Since he and I can agree on the Law of Relativity and that the universe has a beginning, roughly 13 billion years ago according to most physicist and astronomers, why is it more plausible to believe that a universe, that contains such order, could come about out of random chance rather than by a Creator? I don't claim to be an expert in any field of science, and I know that many atheist are very smart, bright, intelligent people. But, I simply don't understand how we can get such order out of supposed chaos.
My second question would be in regards to Christianity, and would be, "how could 12 Jewish men fathom up such a hoax as the resurrection?" To the Jews, the Messiah would come during the last days and set up an earthly kingdom. Why would these 12 men have thought any differently than that? In their minds, when Jesus died that was it. The end of their dreams to see the Messiah come to power would have ended with his death. Why would they then turn around and steal his body and make up a story that he rose from the dead? They would be putting their own lives at great risk for a lie they knew wasn't true, for a story that made no sense in the minds of the Jews, and ultimately would gain them no power or glory to their knowledge. They did not know that Christianity would spread. Because the disciples so adamantly believed and spread the news about Jesus and the resurrection, I am only left with the logical conclusion that these men saw the resurrected Christ. Thus it must be true.
I understand these thoughts are based off the classical Teleological argument and the Argument for the Resurrection. I also know they have been debate many times throughout history, but I believe they are still strong argument for Theist Christianity.
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