Why I Believe

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Why I Believe

• That Faith in God Is Most Reasonable 2

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Two Revelations From God
Nature Shows the Godheads Wisdom and Power
The Bible The Written Revelation

• Unusual wisdom of the plan
• Prophecy types/shadows imbedded
• History and accuracy
• Scientific foreknowledge
• Evidence of Jesus miracles, death, and
  resurrection

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Two Revelations From God
Nature Shows the Godheads Wisdom and Power
The Bible The Written Revelation
The heavens declare the glory of God and the
firmament shows His handiwork. Day unto day
utters speech, and night unto night reveals
knowledge
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Two Revelations From God
Nature Shows the Godheads Wisdom and Power
The Bible The Written Revelation
There is no speech nor language where their
voice is not heard. Their line has gone out
through all the earth, and their words to the end
of the world. In them He has set a tabernacle for
the sun
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Two Revelations From God
Nature Shows the Godheads Wisdom and Power
The Bible The Written Revelation
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the
soul the testimony of the LORD is sure, making
wise the simple the statutes of the LORD are
right, rejoicing the heart the commandment of
the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes
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Two Revelations From God
Nature Shows the Godheads Wisdom and Power
The Bible The Written Revelation
The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever
the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous
altogether. More to be desired are they than
gold, yea, than much fine gold sweeter also than
honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them Your
servant is warned, and in keeping them there is
great reward. Psalm 197-11
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What Do Atheists Have?

• Explanations that boil down to
  ACCIDENTS.
• Endless efforts to create doubt in the Bible!

I Dont 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

• A Beginning
• Atheists must claim either that the universe has
  always existed or that it popped into existence
  without a cause.
• The history of cosmology in the past century
  argues strongly that the universe had a
  beginning.

Which Is It?
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Some Historical Background

• In 1859 biology, evolution was seen as a
  replacement for a Designer.
• Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually
  fulfilled atheist. (Richard Dawkins)
• Mutation and natural selectionare 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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Natures Destiny

• Denton discusses the fitness (relative to life)
  of
• Water
• Light
• Elements and 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