The Resurrection and the Death of Atheism

Christianity is not first and foremost a religion it's a relationship with God. James 1:27 uses the term religion, but it's not a term that describes the essence of what Christianity is. https://www.gotquestions.org/Christianity-religion-relationship.html

 

Anyone could be biased. What makes this quote biased? https://www.gotquestions.org/universe-eternal.html

 

Religion is man centered. Christianity is relationship centered. Jesus came to remove the barrier of sin from between people and God. Jesus is God. The term the Son of God refers to the Sonship of Jesus in the Trinity. https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-oneness-unity-yachid-vs-echad.htm

https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-Son-of-God.html

 

Christianity absolutely is a world religion.

 

That is semantics. Christianity is a relationship with God. https://www.gotquestions.org/Christianity-religion-relationship.html

 

Really now? Something as wonderful, powerful and... ahem.. obviously designed as God doesn't need a designer?

 

You have no way of knowing such a thing. Maybe he was created along with everything else by some other higher creator.

 

Again, you've just argued from your own ignorance and pushed the question back just one step. Your argument, such as it is, applies perfectly to your God. By your logic, he had to be designed and needs a creator.

 

If you continue going further back, there will not be an infinite regression. You must eventually reach a First Cause (or an Uncaused Cause), which created that first effect. Something doesn't just come out of nothing all by itself. In other words, there had to be some casual agent that began the process and set our whole universe into motion.

 

The Law of Cause and Effect dictates that an effect never precedes its cause, and is never greater than or superior to its cause. Therefore, there must be something that existed before the universe was brought into being, and that cause must be superior to our awesome universe in every way. As with a building, the universe exhibits design, so it must have a Designer.

 

Implying "God did it" is not an explanation, because it is not tied to any objective evidence.

 

The universe having a beginning and a cause is objective evidence of the existence of God. If you back back far enough, there will not be an infinite regression. You must eventually reach a First Cause (or an Uncaused Cause), which created that first effect. Something doesn't just come out of nothing all by itself. In other words, there had to be some casual agent that began the process and set our whole universe into motion. https://www.gotquestions.org/universe-eternal.html

 

Nonsense.

Christianity is a religion.

You can do your religion any way you want. But, it's still a religion.

 

Our universe grew from the expansion called the "big bang".

But, there is essentially no evidence concerning the environment in which that initial singularity originated.

Claiming that YOU know that cause is ridiculous. You have zero evidence. You have no knowledge of the environment in which it happened.

 

World religions are man attempting to reach up to God. But God looked down and he saw that there was nothing that mankind could do to reach high enough. And so the Scriptures say for God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, to come down and live among us. Scriptural faith is God reaching down to man.

 

God spoke the universe into existence. http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evolution Hoax/accidental_aftermath.htm

 

Oh, please.

 

It amazes me that you can't see that those two claims directly contradict one another.

But a smart man just said

You are spinning in circles sir.

 

And that designer must by the very same "logic" have a designer.

 

God is self existing. https://creation.com/who-created-god

 

I took His word for it and believe Him.

 

God doesn't have a Creator-God is self existing. https://creation.com/who-created-god

Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

 

Why would that self existing thing have to be a "god" - in fact, YOUR god?

There are plenty of other things that could be eternal.

 

People are aware that sin exists, that they are guilty, and that Heaven frowns, and their conscience drives them to try to balance the scales. That's the foundation of religion, something commonly called "works righteousness." They believe that their religious works will outweigh their sins on judgement day. They think they will be able to bribe the judge of the universe, and He will then duly dismiss their case. They vainly hope to offer God religious works in the belief that He will exchange for them everlasting life. Isaiah 64:6 says of religious deeds

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

 

That didn't touch on any issue in my post.

It looks like you just wanted to do some preaching!