Anything… but God!

British journalist Melanie Phillips recently commented, "Some time ago, Professor Richard Dawkins told me he was not averse to the idea that life on earth had been created by a governing intelligence—provided such an intelligence had arrived from another planet" (The Times, March 31, 2014). The notion of "directed panspermia" posits "that life may have been seeded by beings from another planet" billions of years ago using un-manned space craft—a belief held by a number of atheistic scientists and philosophers (ibid.). "Atheists are so determined that God is the ultimate irrational idea that they fail to realise the absurdity of their alternative theory… When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing—they believe in anything" (ibid.).

As atheists speculate about supernatural phenomena, psychic powers, parapsychology and astrology, it is ironic that they reject Christianity and an all-powerful God. However, King David observed, "The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God'" (Psalm 53:1). But is it the idea of an all-powerful God that mankind hates, or is it the morality this God expects? The Bible describes the human tendency to “abhor the one who speaks uprightly” (Amos 5:10). If atheists are intellectually honest, they must set aside their irrational fear of morality and own up to some powerful truths.

For more information on this topic, read our insightful article "Seven Proofs of God’s Existence."