The cool thing about logic and reason is that it supersedes theory and speculation.   As in a game of cards, logic and reason trump the speculative ace.   In our world today, however, people do not want to play by the rules.  Not only that, but they are being deceptive by claiming to play by the rules, but substituting a hypothetical for a logical necessity.  Since not everyone has the rulebook, certain people get away with this 'card trick.'

I wanted to take a minute and deal with just one such issue and attempt to cut away the superfluous and leave behind only logic and reason.  I feel I can do this briefly.

The charge is often levied against theism that it doesn't make sense for God to always have existed.  I can recall a specific former Christian pastor (emphasis on former Christian) who was asked the theologically benign question:  Who created God?  This man had no answer, and this led him to explore other questions that Christians supposedly hide from.   Eventually he renounced his faith and wrote a damaging book.  It was damaging because then people like me had to restate the same tired (and plainly obvious) answers instead of dwelling on REAL dilemas of the faith.   It was also damaging because he had credibility in the eyes of nonChristians and wavering Christians alike.   But the question is not hard to answer.

On one hand, either you have a God that has always existed, or on the other, you have a universe that has always existed.   Something has always existed, uncreated.   Right?   On what grounds did the pastor from above choose the universe over God?   Unfortunately he did not think of it in these terms (at least he didn't represent it in these terms).  No, this fine fellow didn't have an answer to the question so he abruptly assumed the other option must be right.

It is a logical and reasonable necessity to conclude that something has always existed, uncreated.   Either one can derive God from revelation or philosophy (cf., 'The First Cause.") or one can postulate that nothing exists outside of creation therefore the universe is all there was, is, and shall be to come.   However, it is not reasonable to hold Christians and other theists in contempt for not being able to answer "Who created God" since the other question "Where did the universe come from" springs from the same source of inquiry and the answers stand on the same foundation.   And that's that.  

Beyond this I shall say no more.  Just be fair out there, ok?