In the beginning ...

 

I don't know how or why; but I know exactly when and where it happened. It was at the age of eight or thereabouts, I was on the bus on my way to school, I can even remember exactly which street we were in, when I suddenly realised, I knew for certain, that God exists. It was as if everything made sense in my mind. I understood. Everything my parents and my teachers had taught me made sense. It had to be right. There was no other way. There must be an almighty living spiritual power we know and call God. He is a spirit and He created us and everything.

As I grew up that certainty of belief remained in my being. Even though at times I must have had my doubts, my confusions and my endless questions. Somehow, I remained anchored in that certainty in the existence of God. Even when I wandered away from the faith; I did not cease to believe in Him; I just insolently turned my back on Him. Somehow ... I came back.

This is why, looking back, I am confused at how some people are certain that God does not exist. They are always so sure in that belief. Have you ever met an atheist who is doubtful? "God does not exist ... but then again?" They are always so certain, so sure without doubt, that God does not exist. On what do they place that certainty of belief? 

Believers often doubt. This is no bad thing because it teaches us to question our beliefs and often reinforces it. 

It seems it takes more faith to believe that God does not exist than to believe that He does.

Those who do not believe in God teach us, with some conviction, that we all just happened to be. I've read many versions of events. We all originated from some slime from some pool of water somewhere. We then evolved over time into many shapes and forms and eventually from apes, or ape looking mammals. Others believe that we were brought to this planet by some space aliens from other planets or solar systems or whatever. Or perhaps that life somehow began to exist when some stars or planets accidentaly on purpose collided with each other.

It has never been explained to me the how and the why this happened.

How could a pool of water contain something that somehow became living and crawled out to become eventually a living human? And if this is so, why has it stopped happening? Are there other pools still somewhere creating new forms of life that will evolve in time?

Why did space aliens bring us to this planet? From where? And why have they stopped doing so; and not make themselves known to us?

How could planets big banging into each other create life? Could it happen again? 

As I said, it was a sudden certainty that came over me all those years ago that God does actually exist. Do non-believers have an equal certainty, whether sudden or gradual, that sustains their beliefs? Often, they argue with great conviction; but on what do they base that conviction and belief?

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:1

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It was an accident ... honest!

 

You know how it was. It all happened suddenly. Almost an accident you would say. A sort of big bang and then it all happened. Perhaps some planets collided together. Or something collided with something else. I don't know ... but as a result of that collision it all happened. It all started and planets were created, and they somehow moved around each other and spinned round as well; as they circled the sun.

And that's how life on earth started. A slimy jelly like creature slithered out of a pool of mud somewhere and somehow it was alive and it evolved ... that's right ... it evolved ... it turned into something else, then something else again, and eventually it became man. It became you and me. Although it may have been a monkey before that ... I don't know. But that's how it happened. Scientists tell us so.

Or it could be a different way. Maybe Someone made it all. Some person or some being made it all happen. He'd have to be really clever and powerful to make it all happen. You know ... the planets spinning round and moving about. Life on earth. People, plants, animals and all that. 

Let us stop for a moment and take a deep breath. Let's consider the science.

Let us look at a tree nearby. What do you see? A trunk, branches and leaves ... perhaps some flowers or even fruit.

Let us look a little closer, much closer. Did you know that on every leaf there is a multitude of small magnesium atoms? So small you can't see them ... not even with your bifocals. Did you know that as photons from the sunlight hits the electrons in these magnesium atoms that's how photosynthesis starts? That's the process by which green plants and certain other organisms transform light energy into chemical energy. During photosynthesis in green plants, light energy is captured and used to convert water, carbon dioxide, and minerals into oxygen and energy-rich organic compounds. And that's how the plant grows, and bears fruit and food for us to eat.

Let's look at something else. The human brain ... yeeak!!! Did you know that the human brain has many many connectors. These are like switches or connection boxes that relay, (receive and send), information to various parts of the brain and body. Did you know that the human brain has more connectors than all the connectors in all the computers in the world? Fantastic don't you think?

Yet, despite all these brain connectors we still manage to breed idiotic morons in the world. But that's another debate for another day.

Concentrate now ... pay attention. Let us look at something else. Have you ever wondered about the reproduction system? How a man and a woman get together and somehow they create a new life? How marvellous and un-believable the whole system is. How it happens and how it works. 

Yet we take it all for granted. We have done it billions and trillions of times and we no longer think about it. Not me of course ... I haven't done it trillions of times, or else I'd be a little tired. But people in general. They don't think any more about the marvellousness of it all. 

Let us look at something else. A long treadmill with washing machines coming off a production line. Or it could be microwave ovens, or television sets, or cars. You imagine what you want coming off the production line. I'm not going to do it all for you.

Now think ... whatever is coming off the production line must have been designed by somebody. Plans written and diagrams drawn. Someone collected together all the components needed ... metals, plastics, glass. wires and so on ... Then someone else put all the components together. Welded them, stuck them, screwed them together or whatever. And hey presto ... we have a washing machine ... or whatever it is you are imagining. I'm not in your head you know!

Now isn't it odd that the washing machine did not just happen to be from a slimy jelly like thing that slithered out of a pool of mud and onto the conveyor belt?

Someone made the washing machine. We have the instruction manual to prove it. Here it is. Written in several languages. Which is a waste of time since I cannot read several languages. Only English.

Maybe ... maybe ... Someone made us all. Maybe He made the planets, the universe and all that is in it. We have the instruction manual to prove it. It's called the Bible. Mine is written in English. Maybe God is English!