re atheist s views on christianity was re accepting jeesus in your heart in article apr athos rutgers edu kempmp phoenix oulu fi petri pihko wrote jason smith jasons atlastele com wrote another answer is that god is the source of all existence this sounds much better but i am tempted to ask does god himself exist then if god is the source of his own existence it can only mean that he has in terms of human time always existed but this is not the same as the source of all existence this argument sounds like god does not exist but meta exists and from his meta existent perspective he created existence i think this is actually a nonsolution a mere twist of words always existing and being the source of the existence of all other beings is not problematic but as you put being the source of all existence including one s own would mean that god came from nothing a concept alien to christianity and theism it is better to understand the classical concepts of necessary and contingent existence god exists necessarily always god created contingent beings this is a coherent solution to existence so long as the concept of god is coherent the best answer i have heard is that human reasoning is incapable of understanding such questions being an atheist myself i do not accept such answers since i do not have any other methods not a very good answer if reason cannot by any means understand something then it is likely that it is a null concept something not in reality ted kalivoda
