The Evidence for the Existence of a Theistic Being Flashcards
point #3 of 12 point apologetics:
- it is _________ that the _________ _________ _________
- true, theistic God exists
three major worldviews of God
- _________: _________ _________ _________
- _________: _________ _________ _________
- _________: _________ _________ _________ _________
- if one is _________ then all _________ are _________ (_________ of _________-_________)
- theism: God above all
- pantheism: God is all
- atheism: no God at all
- true, others, false, law, non-contradiction
3 great arguments for the existence of God
1. _________: a _________ has a _________
2. _________: a _________ has a _________
3. _________: a _________ has a _________ _________
- cosmological, beginning, cause/beginner
- teleological, design, designer
- morality, law, law giver
the cosmological argument
- _________ that has a _________ has a _________/_________
- the _________ had a _________
- therefore, the _________ had a _________/_________
- everything, beginning, cause, beginner
- universe, beginning
- universe, cause, beginner
did the universe have a beginning?
- there are only _________ _________: either _________ _________ or _________ _________
- there is _________ _________ to _________ it had a _________ (acronym is _________)
- _________ _________ of _________
- _________ is _________
- _________ _________
- _________ _________
- _________ of _________ _________ is _________
- two possibilities, it did, it didn’t
- excellent evidence, suggest, beginner, SURGE
- second law, thermodynamics
- universe, expanding
- radiation echo
- general relativity
- end, infinite time, impossible
second law of thermodynamics
- the _________ is _________ _________ and _________ _________ of _________ _________
- the _________ is like a _________ _________; it is _________ out of _________ and will _________ _________ _________
- therefore, _________ is _________ from _________ to _________
- _________ of it this _________: would your _________ be _________ if you had _________ it with _________ an _________ _________ of _________ _________?
- an _________ _________ would have already _________ _________ of _________ _________
- universe, running down, running out, usable energy
- universe, dying flashlight, running, energy, essentially burn out
- everything, moving, order, chaos
- think, way, car, running, filled, gas, infinite amount, time ago
- infinite universe, run out, finite energy
universe is expanding from a single point
- if you were to _________ the _________ and _________ it _________, it would _________ into _________
- that means there was a _________ when _________ _________ _________ _________
- this is _________ to _________: the _________ is not _________ into _________ _________ but _________ _________ is _________ (there was _________ _________ _________ the _________ _________)
- it’s also _________ to _________ that the _________ didn’t _________ from _________ _________ but from _________ (there was _________ _________ _________ the _________ _________)
- in fact, _________, there was _________ _________ the _________ _________ because there are _________ _________ _________ _________ and there was _________ _________ _________ the _________ _________
- _________, _________, and _________ came to _________ at the _________ _________
- videotape, universe, play, backward, collapse, nothing
- time, there was no thing
- important, understand, universe, expanding, empty space, space itself, expanding (no space before, big bang)
- important, understand, universe, emerge, existing material, nothing (no matter before, big bang)
- chronologically, no “before”, big bang, no “befores” without time, no time until, big bang
- space, matter, time, existence, big bang
radiation echo from the big bang
- _________ by _________ _________ and _________ _________ in _________
- they _________ _________ _________ on their _________ at _________ _________ in _________ _________
- no matter how they _________ the _________, the _________ _________
- what they _________ _________ them the _________ _________
- they _________ _________ _________ _________, which is _________ and _________ from the _________ _________ _________
- the _________ is no _________ _________ because its _________ have been _________ by the _________ _________ to _________ slightly _________ than those _________ by a _________ _________, but the _________ can still be _________
- discovered, arno penzias, robert wilson, 1965
- detected strange radiation, antenna, Bell Labs, New Jersey
- turned, antenna, radiation remained
- discovered won, nobel prize
- found cosmic background radiation, light, heat, initial big bang
- light, longer visible, wavelengths, stretched, expanding universe, wavelengths, longer, produced, microwave oven, heat, detected
general relativity
- _________ an _________ _________ for _________, _________, and _________
- they are _________ and _________
- you _________ _________ _________ _________ the _________
- _________ can’t _________ without _________ to _________ in
- _________ must be _________ with _________
- _________ _________ _________ because there is a _________ and _________ the matter
- _________ _________ of _________ _________ was _________ the _________ of the _________ that the _________ was _________
- demands, absolute beginning, space, time, matter
- co-relative, interdependent
- can’t have one without, others
- matter, exist, space, exist
- space, filled, matter
- matter implies time, before, after
- Einstein’s theory, general relativity, essentially, end, theory, universe, infinite
end of infinite time impossible (_________ _________)
- an _________ has no _________
- _________ is the _________ _________ in the _________ of _________ _________ _________
- therefore, there were _________ an _________ _________ of _________ before _________
- so _________ and _________ had a _________
- anything _________ cannot _________ _________
- if there were an _________ amount of _________ _________ _________, _________ would have _________ _________ _________
- kalam argument
- infinite, end
- today, end day, series, days before today
- not, infinite number, days, today
- time, universe, beginning
- measurable, be infinite
- infinite, days before today, today, never gotten here
who is robert jastrow?
an agnostic astronomer
there are two options for creation
- no _________ _________ _________ _________ of _________ (_________)
- _________ _________ _________ out of _________ (_________)
- therefore we must ask ourselves:
- which _________ is _________ _________?
