A common Christian argument for the existence of a God is that the universe, in all its complexity, could not exist without a creator. Atheists usually will respond to this with a rhetorical question something to the effect of, �Well then, how complex is a being that is perfect in every way?�
I offer this answer: A perfect being is non-complex.
Why is this true? Let me give a mathematical example. Given the function:
f(x)= 3x^3+2x^2+7x-13
Lets give x two equal but different values now. For the first run through the equation, lets say x=5.
Now, we all know what happens next, so I won�t go through the steps with you. You just plug in 5 for x and multiply out your answer.
For the second run through the equation lets say x=2+3. 2+3 is obviously a value equal to 5, but lets see how much more complex the equation gets when we plug this in instead. In expanded form the same equation could now be read as this:
f(x)= 3(2+3)(2+3)(2+3)+2(2+3)(2+3)+7(2+3)-13
That�s almost twice the length of the original equation. Now we would have to FOIL out the X�s, then distribute out the coefficients, and then add everything up.
It can be said that putting in 5 for x is a much simpler way of achieving the same answer for f(x). It is also considered to be a better way. Better, as in closer to perfection than the alternative.
It can be assumed then, that perfection, being infinitely better than anything else, would also be infinitely simpler.
What is the importance of this? Once it�s determined that perfect equals simple, you can remember than God (if indeed He exists) is perfect. If God is perfect, God also must be simple.
Now, we reach the most important part of this document. If the universe is as complex as it is, and God is perfect and therefore simple, which one is more likely to exist in nature without a creator of some sort? Just like it�s more likely for a tornado to tear down a house rather than tear down a house and build a completely new one out of the pieces, it�s more likely for something of a simpler nature to exist before something of a more complex nature exists.
The evidence of this can be found in evolution. First there were one celled organisms and then later more complex organisms. There was no jump from one celled organisms to land mammals.
Do not take what I�m saying to mean that what�s complex equals simpler, what I mean is that simple equals better. If simple equals better, and then you eventually reach perfection, then you realize that the perfect anything would be infinitely simple.
In conclusion, it should be obvious now that a God would exist in nature before our universe would exist in nature without either one having a creator. This does not guarantee by any means that a God does exist, but it does show that a God probably exists.