One of the arguments most often advanced against Christianity and the existence of God is that such a belief is not 'rational'. In fact, atheists and secular humanists are fond of calling themselves 'free thinkers' -- wearing that label as a pejorative against those of faith, who, by implication are not.
The word "rational" means, "consistent with, or based on or using reason or logic." So, how rational is it to believe in a Creator God?
Where did energy, time, matter and the dimensions in which we live originate? In theory, even a void must have an origin.
Rational thinkers postulate that the universe came into being via the "Big Bang" -- that is, the universe simply exploded into existence by itself at some point in the unknowably distant past.
So let's examine the idea rationally. There is no scientific explanation for the creation of energy, matter, etc., so that leaves but one seemingly logical conclusion.
If these things have no point of origin, yet they are, then logically, they must have always existed. But that doesn't work, since everything in the universe has a starting point.
What was there before the Big Bang caused the universe to expand into it? Was there an 'it' for the universe to expand into.
Where did 'it' go? Was it a void before the Big Bang? Where did the void come from? What made the universe explode into existence? What was it before it exploded? And who made the void in the first place?
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