Prayer and Existence of God Discussion

Prayer and Existence of God Discussion

In order to answer this question in a balanced way, we need to look at

the views of Christians and atheists, in terms of their beliefs about

the existence of a god.

It is impossible to prove whether or not there is a God. One argument

for the existence of God is that the universe is so ordered and

perfectly designed, it could not have happened by chance; there must

have been a creator. This is known as the Teleological Theory or the

“Design Argument”. Tele comes from the Greek word, “telos”, meaning

“end” or “purpose” and “logical” means theory, it is the theory of

purpose. On the other hand, non-believers think that the reason

everything is well designed is because things have evolved over

millions of years.

A second argument for the existence of God is the Cosmological Theory,

which says that the universe only exists because an external force

made it exist, and that that force is God. Many non-believers prefer

to accept the Big Bang Theory which says that the universe was created

by a huge explosion of matter and energy and that matter from this

explosion eventually formed stars, planets and everything else.

A third reason people believe in God is because of their personal

religious experiences. Non-believers might argue that such people are

mistaken into thinking they have had an experience, but have not had

one at all.

One reason that non-believers say that God does not exist is because

of the amount of evil in the world. Christians would argue against

this view admitting that there is evil the world, but that this is

because God gives people free will and they make the wrong decisions.

Christians believe that worship is worthwhile because they believe

that it brings them closer to God. On the other hand, atheists

believe that worship is a waste of time as you cannot be sure that the

god you are worshipping exists. Different groups worship in different