We Have A Creator

The Existence of a Creator

As an atheist, C.S. Lewis found himself in an interesting contradiction. He explained his thought process in the words below:

My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I gotten this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust? If the whole show was bad and senseless from A to Z, so to speak, why did I, who was supposed to be part of the show, find myself in such violent reaction against it? A man feels wet when he falls into water, because man is not a water animal: a fish would not feel wet. Of course I could have given up my idea of justice by saying it was nothing but a private idea of my own. But if I did that, then my argument against God collapsed too--for the argument depended on saying that the world was really unjust, not simply that it did not happen to please my private fancies. Thus in the very act of trying to prove that God did not exist--in other words, that the whole of reality was senseless--I found I was forced to assume that one part of reality--namely my idea of justice--was full of sense. Consequently, atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.

Atheism cannot explain the lack of God without using ideas and principles that are only possible because of God. The scriptures teach us more about our relationship with God. "The scriptures are laid before thee, yea, and all things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme creator." (Alma 30:44) When we come to the knowledge that there is a creator, we naturally hunger to learn of our relationship with Him.

Children of a Creator

The Bible teaches us that "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. . . . And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth. . ." (Genesis 1:1,26. KJV)

"We are the children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ." (Romans :16-17)

We were created by God and given dominion over all other creatures on the earth. We have divinity lacing our DNA and are heirs to the kingdom of God. Does this matter for each of us?

Does it Matter?

Understanding who we are shapes our worldview. If we are here on accident, then the lives of our neighbors have little value. Once we understand that we are children of a divine creator, and are thus all connected in a meaningful way, we have a reason to care for and support our neighbors.

Those who understand their worth as a son or daughter of God must stand up for truth and virtue. Believers have a responsibility to take care of their neighbors, the poor and the needy. May we all dig to obtain a deeper meaning of who we are and allow that knowledge to change

"America can be transformed because Americans can be transformed." -Michael L. Brown.