I hope no one minds this post, but it is motivated as a thought for believers to share with non-believers. Being that this is a "prayer's request" forum, I thought the message would be welcomed by the readers of this section.
"To be or not to be?"
Why, if we are only matter, do we have self preservation or wish "to be?" Matter does not have self-purpose or self-reason. Natural matter can not have self preservation, as natural matter MUST follow the LAW of thermodynamics and therefore breaks down to disorder...yet life does not follow such behavior. Life has an intrinsic nature “to be,” to preserve itself. Life preserves, builds, and adapts…meaning OUR EXISTENCE defies the law of going to disorder. Traits do not exist for long if they don’t have purpose as they cost energy, yet self-preservation is the oldest of all traits. Temporary preservation would be futile and illogical, as everything we do would go extinct and extinguish…and ultimately be pointless...yet we do strive to preserve ourselves in order “to be,” to exist. If we are not eternal, we die...and if we die, we "be not," so how can an atheist justify an "illogical behavior" or deny our desire for “self-preservation” when this intrinsic nature that drives us to "to be" is so obviously within us? The only logical reason self preservation exists as a trait is we must have some “eternal” being…therefore we must be more than just "natural." We must be "SUPER-natural.” We must be more than just chemical beings, as we do seek preservation. We are super-naturally created “to be” eternally; and therefore we are all "super-natural" ourselves.
"Dr. Frankenstein" types can't understand what it is that causes life...what is it about us that causes us to live...which means to respond...to adapt...to maintain order...to defy the laws of physics? Super-man (a fictional character) defied the law of gravity and was described to be "super." We (true existing characters) defy the law of thermodynamics. We are all truly super-natural and awesome. The desire to preserve could NOT evolve via mutation, as mutation would require a prerequisite of life, and life requires the prerequisite of self preservation. In other words, self-preservation and the obtainment of order would have to come first in evolution...which defies natural law UNLESS evolution (natural) was not the source of “our being”, but creation (supernatural) is the source.
My point is... like it or not, we all have an INTERNAL and UN-NATURAL desire to be which defies the laws that drive pure chemical matter. We can not deny our natural intrinsic desire to be. This is something we all desire...and all know the instinct to be is within us all. For like God, I too "am." Yet, this isn’t the only reason I believe. My belief in creation is a synergistic effect. It isn't because of one fact here or one fact there. It is an assembly of many facts & many personal observations plus personal investigations that I have had which caused me to come up with my belief. Also, I sought out consistency to what would hold up to the tests of logic and observation. I have found Christianity does this best, but that is not the purpose of this essay. The purpose of this essay is to address atheism as illogical. Yes, I have noticed that one can not believe all translations or all pastors, but if one truly seeks the truth I believe one will find it...but ONLY if they are open to such. Some believe like sheep and simply follow others, but that isn't me. That just doesn't work for me. I had to see more...and had to look within myself, at nature, at science, religion, and theology...and then filter out stuff that couldn't be verified or that was inconsistent. Fortunately, there is some good factually based science out there as well as some good consistent religion out there worthy of investigation.
In conclusion, self preservation only has merit or purpose if it is eternal. As previously mentioned, behaviors and traits are not maintained in populations over long periods of time unless the behavior or trait has a purpose, therefore the purpose of our intrinsic nature of self-preservation must be eternal for if it isn’t eternal then self preservation does not exist, yet we know it does as we all feel the drive “to be.” Fun, money, power, etc type answers are all atheistic cop outs to the question on why does self preservation exist since they are all only temporary as well if life isn’t eternal…and therefore lack merit and are illogical. The decision “to believe” or “not” is of course one based upon both faith and logic and perhaps not absolute “proof.” That said there certainly is evidence for creation and good sciences that can be seen and tested while much “science” and religion is based upon theory. Ironically, theoretical “sciences” seem to require even greater faith, as such “sciences’ often invent non-provable theoretically based unverifiable concepts (assumptions) such as “virtual particles” and “anti-matter,” which conveniently can’t be contained or measured as these “things annihilate anything they come in contact with and therefore can’t be directly observed” so to speak. These theoretical concepts are created to “explain” how “non-matter” forms of “matter” could escape a black hole when light itself can’t do so in order for the “Big-Bang” to work. Such is not true science, as it lacks true concrete evidence. Logic dictates we must be eternal as atheistic/temporary self preservation defies logic, defies physics, and lacks real non-theoretical evidence of any alternate possible production.
I hope someone finds some pleasure in that reading.
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