Atheists and their Problems

Atheists are people who believe that God does not exist. Theists are
people who believe that God does exist. One of the problems that
atheists accuse theists of having is that of the origin of God. They ask
the question: Who made God? Theists answer very simply that God has
always existed. End of argument. Atheists, however, are not satisfied
with this answer. They say that the question of the origin of God is still
a problem. Theists do not see this as a problem. In reality, atheists are
left with many more rational problems.
The first problem is the origin of the universe. If God did not create it,
then where does it come from? If nothing originally existed, how did
something happen? If something always existed, where did it come
from? This problem of atheists is essentially the same that they accuse
theists of having. Theists, however, do have an answer, but it is one
that atheists do not like. I am sorry for them. This first problem, then,
is the same problem that both atheists and theists face.
The second problem is the complexity of the universe. If God did not
create it, then where does it come from? Here the theist has no
problem, because he has already answered this question in the first
problem. In the second problem, the atheist has an even more difficult
task in explaining the answer. If God did not create the complexity of
the universe, what guided the grand design that we see in it? Random
events over millions of years are simply not a rational explanation.
When we see a painting hanging on a wall, we do not question whether
the painter exists. No matter how abstract the painting or how simple it
is, nobody can rationally deny that the painter exists. Our complex
universe is far more intricate than any painting could ever be, so how
can we deny the existence of its creator? Look at the creation around
you. How can you deny that a Creator exists? It is far easier and more
rational to simply accept the existence of a creator.
Atheists accuse theists of having the problem of explaining the origin
of God. Theists reply that they have no problem, but that atheists
simply refuse to accept the obvious. God has always existed. The fact
is that atheists are the ones with all the problems, as they cannot
rationally explain the origin and complexity of the universe apart from
God. Random events cannot rationally explain the origin and
composition of complex matter. Atheists are the ones with the
problems.