R.C. Sproul

Something exists now.

If they refuse to acknowledge the truth of that primary assertion that something exists now, we don't have to worry about dealing with them.

because they represent no threat to the Christian faith because they don't even exist.

They have no right to even raise the objection unless they're willing to acknowledge that they are standing there raising the objection.

And if they are raising the objection, then we have something that exists.

Someone standing there raising an objection against the existence of God.

That's manifestly, it's not difficult to get people to acknowledge that something exists.

Every now and then, you'll find somebody who wants to play the solipsistic game and say, well, I'm not even sure that I exist or that you exist and all that.

I say, well,

then let's just deal with this hypothetically.

If something exists, what would be necessary to account for the existence of that something?

All right, so we say that something exists now.

Now the question is, does that which exists, exist in and of itself?

Or does it owe its existence to something else that does exist in and of itself?

And we reduce the question of the possible causes for the universe that exists to three.

That the universe that exists is either self-existent, self-created, or created by another.

who is either self-existent or self-creative?

Can anybody in here think of any other alternative?

Now, when I go through this with people, I just spot these three things and get them to say, are there any other options?

So I always give that invitation to people to suggest other options.