Sharing our Faith:

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Sharing our Faith What kind of God do we
expect people to believe in?
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
What kind of God do we invite people to believe
in?
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
God Wizard, Gambler or intelligent designer?
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Creationsism at Emmanuel School in Gateshead
2002.
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BBC Newsnight Thursday 14th March 2002.
School attacked over evolution
teaching (Emmanuel College, Gateshead City
Technology College Privately Funded)
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
A history of conflict between science and
religion?
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Who has the authority?
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Dare we allow dangerous theories to influence the
masses?
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Copernicus 15th Century.. Is Earth at the centre
of the universe?
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Copernicus 1473-1543 Astronomer sun is near
the centre of the universe, not the earth.
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Galileo, 17th Century Science should dictate how
scripture is interpreted
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Galileo 1564-1642 Publicised developed
Copernicus theory. Inquisition, 1617
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Darwin 19th Century We have evolved through
natural selection! (1859)
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Charles Darwin 1809-1892 New species adapt and
evolve through competition. Are human beings
created or evolved?
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The Royal Society for the Advancement of
Science, 1860
Thomas Huxley
Samuel Wilberforce
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Gamow (1943) Kalashnikov (1948) Big Bang or
Steady State Theory?
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Was the universe created 15 billion years ago or
has it simply always been?
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
The myth of conflict between science and religon?
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
What is everyone worried about?
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
The spectre of scientific materialism and
evolutionary naturalism
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Can evolutionary ideas encourage eugenics
programmes, anti-religious ideologies and racism?
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
How should science inform our interpretation of
the scriptures?
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
God Wizard, Gambler or intelligent designer?
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Creationism Theistic evolution Intelligent
design
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Creationists Flat earthers Young Earth Old
Earth
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Young Earth Creationism God as a wizard
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Darwinian Evolution is scientifically flawed
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Darwinian Evolution is incompatible with the
Bible
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Genesis (and not the gospels) is a stumbling
block to faith for many.
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Creationists How do they operate? USA, Australia
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Creationists Use websites, speakers and
literature to advertise
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Creationists Supporting schools, families and
Churches
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Creationists Lobbying governments to ensure
creation science is taught in schools (mainly
USA)
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Creationists How have they been received?
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Creationists Is creation science good science?
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
To what extent is Genesis foundational to
faith?
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Should evangelism be centred on relationship
rather than fact?
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Theistic Evolutionists What are their beliefs?
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Theistic Evolution God must direct evolution
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Theistic Evolution No chance mutations.
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Theistic Evolution God as a gambler who loads
the dice
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Theistic Evolution Weaknesses
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Theistic Evolution Is God a God of chance?
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Theistic Evolution Is suffering is an inevitable
consequence of Gods creation?
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Theistic Evolution God as a compassionate
utilitarian
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Intelligent Design Evidence for an intelligent
creator
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Paleys Watchmaker argument.
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William Paley 1743-1805 Natural Theology (1802)
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Behes Mousetrap
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Intelligent Design Evidence within biological
systems.
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Intelligent Design How has it been received?
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Intelligent Design Integrates well with current
research.
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Impications for evangelism
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Theistic evolution inelligent design the way
ahead But we have hard lessons to learn.
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Theistic evolution Credible, respecting
science
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Theistic evolution weakness Deism
Determinism
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Theistic evolution lessons to be learnt
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
Recommendations for evangelists
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What kind of God do we expect people to
believe in?
My opinion God plays scrabble!