How did all of this come about?
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Good morning everyone!
As you can see, I’ve brought a friend along.
Make Dodo seem sad.
Nick: Hey, tell them your name.
Dodo: Why’re you asking? You know my name.
Nick: Yes, but they don’t.
Dodo: Uhh, fine. My name is Dodo. Hello everybody…
Dodo: *sighs*
Nick: Dodo, what’s the matter?
Dodo: I don’t know…
Nick: Come on, what’s the matter?
Dodo: I don’t know… You wanna know?
Nick: Yeah, I wanna know.
Dodo: *whispers into Nick’s ear*
Nick: *looks at audience* Can I tell them?
Dodo: *looks at audience* Do you wanna know?
Dodo: My friend came to me the other day, and they said that God isn’t real. So I tried to prove them wrong, but I didn’t know what to say. It was kind of embarrassing.
Nick: I see. Well, do you mind if I share some tips?
Dodo: Yeah, okay.
Nick: The Bible says…
Dodo: To always be ready to make a defense.’ 1 Peter 3:15. I know what it says. But what do I say?
Nick: Well, have you tried the creation argument?
Dodo: *thinks* What’s the creation argument?
Nick: It goes like this. First, you ask the question, ‘How did all of this come about?”
Dodo: *Look at Nick* All of what?
Nick: All of this! You, me, the earth, the sun, moon, and stars, and the whole galaxy!
Dodo: My friend would say that it happened because of the Big Bang. *Look at audience* Do you know the Big Bang theory?
Dodo: The big bang theory says that a long long time ago, there was nothing. No stars, no planets, nothing! But suddenly, there was an explosion and the whole universe appeared!
Nick: Does that make sense to you?
Dodo: *Look at Nick* I don’t know. *Look at audience* Does that make sense to you?
Nick: It sounds like you’re saying that everything came from nothing.
Dodo: *Thinks* Everything came from nothing… I don’t think that makes sense. *Looks at audience* Does that make sense?
Nick: Well, let me show you why it doesn’t make sense. Are you hungry?
Dodo: Yeah!
Nick: What would you like?
Dodo: Can I have a cup of coffee?
Nick: A coffee!
Dodo: Yeah! I’m kind of sleepy.
Nick: Ok.
*Wait*
Dodo: Where’s my coffee?
Nick: I said wait!
*Wait*
Dodo: Hey Nick?
Nick: Yes Dodo?
Dodo: Where’s my coffee?
Nick: If we wait long enough, your coffee should appear. Because according to the Big Bang theory, something can appear from nothing if you wait long enough.
Dodo: Oh! Ha ha. Very funny. But I get the point. Something cannot come from nothing.
Nick: That’s right! And what the Bible teaches is that…
Dodo: God was always there! And if God was always there, then there was never nothing!
Nick: You got it. And all of this came about because…
Dodo: God created all things. That’s in the book of… Exodus?
Nick: Genesis!
Dodo: Yes, that’s what I meant. Genesis!
Nick: Yes. Because some people think that God created the universe, and some people think that nothing created the universe. And the nothing people make fun of the God people because they say God doesn’t exist. But you know what definitely doesn’t exist?
Dodo: Nothing!
Nick: Exactly. That’s what nothing means. Nothing literally doesn’t exist.
Nick: So either you believe it’s God, or it’s nothing.
Dodo: But I can’t see God. I can’t show my friends any proof.
Nick: Yes, but you can’t see nothing either. And your friends can’t prove that nothing created the universe.
Nick: In fact, if their nothing sometimes has an explosion and creates everything, that’s a very magical nothing.
Dodo: I see what you mean. It makes more sense to believe in God instead of nothing!
Nick: So the next time someone says that God isn’t real, what can you say?
Dodo: That they’re stupid?
Nick: No!
Dodo: I’m just kidding. I’ll just ask them a question.
Nick: What question?
Dodo: Would you like a cup of coffee? Hahahahahahaha