- if there is _________ _________, _________ is there _________ _________ of _________ at _________?
- one created something out, nothing (atheism)
- someone created something, nothing (theism)
- view, more reasonable
- no God, why, something instead, nothing, all
- the teleological argument
- every _________ has a _________
- the _________ and _________ have _________ _________ _________
- therefore, the _________ and _________ have a _________ _________ _________
- _________ _________ when considering the _________ _________
- the _________ _________: the _________ is _________ _________ to _________ _________ on _________
- _________ also _________ the _________ - _________ _________ _________ have to be there _________ for it to _________
- “if it could be _________ that any _________ _________ _________, which _________ not have possibly have been _________ by _________ _________ _________, my _________ would _________ _________ _________” - _________ _________
- _________ said of the _________, “the _________ gives me a _________ _________”
- the _________ is _________ _________: you have to _________ _________ the _________ _________ to _________
- in other words, _________ _________ (_________ with _________ _________) could not have _________
- we are left with only _________ _________: _________ _________ was _________ _________ in _________, or there was no _________ _________
- we have to _________ _________ upon _________
- design, designer
- universe, life, highly complex designs
- universe, life, highly complex designer
- shines brightest, anthropic principle
- anthropic principle, earth, slightly tweaked, support life, earth
- DNA, supports, argument
1. all complex parts, simultaneously, work
2. demonstrated, complex organ existed, could, formed, numerous successive changes, theory, absolutely break down, charles darwin - darwin, eyeball, eye, cold shudder
- eyeball, irreducibly complex, have all, parts together, see
- naturalistic evolution, evolution, no God, occurred
- two options, either there, intelligent design, creation, intelligent design
- decide based, facts
- paley’s watch
- if you saw a _________ in _________, you would _________ who _________ or _________ the _________, not “_________! _________ at how this _________ _________ _________ _________”
- if you _________ a _________ _________ in a _________, you would _________ _________ put it _________, not that a _________ _________ the _________ and _________ _________ _________
- this is the _________ of _________ _________
- watch, nature, wonder, made, dropped, watch, wow look, watch came about naturally
- saw, bomber jet, junkyard, think someone, there, hurricane hit, junkyard, assembled these parts
- argument, paley’s watch
- the _________ for a _________
- what is science?
- a _________ for a _________, according to _________ _________ _________
- so what _________ the _________?
- ## search, cause
- search, cause, sir francis bacon
- caused, universe
- the grand canyon vs mt rushmore
- the _________ _________ is _________ but we know it was _________ by _________ and _________
- we can also tell that _________ _________ _________ _________ by _________ _________
- 2 _________ of _________: _________ and _________
- today, _________ _________ looks like it was _________ by an _________ _________, so it _________ like it was _________ by an _________ _________ in the _________
- this is the _________ of _________: _________ in the _________ were like those in the _________
- if the _________ _________ like it was _________ _________, it probably _________ _________ in the _________
- if the _________ _________ _________, it probably _________ a _________
- grand canyon, beautiful, caused, water, erosion
- mount rushmore WASN’T caused, natural causes
- types, causes, intelligent, natural
- mount rushmore, created, intelligent designer, looked, created, intelligent designer, past
- principle, uniformity, causes, past, present
- universe looks, designed today, looked designed, past
- universe looks designed, has, designer
the anthropic principle
- there are about _________ _________ _________ _________ that make _________ on _________ _________
- _________ _________ #1: _________
- _________ _________ _________ _________ of the _________
- if it were _________, _________ would _________ _________
- if it were _________, we would _________
- _________ _________ #2: _________ _________
- if the _________ were _________ _________, not _________ _________ _________ would _________ the _________ _________
- if it were _________ _________, we would be _________ with _________ _________ _________ _________ _________
- _________ _________ #3: _________
- if the _________ _________ were _________ by 1 _________ in _________, the _________ would not _________ and the _________ would _________ off into _________
- _________ _________ #4: _________ _________
- if the _________ _________ _________ _________ of the _________ were _________ _________, _________ _________ would be too _________ on the _________
- 100 finely tuned constants, life, earth habitable
- anthropic constant, oxygen
- oxygen comprises 21%, atmosphere
- 25% fires, break out
- 15%, suffocate
- anthropic constant, atmospheric transparency
- atmosphere, less transparent, enough solar radiation, reach, earth’s surface
- more transparent, bombarded, far too much solar radiation
- anthropic constant, gravity
- gravitational force, altered, part, 10^40, sun, exist, moon, fly, space
- anthropic constant, axial tilt
- 23 degree axial tilt, earth, altered slightly, surface temperatures, extreme, earth
DNA and the teleological argument
- if you see a _________ _________ a _________ of _________ _________, you would _________ _________ _________ _________ the _________ on _________, not that _________ _________ _________ the _________ and that _________ _________
- if you see “_________ _________” in the _________, you would assume it was _________ by an _________, not the _________
Who _________ the _________ _________?
