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Page 1: DOES GOD EXIST?… · Nothing that exists is the cause of its own existence. 3. The causation of all that exists cannot infinitely regress into the past, as then, there would be nothing
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TUESDAYNIGHTTHEOLOGYSCHEDULE

WEEK1(6/20):DoesGodExist?WEEK2(6/27):WhatAboutOtherGods?WEEK3(7/11):IsTheBibleTrue?WEEK4(7/18):DidJesusClaimToBeGod?WEEK5(8/01):WhoIsTheHolySpirit?WEEK6(8/08):WhatHappensWhenIDie?WEEK7(8/15):PotluckDinnerforEveryone!!!

*Note:TherewillbenoTNTonJuly4th (forholiday),oronJuly25th (N.O.W.onthe27th).

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WEEK1:DOESGODEXIST?

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UnbelieversHaveGoodQuestionsTheobjectionsthatunbelieversraiseareusuallynottrivial.Theyoftencutdeepintotheheartofthe

Christianfaithandchallengeitsveryfoundations.Ifmiraclesarenotpossible,thenwhyshouldwe

believeChristwasGod?IfGodcan’tcontrolevil,ishereallyworthyofworship?Faceit:iftheseobjectionscan’tbeanswered,thenwemayaswellbelieveinfairytales.Thesearereasonablequestionsthat

deservereasonableanswers

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ChristianityHasGoodAnswersMostskepticshaveonlyheardthequestionsandbelievedthattherewerenoanswers.Butwehave

somegreatanswerstotheirquestions.IfChristianityistrue,thatmeansthatrealitywillalwaysbeonourside,andwejustneedtofindtheappropriateevidencetoanswerwhateverquestionisasked.

Fortunately,ChristianthinkershavebeenansweringthesequestionseversincePaul’stime,andwecandrawontheirknowledgetohelpusfindtheanswers

weneed.

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GodCommandsUstoGiveThemtheAnswersThisisthemostimportantreasonofall.Godtoldustodoit.In1Peter3:15weread,“ButinyourheartshonorChristtheLordasholy,alwaysbeingpreparedtomakeadefensetoanyonewhoasksyouforareasonforthehopethatisinyou;yetdoitwithgentlenessandrespect”(ESV).Thisversesaysseveral

importantthings.First,itsaysthatweshouldbeready.Wemayneverrunacrosssomeonewhoasksthetoughquestionsaboutourfaith,butweshouldstillbereadyjustincase.Butbeingreadyisnotjustamatterofhavingtherightinformation

available;itisalsoanattitudeofreadinessandeagernesstosharewithothersthetruthofwhatwebelieve.

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DOESGODEXIST?

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FOURTRADITIONALARGUMENTSFORTHEEXISTENCEOFGOD

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Cosmological(causation)Teleological(design)Moral(ethics)Ontological(existence)

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Cosmological(causation)1.Everythingthatweperceiveasexistinginrealityhadapriorcausetoitseffectofexistence.2.Nothingthatexistsisthecauseofitsownexistence.3.Thecausationofallthatexistscannotinfinitelyregressintothepast,asthen,therewouldbenothingthatexistsinthepresent(time).4.TheremusthavebeenaFIRST,UNCAUSEDCAUSEforallthatweperceivetoexistinreality.5.ThisUN-CAUSEDCAUSEisGod.

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Teleological(design)1.Thematerialuniverseresemblestheintelligentproductionsofhumanbeingsinthatitexhibitsdesign.2.Thedesigninanyhumanartifactistheeffectofhavingbeenmadebyanintelligentbeing.3.Likeeffectshavelikecauses.4.Therefore,thedesigninthematerialuniverseistheeffectofhavingbeenmadebyanintelligentcreator.5.ThatintelligentcreatorisGod.

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Moral(ethics)1.Objectivemorallawsanddutiesexistinreality.2.Ifmorallaws/dutiesexist,theremustbeamorallawgiverthatalsoexists.3. Therefore,themorallawgiverisGod.

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Ontological(existence)1.Itisaconceptualtruth(truebydefinition)thatGodisabeingthanwhichnonegreatercanbeimagined(thatis,thegreatestpossiblebeingthatcanbeimagined).2.Godexistsasanideainthemind.3.Abeingthatexistsasanideainthemind&inrealityisgreaterthanabeingthatexistsonlyasanideainthemind.4.Thus,ifGodexistsonlyasanideainthemind,thenwecanimaginesomethingthatisgreaterthanGod(thatis,agreatestpossiblebeingthatdoesexistinreality).5.ButwecannotimaginesomethingthatisgreaterthanGod(foritisacontradictiontosupposethatwecanimagineabeinggreaterthanthegreatestpossiblebeingthatcanbeimagined.)6.Therefore,Godexists.

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