I am going to resurrect this thread here because it seems to have gone on unanswered for too long. All one has to do in order to answer this is to look where atheists cannot explain ex universe origins. We have proved that the universe has an origin because it is constantly expanding outward. Because of this, something like the big bang happened, but to say that it all just appeared into existence defies the laws of conservation of mass and energy. Also to say that it is "reborn" so to speak in and endless cycle, you have to have a beginning for it. For example, the water cycle hasn't always been going on. Earth had to get water in its atmosphere, cool off and then begin the cycle. As for going to hell just for not believing in God, it is not fair for people who have not even heard of him to be punished for all of eternity for that. Thus the reason I follow Christian Gnosticism which says that you "follow another soul through life" (reincarnation) until you attain knowledge of the true Father and physically die and go to heaven.
