The document discusses the design argument for the existence of God. It uses analogies of finding objects like a watch or arranged stones in the desert to argue that the complexity and order in the natural world point to an intelligent designer, just as these objects would imply a maker. It explains William Paley's watchmaker argument that the intricate details and mechanisms in living things could not have arisen by chance but require an intelligent creator, in the same way a watch requires a watchmaker.
It is a Lecture based on MY ESSAY published in MY Book "Scientific Vision in Sri Guru Granth Sahib and Interfaith Dialogue. A comparison of Cosmological Ideas in Religion and Science is made based on Big Bang Model.
A talk at Webstock 2009 by Nat Torkington. "Join a master of failure on a whirlwind tour of science, computing, and business failures, and discover the secret weapon that is the strategic failure." is how I blurbed it, but the talk itself is more about learning. Watch it, you'll see.
This was a presentation we used along with \'How to choose your God\' in our Church youth Bible Study group. It presents a logical framework to understand the existence of God and how God reveals Himself thru creation, conscience, communication (over the ages) and ultimately thru Christ.
It is a Lecture based on MY ESSAY published in MY Book "Scientific Vision in Sri Guru Granth Sahib and Interfaith Dialogue. A comparison of Cosmological Ideas in Religion and Science is made based on Big Bang Model.
A talk at Webstock 2009 by Nat Torkington. "Join a master of failure on a whirlwind tour of science, computing, and business failures, and discover the secret weapon that is the strategic failure." is how I blurbed it, but the talk itself is more about learning. Watch it, you'll see.
This was a presentation we used along with \'How to choose your God\' in our Church youth Bible Study group. It presents a logical framework to understand the existence of God and how God reveals Himself thru creation, conscience, communication (over the ages) and ultimately thru Christ.
Does the bible command us to share our faith? Is there basis for doing Apologetics in the bible? That is the questions we will be looking at during this presentation.
Lesson 7 of a multipart series. The Cosmological, Ontological, Teleological and other arguments don't prove the God of the Bible, however, they do support a Theistic world view.
Eleventh lecture for my students in English 192, "Science Fiction," summer 2013 at UC Santa Barbara.
Course website: http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m13/
this presentation was given at LOK VIGYAN KENDRA ,East Pokharkhali ,Almora ....it was controversial and interesting ,many questions were asked by the participants there.......it was really a good experience.....
Reasons to Believe The Argument from Design Can you prove t.docxdanas19
Reasons to Believe:
The Argument from Design Can you prove that God exists? Before we answer this question, we
must distinguish five questions that are often confused. First, there is the question of whether
something exists or not. A thing can exist whether we know it or not. Second, there is the
question of whether we know it exists. (To answer this question affirmatively is to presuppose
that the first question is answered affirmatively, of course; though a thing can exist without our
knowing it, we cannot know it exists unless it exists.) Third, there is the question of whether we
have a reason for our knowledge. We can know some things without being able to lead others
to that knowledge by reasons. Many Christians think God’s existence is like that. Fourth, there
is the question of whether this reason, if it exists, amounts to a proof. Most reasons do not.
Most of the reasons we give for what we believe amount to probabilities, not proofs. For
instance, the building you sit in may collapse in one minute, but the reliability of the contractor
and the construction materials is a good reason for thinking that very improbable. Fifth, if there
is a proof, is it a scientific proof, a proof by the scientific method, i.e., by experiment,
observation, and measurement? Philosophical proofs can be good proofs, but they do not have
to be scientific proofs. I believe we can answer yes to the first four of these questions about the
existence of God but not to the fifth.
God exists, we can know that, we can give reasons, and those reasons amount to proof, but not
scientific proof, except in an unusually broad sense. There are many arguments for God’s
existence, but most of them have the same logical structure, which is the basic structure of any
deductive argument. First, there is a major premise, or general principle. Then, a minor premise
states some particular data in our experience that come under that principle. Finally, the
conclusion follows from applying the general principle to the particular case. In each case the
conclusion is that God exists, but the premises of the different arguments are different. The
arguments are like roads, from different starting points, all aiming at the same goal of God. In
subsequent essays we will explore the arguments from cause and effect, from conscience, from
history, and from Pascal’s Wager. This essay explores the argument from design. The argument
starts with the major premise that where there is design, there must be a designer. The minor
premise is the existence of design throughout the universe. The conclusion is that there must
be a universal designer. Why must we believe the major premise, that all design implies a
designer? Because everyone admits this principle in practice. For instance, suppose you came
upon a deserted island and found “S.O.S.” written in the sand on the beach. You would not
think the wind or the waves had written it by mere chance but that someon.
An annotated version of my talk on Designing the Future from dConstruct 2015 in Brighton, delivered on 11th September. The talk explores the danger with living in a Superhero-saturated culture, lessons we can draw from Interstellar, and expanded ideas on what Metadesign, designing ways in which design can evolve by itself, can be viewed and put into practice.
Creation and Evolution through the Logos book 1 chap 3Miguel Cano
Given the current confusion of values, it would be convenient to return to nature to find possible grounds on which to build a system of common and universal values that can harmonize the various conflicting and contradictory views today.
This book analyzes several classic controversies such as the conflict between materialism and idealism, the debate about the origin and evolution of life and the universe, the controversy between determinism and freedom, and the problem between the individual and the totality.
As conclusion, a number of general principles of nature are enumerated, which are very useful to harmonize the different scientific, philosophical and religious traditions.
Game design - On the shoulders of giants (takeaway version)Kacper Szymczak
A word on stealing ideas.
Why it's crucial to originality, quality and good business.
Why you should do it, and how to do it well.
How it is an essential part of processing your grand game idea into a workable design.
Download link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dz5ny8m2g4m6ncr/On%20the%20shoulders%20of%20giants%20-%20takeaway%20version.pptx?dl=0
Homily: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Sunday 2024.docxJames Knipper
Countless volumes have been written trying to explain the mystery of three persons in one true God, leaving us to resort to metaphors such as the three-leaf clover to try to comprehend the Divinity. Many of us grew up with the quintessential pyramidal Trinity structure of God at the top and Son and Spirit in opposite corners. But what if we looked at this ‘mystery’ from a different perspective? What if we shifted our language of God as a being towards the concept of God as love? What if we focused more on the relationship within the Trinity versus the persons of the Trinity? What if stopped looking at God as a noun…and instead considered God as a verb? Check it out…
The Good News, newsletter for June 2024 is hereNoHo FUMC
Our monthly newsletter is available to read online. We hope you will join us each Sunday in person for our worship service. Make sure to subscribe and follow us on YouTube and social media.
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
SBs – Sunday Bible School
Adult Bible Lessons 2nd quarter 2024 CPAD
MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
Renewed in Grace
8. The chances of the universe arising as it is now as a result of a big bang are 10 to the power of 60. If the force was a little greater it would not work if it was a little weaker it would not work. 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
14. You continue your walk and happen to find a watch lying in the middle of the desert. Would you suspect that a windstorm somehow threw these pieces together and randomly created a watch?
44. Does this work? A Watch is complicated Complicated things aren’t random It must have been designed There must be a watchmaker who designed it 1 2 3 4
45. The earth is complicated Complicated things aren’t random It must have been designed There must be a God who designed it 1 2 3 4
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