- _________ non-_________ _________ _________ _________ _________?
- probably _________, the _________ must be _________
What is DNA?
- _________ is a _________ _________ _________ _________ (_________, _________, _________, and _________)
- if you were to _________ _________ the “_________ _________ _________” to _________ an _________ _________, it would _________ quite a few _________
- DNA of a _________ _________ (an _________) = _________ _________ of _________ (_________ _________)
- _________ of the _________ _________ = _________ _________
- if we _________ a _________ for “_________ _________ the _________” then what kind of _________ would we _________ for _________ _________?
- message beside, box, alphabet cereal, assume someone spelled out, message, purpose, someone knocked over, box, fell out
- drink coke, clouds, written, airplane, wind
- designed, genetic code
- could, living, matter create living code
- not, cause, intelligent
- DNA, four letter genetic alphabet, adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine
- spell out, genetic alphabet code, create, amoeba cell, require, books
- living cell, amoeba, 1000 volumes, books, encyclopedia size
- DNA, human brain, 20,000,000 books
- require, mind, take out, garbage, mind, require, 20,000,000 volumes
darwin’s black box
- _________ _________
- a _________ _________: a _________ _________ in which , for one _________ or _________, the _________ _________ of a _________ are _________ for _________, so that _________ _________ may be _________
- _________ _________ _________: a _________! how did we get from _________ _________ to the _________ of _________? in between these _________, what _________ the _________ _________ _________?
- what _________ didn’t _________ but what we now _________ is this: _________ is _________ _________
- irreducible complexity
- black box, conceptual tool, reason, another, internal workings, device, taken, granted, its function, discussed
- darwin’s black box, mystery, dead matter, origin, species, events, caused, first living organism
- darwin, know, know, life, irreducibly complex
_________ _________
- if you _________ any _________ of an _________ and it _________ _________ _________, it is _________ _________
- ex. a _________ _________
- ex. _________ (if you miss even _________ _________if your _________, it _________ _________)
- _________ _________ all the _________ to _________
- eyes only _________ an _________ _________ if they _________/_________ _________ the _________
- how can _________ _________ if they _________ _________ the _________ to be an _________? how could they _________ _________ _________ _________?
- _________ and _________ are both _________ _________
- irreducible complexity
- remove, part, object, no longer works, irreducibly complex
- mouse trap
- eyes (one part, eye, doesn’t work)
- eyes require, parts, work
- provide, evolutionary advantage, work/have all, parts
- eyes evolve, need all, parts, advantage, evolve all at one
- cars, eyes, irreducible complex
- the moral argument
- every _________ has a _________
- there is an _________ _________ _________
- there is an _________ _________ _________
- law, lawgiver
- absolute moral law
- absolute moral lawgiver
how do we know there’s an _________ _________ _________?
1. _________ are _________
- ex. “_________ say _________” or “always _________ always”
2. we can’t _________ _________unless we _________ _________
- “this world is _________ _________”
- “how can we know that something is _________ _________ without knowing what is _________ _________?”
3. we can’t make _________ _________ without an _________ _________ _________, but we do
- without _________, _________ are just _________ _________
4. we would’t _________ the _________ was getting _________ or _________ if there was no _________ _________
5. we know _________ _________ by our _________, not our _________
absolute moral law
1. absolutes, unavoidable
- never, never, avoid
2. know injustice, know justice
- absolutely unjust
- absolutely unjust, absolutely just
3. moral comparisons, objective moral standard
- God, morals, social standards
4. know, world, better, worse, moral best
5. moral law, reactions, actions
what kind of God exists?
- a _________ _________
1. he is _________-_________
2. he is _________-_________
3. he is _________ _________
- he is _________ the _________
- he is as _________ from the _________ as a _________ is from his _________
- theistic God!
1. super-powerful
2. super-intelligent
3. morally perfect - beyond, world
- different, world, painter, painting
summary of evidence for God
- from the cosmological argument we know God is:
1. _________-_________, _________, _________-_________, and _________ since he _________ _________, _________, and _________; therefore he must be _________ of _________, _________, and _________; he is _________ _________, he is _________
2. _________ _________ since he _________ the entire _________ out of _________
3. _________, since he _________ to _________ a _________ of _________ into the _________-_________-_________ _________ (an _________ _________ has no _________ to make _________)
- from the teleological argument we know God is:
1. _________ _________, since he _________ _________ and the _________ with such _________ _________ and _________
2. _________ since he _________ the many _________ of _________ to live in this _________ and _________ _________
- from the moral argument we know God is:
1. _________ _________ _________ (he is the _________ _________ of _________ by which all _________ are _________)
- this _________ includes _________ _________ and _________ _________
- self-existent, timeless, non-spatial, immaterial, created time, space, matter, outside, time, space, matter, without limits, infinite
- unimaginably powerful, created, universe, nothing
- personal, chose, convert, state, nothingness, time, space, material universe, impersonal force, ability, decisions
- supremely intelligent, designed life, universe, incredible complexity, precision
- purposeful, designed, forms, life, specific, ordered environment
- absolutely morally pure, unchangeable standard, morality, actions, measured
- standard, infinite justice, infinite love
