Editorial: The Faith of the Atheist
Christians have faith in God. Basically, we believe that God exists though we have not seen Him. Despite our inability to prove the existence of God by the use of our physical senses, we accept the affirmation of Scripture. We freely admit that this is faith, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1).
This does not mean that there is no evidence as to the existence of God. Indeed there is. "For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead" (Romans 1:20). The argument of design is one that cannot be successfully refuted by those who deny God’s existence. If there is no designer, why does structure and organization abound in the physical universe? Why is it "cosmos" (ordered) rather than "chaos"? Design demands a designer.