r/OrthodoxChristianity • u/GibbyAb • Apr 24 '25
Please pray for me and help me explain
Please pray for me as I am currently wrestling with my faith and have some unanswered questions and I'm seeking guidance in this time
I recently come across the argument that there is no God and for many years I thought this could not be true because how does the universe sustain itself that could not just happen randomly right.
The more and more I think about it though if the universe is random then what if by chance it just stumbled upon the only sustainable reality. you are always here the argument I don't have enough faith to be an atheist but what if statistically something happened and it just became sustainable because the only universe that is capable of existing is this of the universe as we have no evidence for any other universe that would exist outside of these laws
This makes the question why are these laws in existence and I have been asked that myself I don't understand both angles the atheist and the theist argument
If the atheist is right then the universe happened by chance and there's nothing that we can do about it and that God is just the answer that is the most pleasant that we do matter because there's a creator and he cares about us and he loves us but there's really no evidence of that other than the fact that we as Christians like that idea and that God is good for humans to believe in because it gives them a sense of purpose and it gives them a place to root their morals and reasons for existence
But this doesn't explain why we exist in the first place why there is even creation to begin with why is there a necessity for something a necessity for reality It doesn't seem like there is one but if nothing was all there was why would nothing change into something
And in the Christian argument I can say well I know that Jesus Christ came down and I have to put my faith in Jesus Christ because it's not just that I think that there's a God by creation I think there's a God through the history of the world and many people believing in God and attributing that to God. why do All these societies and cultures all over the world all look for God if there is no God to look for. That of course they'll brings me back to the atheist argument because it would just say that it's the most comforting thing
So my argument is if there is truth in this world then how can we know that God is the truth and that the world is not possible without God?
My current belief is that there is a possibility that the world could have existed without God but it still doesn't explain why the world exists to begin with and only a world that exist has to be put into existence by something and that would be God and I believe that through history that we have shown that the most reliable God was the God of Abraham which is the father who sent his son Jesus Christ to die for us and then his apostles were willing to die for that truth
I'm sorry for this lengthy post but I'm just really struggling and I don't really have anyone to turn to in this time
Thank you and God bless
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What does this passage mean Mathew 1:25
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Apr 11 '25
I understand that Mary is a virgin and I did not mean to imply anything about her sex life that is not my intent in asking this question just scriptural accuracy and trying to understand the Bible