Russell's Teapot

The challenge of Russell’s Teapot is meant to say that Christians believe in their God without any evidence, just like there is no evidence for this teapot orbiting the Sun. We can’t prove the teapot isn’t there and so we’re free to believe in it, but don’t expect the rest of us to believe in it. The same goes for God.

My response to someone who brings up Russell’s Teapot  would be that, rather than accepting God’s existence by mere blind faith, I can think of several good reasons to think that God exists. 

1. The universe had a beginning a finite time ago, and things that begin to exist must have a cause. 
2. The universe is highly fine-tuned with an apparent design that points to a purpose behind it. 
3. Despite intense research, life began at some point on Earth, and there is absolutely no consensus on how this could have happened “on its own.” Stated more positively, the design of the earliest life and the information that is apparent in living cells point to an intelligent designer. 
4. The origin of human consciousness is a huge problem for materialists. How did this higher “ape” become aware of itself with all of our mental capacities? This is much better explained by personal Mind who is responsible for humankind. 
5. If the materialists are correct, then humans are creatures determined by our brain and body chemistry, and we are thus not free nor rational. 
6. The historical evidence for Jesus’ resurrection is strong and compelling.

So, while the Teapot is meant to demean the Christian faith and claim that there is no good evidence for it, the truth of the matter is that quite good evidence exists that points positively to an intelligent Mind behind life and the universe. Skeptics of religious faith may claim that they don’t find these reasons compelling, but what they cannot legitimately do is assert that there is no evidence at all. Conversation can then turn this evidence and to why so many people throughout the history of the world have found reasons such as these so convincing that God does indeed exist.