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Originally Posted by Rocky32189

I'm sorry but that answer completely disregards the issue. You cannot say that it is improbable that life came from nothing, and then say that God came from nothing, is eternal, etc. It can be argued from either side and cannot be used to justify either side.

I was just saying that you cannot use science to explain the beginning of the world because it is not scientifically possible for something to poof out of nowhere. But in Intelligent Design it is certainly possible to believe that a superior being was here and always has been here to create all of us.

To answer your other question, I believe that atheists get a much worse treatment, most likely since most people belong to some religion (most Christianity). It seems like a lot of people think you are a bad person if you are an atheist. I find that lots of people connect atheists to anti-god people and satanists. This is what I've come across in my everyday life.

I have some serious questions for the Christians on this board:

Why do you think that there is no tangible proof of God? If he exists, why doesn't he make himself known to us?

He doesn't make himself known for the sake of faith. If you knew without a doubt god was alive you would follow him out of fear, and not because of love. If you follow him out of faith and truly believe, that is the correct way to follow. Also, who says he hasn't been on earth. No one knows what he looks like he could come in many forms.

Why do you choose to believe some parts of the bible and disregard others? For instance, the bible says that the earth is the center of the universe, when we obviously know this is wrong. What's to stop everything else from being wrong?

The bible does not say the earth is the center of the universe. However, in the past, the catholic church did and tried to imprison people that believed otherwise.

Do you believe that humans were the first organisms on earth? That is what the bible tells us, but fossil records show that significant life existed hundreds of millions of years before humans walked the earth.

In the passage Genesis 1 it states that god had created beasts to walk the earth, land, air, and sea. Then He created man in his own image.

Do you believe in a virgin birth? An understanding of science and the reproductive cycle tells us this is impossible, yet we hear about it every year at Christmas time.

I believe it is definitely possible. There have been evidence some virgin births in animals. I am not to informed on the science part of it however, but I did find a Good Read

Why does the bible tell us that good atheists go to hell but bad Christians (as long as they repent) go to heaven. Why would an all loving god follow such rules when there is no tangible proof of his existence?

There are signs everywhere. Maybe not as tangible as you would like, but signs of spirituality and the need for god in harsh times is present everywhere. If you had a chance to hear the word of god and you deny it that itself is denying the ground you walk on and the air you breath that god has built for you.

I hope I answered all of your questions....