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Why is atheism untenable? [Spirituality & Religion]

“Gradually, I realized that in the twenty years since I opted for philosophical atheism, a vast, systematic literature had emerged that not only cast deep doubt on, but also, from any reasonable perspective, effectively refuted my atheistic outlook. . . . Today, it seems to me, there is no good reason for an intelligent person to embrace the illusion of atheism or agnosticism, to make the same intellectual mistakes I made.
“As recently as twenty-five years ago, a reasonable person weighing the purely scientific evidence on the issue would likely have come down on the side of skepticism. That is no longer the case. Today the concrete data point strongly in the direction of the God hypothesis. It is the simplest and most obvious solution to the anthropic puzzle.”
(Patrick Glynn)
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As a former atheist myself, I have reached much of the same conclusions.

The one question I have been mulling over for the atheist I encounter is "If God is such a powerful being that He can create every subatomic particle in a near infinite universe, why would He be bound by the same scientific laws He set into motion?"

Or, "How can man possibly believe that God could be bound by their standards and beliefs?"

It's like an ant trying to dictate the laws of physics to Stephen Hawking.