ancient Greek and Norse gods. They were a whole lot more believable than the Judeo-Christian God. But that was because they were also very human, seeing as how men created them.

But let’s start with what the Bible says about human wisdom and then go from there.

“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. 
“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.”
~Isaiah 55:8-9 New Living Translation (NLT) 

In light of this, Mr. Russell’s first real mistake was trying to comprehend God from a limited, narrow-minded viewpoint. His second error was taking selected verses out of context to make his point; only using information that would help his case without reading further to see if his accusations were founded.

However, Mr. Russell was correct in saying that Christianity has deviated from what it was intended to be. But this is perhaps the only kernel of truth in his entire essay.

The second flaw I found in Mr. Russell’s essay were his arguments against The First Cause, Natural-law, and Design arguments for the existence of God.

The idea that God, too, must have an origin is based on the evolutionary worldview, and can be dismantled as soon as one opens their mind up to the possibility that there is an omnipotent being in the universe.
If, as the Bible says, everything was created from nothing by the afore mentioned entity, then does it not stand to reason that said entity is beyond the laws of physics and nature itself?

If God created everything, then that would imply that He is more powerful than anything else in the universe. And if God created all of time and space as the Bible claims, then how can anyone honestly say that He too, had to have a beginning? The extent of His power is clearly beyond anything we could ever hope to comprehend.

Furthermore Mr. Russell's argument against the First Cause: “If God made me, then who made God?” is circular reasoning and can be turned around on him. He believes that the universe created him, but then who created the universe?

The argument that the universe created itself and exists because it had to exist, falls under the same circular reasoning. If the universe exists because it had to exist, then why did it have to exist to begin with? This sort of argument can go back and forth indefinitely and ultimately resolve nothing.

The same can be said for Mr. Russell’s argument against the Natural-laws theory. If God is all-powerful, then who are we to decide what laws should and should not apply? Not to mention Mr. Russell never gave an example of how a natural, scientific law could be improved upon.

Mr. Russell makes yet another error by observing all the evil in our world today and immediately concluding that the world has always been this way. However, if you understand what the Bible teaches about the nature of sin, then you know that this was not always the case. The Laws of Thermodynamics are the scientifically proven effects of sin on our universe.

According to God’s Word, everything in the created universe began breaking down at the exact moment that Adam and Eve first disobeyed God. (Genesis 2:17, 3:1-24)

Continued in: The Answer to Atheism: Part 2

 Why I Am Not A Christian (Reference Material)