| Beginning the Search | | | | creative enterprise there had to be a reason. So what |
| · What is the purpose of your life? | | | | are the possible reasons? Well now, one thing is |
| · Does it have a purpose? | | | | becoming clear and that is unless God tells us we will |
| · Do you want it to have a purpose? | | | | never know - certainly never know for sure! |
| · Can you imagine not existing? | | | | I could proceed to use logic and guess possible |
| · Do you accept the popular belief that all this | | | | reasons for our existence. I could come up with some |
| just happened? | | | | feasible ideas. Because I have heard of different |
| The world provides more questions than good | | | | explanations and many seem reasonable. I realized I |
| answers. Anyone who says they have the answer is | | | | needed to move away from what various people |
| wrong and this is a very, very popular belief. Yet | | | | have taught since I would not know which one to |
| ultimately there is truth, there is an answer. A good | | | | believe. |
| question might be will we ever find it? | | | | The process of elimination |
| I must say I do not believe that all this just happened. | | | | Anyway, I decided to focus on eliminating more of the |
| The only way to justify our existence is to say that life | | | | "players." One of the largest religions in the world is |
| has been billions of years in the making. The universe is | | | | Islam and no matter how much I tried to find a way |
| so large; it is so far beyond our comprehension that | | | | that there could be a reasonable connection with God, |
| something amazing could have happened in this vast | | | | I could not! The reason is very, very simple and I |
| maybe endless expanse. That something was life. Yet | | | | suspect it is the reason Islam has no tolerance of other |
| why does anything exist, any matter even the smallest | | | | religions. The entire basis of Islam falls to Mohammed's |
| spec of dust or atomic particle? Well existence | | | | dream and then in what he would teach following that |
| occurred out of nothing. There was this big bang, but | | | | dream. It is indeed the weakest of all the major |
| what banged, apparently nothing. If there was ever a | | | | religions that make some claim for a connection to |
| desperate theory this is it. Here is the one truth I am | | | | God. Actually, it is in a tie with a much smaller group |
| certain of, "no one has a scientific explanation for | | | | called Mormons who depend on the dream of Joseph |
| existence." There are actually some very strong | | | | Smith. This one-man or one-woman dependence is the |
| reasons to believe we will never find the answers in | | | | theme and only validation of a variety of religions. It |
| science. Of course, that does not mean we should not | | | | may be a dream, a vision, or a trance but whatever it |
| try. | | | | is; it seems much, much too weak as a viable |
| Going from existence of nothing to something is just | | | | message from God. |
| leap one. The next leap is to go from inanimate matter | | | | WOW! This is the last thing I expected but its early. |
| to life. The odds I am told for life occurring, i.e. some | | | | It is becoming clear, there is only one viable possibility |
| protein (the building block of DNA) by chance are so | | | | for communication with God and it is the Bible. Maybe |
| large to make this essential step virtually impossible. | | | | that means there has been no communication, even |
| The odds would be greater than winning the lottery | | | | no God. My reason for this conclusion is the |
| one billion consecutive times. Next, you go from some | | | | comparative nature of other communications. |
| life, like a cell to a living being. Now the final leap is even | | | | Why the Bible, why is it better than the others? |
| more significant. You need to go from life to intelligent | | | | Yes, it has people who have dreams, visions but it also |
| life. | | | | has a stated purpose and a consistent theme from |
| Therefore, except for one thing, it would be a good | | | | over 40 authors. There is one theme from Adam |
| conclusion that we do not exist. The one thing is that | | | | through Abraham, Moses to Christ. It has an unlikely |
| we do exist! The dreaded alternative is that there is a | | | | scenario that would not be something man could |
| creator and thus we teach our children that indeed all | | | | conceive. It has various miracles all tied to the purpose. |
| this just happened. Many dread a creator because | | | | It contains prophecy and fulfillment all associated with |
| that could place limitations on their life. In addition, the | | | | the purpose. Just because it is the best choice by a |
| most likely scenario would have God being the God of | | | | large margin does not make it The Truth, The Answer. |
| the bible and if true that would mean we were spiritual | | | | It is just much better than the other choices. |
| beings and will never die. | | | | The Basic Bible Story |
| I would like to know the truth. I especially want to know | | | | If the Bible were true we see God directing certain |
| the truth if it matters in some way. | | | | individuals early in human history, then bringing the |
| Religion's part in the confusion | | | | Messiah through the nation of Israel and then the |
| Is there a logical path to the truth? Religionists have | | | | Messiah finally becoming the King and indeed |
| made a mess of the truth to the point of serious | | | | Christianity would be the final solution for man. It is |
| confusion. I conclude religious people would be difficult | | | | interesting because the problem as seen in the bible |
| to believe. In any case, which one would you believe? | | | | was a spiritual problem and God brought a spiritual |
| Let me try some logic to get to the answer. | | | | solution. That is something different from man's |
| If God exists, I will assume He would communicate that | | | | wisdom. |
| to man. Some possible ways would be: | | | | Good, there may be hope here. |
| · He could communicate to us in the creation | | | | Therefore, this seems un-man-like and that is good |
| itself, especially if it were spectacular and really | | | | because I began looking for something that did not |
| beyond our comprehension. In the creation, we could | | | | come from man. I am only interested in that which |
| see a creator but that is all we would know. We might | | | | comes from the Divine. Otherwise, it just has no value! |
| decide God was the Sun, or one of the constellations | | | | I am a long way from being convinced. So a great |
| or that there were alien beings behind the creation. We | | | | deal more testing will be required. |
| could never know, "which god." | | | | Can you overcome the terrible, violent history of |
| · If God wanted us to know more or if it was | | | | religion as realted to "Christianity" and see God as the |
| important for us to know for some reason, He would | | | | God of the Bible? And this is just one of many |
| have to tell us more, somehow. | | | | obstacles related to the bible. |
| One question I asked myself was, "is there one religion | | | | The people, leaders related to the Bible and specifically |
| that makes more sense than others" or that can | | | | the Christians of history are some of the worst of |
| potentially be validated. I considered the most logical | | | | scoundrels, frequently murders and thieves. How can I |
| path would be to eliminate any religion that made no | | | | reconcile that or the hundreds of different beliefs within |
| claim to be from God. If it is a religion just created by | | | | the "Christian religion?" The distinction that I need to |
| some men for perhaps the betterment of humankind | | | | make is to separate the Bible religions propagated by |
| that would be fine but I am looking for communication | | | | man from Bible truth. I do not know if that is possible. |
| from the creator. Well much to my surprise, many | | | | At this point, my conclusion was that the "Bible Story" |
| religions of the world make no connection to God. | | | | is the only good religious possibility for answering the |
| Buddhism and Hinduism are good examples. They | | | | question about life's purpose but men have made a |
| represent fine ideas, traditions and attract hundreds of | | | | mess of "Bible" religion. |
| millions of people but have no message from God. | | | | Somehow this has become very complicated |
| More Questions | | | | To clarify, this article represents the process I went |
| Continuing to ask questions and find answers that | | | | through some time ago and I am just now sharing my |
| make sense, my next question was,"Why would God | | | | thoughts from that period. Since then I have done a |
| want to contact His creation?" That question led me to | | | | mammoth amount of work and reached some solid |
| ask another more basic question. It makes sense if | | | | conclusions, often surprising. The most surprising thing is |
| God wanted to contact us that there was a purpose | | | | that there is a very good answer, undeniable and yet |
| for our existence. In fact, if we are the result of | | | | for some reason cloaked as a mystery. |