I was doing my usual morning routine of going through the articles on GhanaCelebrities.com when I came across the above titled piece.

Being one of those so-called atheists, I delved into the article to see what new knowledge has been gleaned that is so groundbreaking, so revolutionary that one can conclusively make the point that anyone must be a joker to believe God does not exist.

Instead what I found was just much more of the status quo, arguments with no factual basis but which you’re expected to take on ‘faith’; that most ‘be all and end all’ argument ender of the theist.

In an attempt at brevity, I’ll keep the arguments brief. The author raised some good questions atheists have about religion, but then deigned to skirt around giving the right answer, or misinterpreting the question entirely. Maybe by clarifying the questions a little more, we’ll get more on point answers in the inevitable re-rebuttal.

There is no evidence for God’s existence

Actually there isn’t; zero, zilch, nada. The problem here is Christians, or theists, often confuse belief with fact. The author makes this mistake, when his punchline for the answer to this question is that ‘God is eternal so he did not pop out of nowhere. He was before the beginning of time and still is and forever will’ that’s your belief; it does not make it fact. There are people right now who strongly believe they’re Napoleon Bonaparte, or Abraham Lincoln; all that earns them is a trip to an asylum.

In any other field of endeavour, cold, hard, refutable facts are the order of the day. Religion is the exception, because it runs on faith; but that does not give you the leeway to proclaim it as fact. When making a wild, difficult to gauge allegation, the burden of proof lies on you.

If God created the universe, who created God

It’s a simple argument, as far as I’m concerned. Theists remain adamant that someone must have created this universe, as it’s too vast, too complex, to have just sprung into being- therefore God must exist. That’s fine, but does the same argument not apply to God? If the universe cannot just spring into being, the same must apply to God.

The theist’s response, ‘God existence is not limited by time. He has always existed and will always exist. Hence, no one created him’ Going back to point one, this is a statement not backed by any evidence; and anyone who makes such a grandiose claim with so little proof as that which claims to establish God’s existence in any serious argument would be laughed out of the room.

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I have always been astounded by the beauty nature abounds with. I have always been awe-stricken how beautiful the universe and the intelligence human possess that has spurred technological advancements. Who made all these things? “God!” comes the reply. Hence when I grew up and got to know there are a bunch of people out there who do not believe in the existence of God, I was puzzled.

I thought they might be outrageously stupid. But I did not reject their stance completely. I made friends with some of them to deepen my understanding about what influence their outlook and perhaps come to appreciate them, notwithstanding the seemingly parallel perception we both have. With all sincerity, atheists are highly profoundly intellectuals and this underlies their superiority in the atheist- Christians banter all the time.

Atheists believe that God and anything that represents Him is a mere fallacy, though none of them have been able to prove it. Their hypothesis reveals that it is highly improbable that a certain God exists.

I counted my self lucky when I met Chris Vincent Agyapong Febiri, the staunchest atheist I have ever met. His utterances and posture was quite demeaning but I grew fond of him. The dude is quite intelligent and he knows how to substantiate his doctrines with much confidence and sheer profligacy. I thus confronted him via his whatsApp mode and as liberal as he is, defied me to produce an article which is heavily laden with hard proven facts to show the existence of God and why we need Him (click here for that article)

I took up the challenge and few days later I came out with the article, “A case for God. Does God exist? Yes” The atheists’ quickly reinforced and unleashed the inevitable question that makes even astute Christians fumble- “who created God, prove that God exists?” It is in light of this that I have dedicated this write-up to expose and perforate the obnoxious perception that permeates the thinking faculty of all atheists. I have demarcated the write-up into five key areas that represents atheists’ punch line. I just hope this will elicit strong consideration from my pals for them to cross examine their faith.

1. There is no evidence for God’s existence

This is the most popular weapon atheist wield against their opponents. In my first article I wasn’t able to provide any proof to indicate that God really exists and I am not in any position to do so right away. Even Christians of high educational repute have no idea as to the origin of God. Readers of that article, including Chris-Vincent were not convinced, chorusing unanimously for me  to provide one else the premise of my argument becomes fraught with weak analyses.

What evidence exactly did they want? I might be bereft of the law but I want my points to revolve the faculty of law and I guess Chris-Vincent and his cohorts will perhaps buy my idea this time. What is sufficient evidence for one person is grossly inadequate for another. In a law court, two parties can utterly incur different interpretations for an identical data. This means the data can be the same but both parties, with the same logic and same line of thinking may have a different interpretation for it. An old adage corroborates my assertion: facts do not determine the argument, the argument determines the facts.

God’s handiwork like trees, birds and humans proved woefully insufficient to convince my friends who presuppose that only what can be apprehended by the senses rightly qualifies as evidence. In January 1997, Discover magazine reported that astronomers detected what they concluded were about a dozen planets orbiting distant stars. Ultimately these astronomers concluded that related evidence, not direct observation made them believe that there are lots of unseen heavily bodies.

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