Why?

[ancianita]

27. It's a rigged question to claim to be an "unapologetic atheist" and still expect a 'theological' answer to "Why?"

-- rigged because it's a question that in itself presupposes the existence of a God, even for the sake of argument.

I could argue that General Discussion isn't the proper context for questions that whole books are written about; I also could give you the benefit of the doubt after you answer this: why do humans have free will?

Well educated, well read, well traveled, I was a Four Horseman Atheist for at least two decades.




Then my heart opened up. I read and studied more because I believe in lifelong learning.
If you're serious about "Why?" then you'll make the effort to dig into 20 centuries of explanation.
Here's a good start




In it are enough centuries of documentation, timelines that prove Christianity is the only fact-based religion of any other belief system. In this book are more than enough answers to your "why?" to give God the benefit of human doubt.

Once you've read this book, you might start questioning your doubts, even.

If you're fair you might ask yourself "Is it reasonable to doubt that Christianity is true in light of all the evidence?" You might come to think probably not. You might come to think that in light of the evidence, you have more doubts about atheism and every other non-Christian belief system. Given the evidence, they are not reasonable. Christianity is. You might seriously reconsider humanity's 4,000 years long spiritual/social ordering process from just "gods consciousness" to God revealing Its/His existence as the God who made trillions of universes macro to micro; the God who established the stardust on this planet as made in His image, though containing all the stuff of those universes, the God who directly delivered commandments, which then became laws, courts, judges, direct eyewitness testimony, juries, etc. to humans, to create order out of human power chaos.


I could argue that for you to expect best and final answers here in a forum context is also unreasonable.
Then again, as a former atheist, I could say
a) go outside this forum's comfort zone, maybe open up your heart, because
b) what have you got to lose?