Got an anonymous post on a blog buried pretty deep in cyberspace so I thought I’d share it. I think part of the value of blogging is that writing forces you to clarify your thoughts and rationale. The anonymous comment said:

God does not exist! Its you who is running the show! It is you who makes the difference. Stop beliving in god and start beliving in yourself….this way you help yourself the most!

If I was “running the show” we’d all be in deep trouble Exhibit A. On vacation we drove by the gas station where I filled up and forget to take the nozzle out of my car! I pulled the hose right off and dragged it behind my car while people pointed and stared and laughed (with me not at me I’m sure). That incident epitomizes my ineptitude! I can’t even run my own life, let alone the universe.

Here was my response to the comment:

Albert Einstein said there are only two ways to live your life. One is as if nothing is as miracle. The other is as if everything is. I think everything is. To say, “Stop believing in God and start believing in yourself” is sort of like saying “stop believing in your parents, start believing in yourself.” If it weren’t for my parents there wouldn’t be me I just don’t believe in the god of randomness. It takes too much faith I think it takes more faith to believe that God doens’t exist than to believe that He does. If your really interested in examining the existence of God I’d recommend reading a book by Michael Guillen titled, Can a Smart Person Believe in God?

Isn’t it ironic that Christians are “accused” of misplaced faith when it takes less faith to believe than it does not to believe.

Food for thought.

By the way, I really want this blog to be an open forum where concerns, questions, and criticisms can be handled respectfully on both sides I hope that tone comes across