The Christian theistic answer to this question is, “History is linear, a meaningful sequence of events leading to the fulfillment of God’s purposes for humanity” (Sire, 2009, pg. 43). All things are leading to the culmination of time at the second coming of Christ. The strength in this view is that we are not just here for no reason. Our existence on the earth is for God purposes and history is actually His story. Where the Atheist view is that we have no meaning or purpose. To an atheist, the knowledge that we have only one life makes it all the more precious and ensures a life-affirming, life-enhancing attitude, untainted with wishful thinking, self-delusion or
The Christian theistic answer to this question is, “History is linear, a meaningful sequence of events leading to the fulfillment of God’s purposes for humanity” (Sire, 2009, pg. 43). All things are leading to the culmination of time at the second coming of Christ. The strength in this view is that we are not just here for no reason. Our existence on the earth is for God purposes and history is actually His story. Where the Atheist view is that we have no meaning or purpose. To an atheist, the knowledge that we have only one life makes it all the more precious and ensures a life-affirming, life-enhancing attitude, untainted with wishful thinking, self-delusion or