Why I Believe

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Why I Believe

• That Faith In God Is Most Reasonable

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Two Revelations of God
Nature - shows wisdom and power Godhood
The Written Revelation the Bible
Unusual Wisdom of Plan Prophecy types/shadows
imbedded History and accuracy Scientific
Foreknowledge Evidence of Jesus, Miracles, Death
and Resurrection
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Two Revelations of God
Nature - shows wisdom and power Godhood
The Written Revelation the Bible
Ps 191-4 The heavens declare the glory of
God And the firmament shows His handiwork. 2
Day unto day utters speech, And night unto night
reveals knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor
language Where their voice is not heard. 4
Their line has gone out through all the
earth, And their words to the end of the
world. NKJV
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Two Revelations of God
Nature - shows wisdom and power Godhood
The Written Revelation the Bible
Ps 197-11 7 The law of the LORD is perfect,
converting the soul The testimony of the LORD is
sure, making wise the simple 8 The statutes of
the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart The
commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the
eyes 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring
forever The judgments of the LORD are true and
righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are
they than gold, Yea, than much fine gold Sweeter
also than honey and the honeycomb. 11 Moreover
by them Your servant is warned, And in keeping
them there is great reward. NKJV
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What Do Atheists Have?

• Explanations that boil down to Accident
• Endless efforts to create doubt in the Bible

I Don't Have Enough Faith To Be An Atheist
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Basic Questions
Atheist Answers

• Origin Where did we come from?
• Identity Who are we?
• Meaning Why are we here?
• Morality How should we live?
• Destiny Where are we going?

Accident Accidents Accident Whatever Nowhere
Science and Human Wisdom Alone Cannot Answer
These Questions
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Divine Power Clearly Seen
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Divine Power Clearly Seen
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Some Historical Background

• Evolution came to be seen as a replacement for a
  Designer in biology after 1859.
• Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually
  fulfilled atheist. (Richard Dawkins)
• Mutation and natural selection are seen to be the
  cause of all apparent design.

Charles DARWIN
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Darwin Is Under Fire Where His Theory Should Have
Been All Along

• A feature is irreducibly complex when
• It consists of a number of parts
• none of which can be removed without destroying
  the function of the feature.
• A common example is the mousetrap.

This Observation Calls Mutation and Natural
Selection Back Into Question
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Nature's Destiny

• Denton discusses the fitness (relative to life)
  of
• Water
• Light
• Elements Earth
• Carbon
• Nitrogen
• Oxygen

• DNA
• Nanomolecules
• Metals
• The Cell
• He gives even more examples in the appendix of
  his book.

Life Could Not Just Happen By Accident
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Scientific FACTS