Proofs of God

Proof of God

Invisible revealed by visible (Romans 2:15)

Three arguments

• Moral

• Design

• Cosmological

Moral

Rules define the game. Who makes the rules? Why the rules?

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)

“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.”

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

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

How long would they take to

reproduce the works of

Shakespeare?

Cosmological1000 monkeys randomly type

10600 - Years to Hamlet

1080 - Atoms in Universe

1:15bn - To type

“banana”

1 rule - Sonnet in

372x

4 rules - Universe

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.

In conclusion• Moral argument – reveals God’s character• Design argument – reveals His attention to detail• Cosmological – reveals His power

Evidence exceeds reasonable doubtWe trust science and build on it … why not trust God?