I Why Some People I Why Some People Embrace AtheismEmbrace Atheism

Foolishness of presumed Foolishness of presumed spokesmenspokesmen.. Jon.1:…9

False religionsFalse religions.. Jn.17:20-22

Evil and suffering in worldEvil and suffering in world.. Job 1-2 If no God, what’s wrong w. evil?If no God, what’s wrong w. evil? Objection implies standardObjection implies standard

►Standard requires Standard-Standard requires Standard-givergiver

HellHell. . Mt.25:41 What’s wrong w. it? Does it What’s wrong w. it? Does it violate an objective standard? violate an objective standard?

May God punish Hitler for 2 May God punish Hitler for 2 minutes in hell? 3? 4? minutes in hell? 3? 4?

Punishment inconsistent w. Punishment inconsistent w. love?love?

Atheists don’t know love or Atheists don’t know love or holi-ness of God, law of God, holi-ness of God, law of God, what punishment sin deserves, what punishment sin deserves, effects of sin on world, effects of sin on world, condition of world w/o condition of world w/o deterrent ofdeterrent of hell, yet . . .hell, yet . . .

Media and educational systemMedia and educational system.. Ro.1:19-22…28

““Evolution is a fact that is Evolution is a fact that is accepted by all intelligent accepted by all intelligent people”people” (Scientific American; (Scientific American; USNWR) USNWR)

David Quammen – Darwinism David Quammen – Darwinism proof?proof?1. Equus horse evolution

2. Embryonic recapitulation3. Archaeopteryx

►SinSin Ps.14:1 Why people believe in evolution: Why people believe in evolution:

Our conviction that the world is

meaningless lends itself very effectively to furthering

the ends of erotic or political passion

– Aldous Huxley

II Evidence For GodII Evidence For God

1. Order and complexity of the 1. Order and complexity of the universe. universe. Ps.8:1-3; 19:1-4

Movie: Movie: Contact Contact . . . Search for . . . Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI)(SETI)

WatchWatch Mona LisaMona Lisa

2. Complexity of human body. 2. Complexity of human body. Ps.139:14Ps.139:14

“In the absence of any other

proof, the thumb alone would

convince me of God’s existence”

– Sir Isaac Newton

“The aim is to create a hand w. the sort of functionality

a human hand has but also

a sense of touch” – Dr. Paul Chappell

Eardrum is resonatorMoves 1/10 diameter

of Hydrogen atomTransmitted by three

bones in cochlea

Prov. 20:12

3. Fulfilled biblical prophecy. 3. Fulfilled biblical prophecy. Dn.2:28

Prophesied hundreds of years Prophesied hundreds of years prior to events; came to pass prior to events; came to pass exactly as predictedexactly as predicted

4. 4. Accuracy of the BibleAccuracy of the Bible.. Mt.24:35

Historians, archaeologists, and Historians, archaeologists, and scientists find evidence that scientists find evidence that agrees with Bibleagrees with Bible

5. Resurrection of Jesus. Ac.1:3

Many convincing proofs

6. Humanity’s moral sense of 6. Humanity’s moral sense of right and wrongright and wrong. . Ro.2:14-15

“There never has been a significant example

of morality apart from belief in God” 

(Durant, The Lessons of History)

7. Human personality. 1 Tim.1:9

“No one has presented an idea, let alone demonstrated it

to be feasible, to explain how the impersonal beginning,

plus time, plus chance, can give personality”

– Francis Schaeffer

8. Failure of other options. Ps.73:25; Jn.6:68

“Hard as the world is to explain with God, it is harder yet without Him” (Claude Montefiore)

“It is absurd for the Evolutionist to com-plain that it is unthinkable for an admit-tedly unthinkable God to make everything out of nothing, and then pretend that it is more thinkable that nothing should turn itself into anything” (G. K. Chesterton)

Richard Dawkins, Mother of all Atheists

►““Believing in a creator of the Believing in a creator of the universe is no different from universe is no different from believing in fairies at the bottom of believing in fairies at the bottom of the garden”the garden”

►Debate with John Lennox: A serious case could be made for a

deistic God Intelligent Design could explain life

on earth: aliens from another planet