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GraceLife Thoughts – Train to Reign (Introduction)
Why do we exist? Why are we here on planet Earth? What’s my purpose in life? What does the future hold for me? What will happen to me after I die? Why is there evil in the world? Why did God create the devil?
These are typical, yet important questions that most of us ask at different points in our lives. I’d like to share what I believe are the answers based on a deep-dive study of the Bible during the past 50+ years. These are not my opinions. Everyone has an opinion. What we need is some evidence to corroborate what’s ‘really real.’ I pray these thoughts are helpful to you in your life.
Why Do We Exist?
Let’s begin with what may be the most basic question: why do we exist? I could expand the question to this – why do we exist rather than not exist? By ‘we’ I mean humans. Why do ‘humans’ exist?
If you had asked me that question when I was an atheist, my answer would be much different than my answer is now. As an atheist I believed that we ‘just are.’ There was no reason for the existence of humans. We had ‘evolved’ from some lower species – a ‘common ancestor.’ However, evolution has a big problem because there was ‘nothing’ before there was ‘something.’ The supposed ‘common ancestor’ evolved from something else that evolved from something else that evolved from something else, etc.
Question: from where did the first ‘something else’ come? Answer: nothing. That’s what I believed as an atheist. Something came from nothing. I’m embarrassed to even admit that’s what I believed, but it’s what the public school system taught and I believed it was true until my early 20s.
That ‘something’ could come from ‘nothing’ is not logical and makes no sense. There is no ‘evidence’ for it. Yes, there are ‘theories,’ but no verifiable evidence. The fact is that the ‘theory of evolution’ is probably on its last legs in the scientific world. Many atheists today have turned to the idea of a ‘multiverse’ or series of ‘multiverses.’ The planet Earth just happens to exist in one that can sustain life on at least this one planet. However, the multiverse ‘theory’ still doesn’t explain what started the process that led to multiverses.
The ‘Big Bang Theory’ (no, not the television show) is just a theory. How does ‘nothing’ go ‘bang?’ I’ve read the supposed ‘evidence’ behind the ‘Bang’ and none of it holds water. The ‘universe’ has not always existed. There are physical ‘laws’ that support that as true. However, from where did those ‘laws’ emanate?
Searching for Answers
I studied Hinduism, Shintoism, Taoism, and Buddhism prior to becoming an atheist. I didn’t find any good answers to my basic questions about why the universe, the planet Earth, or humans existed from those worldviews either. It was not until I investigated Christianity that I found a worldview that made sense and answered my questions. Since the Christian worldview contained more than ample answers based on verifiable evidence, I became a Christian.
I share that with you so you will know I didn’t ‘buy into’ Christianity because it’s what my parents believed or the society in which I was raised. I was drawn into Eastern religion because of my martial arts training that began at the age of 12. I found it far more interesting and fulfilling than the Christianity I had known earlier. I became an atheist at 18. It seemed the best choice out of everything I had experienced. I attempted to disprove Christianity through an investigative process, but became a believer at the age of 23.
So, the answers I’ll share in this series will be based on more than just the 54 years I’ve lived life as a Christian. I will also bring in my experience and research into multiple other religions and worldviews. If you’re interested, you can read more about that research in a book I wrote almost 20 years ago. It’s called A History of Man’s Quest for Immortality.
[Podcast version of this study coming soon.]
Next Time
We’ll begin a ‘deep dive’ into the reason for our (human) existence in the next part of our special series – Train to Reign.
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