Yes, I've been away a while. Friends with cancer. etc, etc. But I'm back and trying to keep up. Here is a short observation, thanks to William Craig. If there is no God, life has no meaning, ultimately. Life is with out significance, value, and purpose.
We ( some of us ) insist on proof. Certainty is based on math and logic. "Religious" statements like Jesus Christ rose from the dead, can't be mathematically or logically certain, neither can statements made about history, physics, astronomy, or any worldview. Nash
Historical knowledge is becoming more of a problem for those who choose not to believe, as archeologists find more artifacts to support a young earth, and document the Bible. All of our history is based on human eyewitnesses. They could be wrong !
Scientific certainty seems to be the one thing a person can rely upon. However, science only describes what nature seems to be like. Miracles are discounted, because the laws of nature can't be changed. However if the laws of nature could never be changed, (regardless of which world view a person has ) there would be no evolution of our knowledge, no progress in understanding, no breakthroughs. It is doubly hard when these people are confronted with miracles.
I could go on, but I have to go............ God bless