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Proofs of God
- 1. Invisible revealed by visible (Romans 2:15)
- 2. Three arguments • Moral • Design • Cosmological
- 3. Moral Rules define the game. Who makes the rules? Why the rules?
- 4. Moral • Not all things permissible (Sartre) • Objective yardstick (Aquinas) - The World, Moses, Jesus vs Relativism • Obligations exceed law (Adams) – Set in the conscience (Rom 2:15) – Constrain us (2 Thes 2:7)
- 5. “You find out more about God from the Moral Law than from the universe in general just as you find out more about a man by listening to his conversation than by looking at his house.”
- 6. Design Was the Ferrari designed? How do we know? If we see another copy, will we confirm a designer and maker? Paley analogical model A watch is found on an uninhabited planet
- 7. Design • Empirical – male & female, water, immunity, bacteria, DNA • Fine-tuning – solar constant/proximity, orbits, rotation, expansion • Irreducible complexity - clotting, eye (absurd), flagella (40 parts) • Designed is simple. Evolved is complex, with many exceptions 1: 10130 = odds of universe forming
- 8. How long would they take to reproduce the works of Shakespeare? Cosmological 1000 monkeys randomly type 10600 - Years to Hamlet 1080 - Atoms in Universe 1:15bn - To type “banana” 1 rule - Sonnet in 372x 4 rules - Universe
- 9. Cosmological • Cause (Kalam) – whatever exists has cause to exist – universe exists • Can something come from nothing? (Lane-Craig) - 1st cause is personal, exceeds effect (Aristotle, Plato) • Thermodynamics predicts an external cause, a beginning - All point north, to a start. Infinity illogical. Besides, it gets dark.
- 10. In conclusion • Moral argument – reveals God’s character • Design argument – reveals His attention to detail • Cosmological – reveals His power Evidence exceeds reasonable doubt We trust science and build on it … why not trust God?
Editor's Notes
- What happens when the environment undermines normal behavior Then will stealing be justifiable for both the thief and the victim – situational ethics
- One elephant a miracle, two a plot
- Empirical: water, male & female, immunity, teeth, bacteria, Junk DNA Fine-tuning: Solar constant – 1.99 calories per cm2 per second Solar proximity – tolerance 1% closer, 0.2% further Orbital and rotational speeds Gravity: 1:10 100 Less and life would have been untenable Irreducibility – cillius, clotting – human body All things work - Life is one machine with many interdependent parts (Hume)
- First mover: The land of promise has its own boundaries. Infinity: It gets dark, infinity is irrational, expansion points to a singularity Cone nebula – Jesus Christ star cluster Ring Nebula, eye of God The mice – colliding galaxies Hand of God nebula