“Do you really believe that what you believe is REALLY real?”

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“Do you really believe that what you believe is REALLY real?” God D o e s “Do you really believe that what you believe is REALLY real?” - Dr. Del Tackett

God D o e s “I believe that one should be agnostic when: Belief . . . is mere idle speculation, incapable of verification. When belief is held merely to gratify desires, however deep-seated. When belief may be taken by others to be more firmly grounded than it really is and so come to encourage false hopes or wrong attitudes of mind. I hold, then, that all our life long we are oscillating between conviction and caution, faith and agnosticism, belief and suspension of belief.” - Julian Huxley

God D o e s

God Does absolute truth exist? Do reason and religion mix? Does God exist? Can we know God? Is Jesus God? Does God care about me?

God D o e s

Allan Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind God D o e s “There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering the university believes, or says he believes, that truth is relative…” Allan Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind

God Truth is D o e s 1. That which corresponds to reality. 2. That which matches/corresponds to its object. 3. Simply telling it like it is – what is really real.

God “Faith means not wanting to know what is true.” D o e s “Faith means not wanting to know what is true.” Frederick Nietzsche, Nihilist Philosopher

God D o e s

“Facts have nothing to do with religion.” – Immanuel Kant, Philosopher God D o e s “Facts have nothing to do with religion.” – Immanuel Kant, Philosopher

God 1. Logical Consistency 2. Empirical Adequacy D o e s 1. Logical Consistency 2. Empirical Adequacy 3. Experiential Relevance

God D o e s “People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive” – Blaise Pascal

God D o e s

“Why do we have something rather than nothing at all?” God D o e s “Why do we have something rather than nothing at all?” – Martin Heidegger

God D o e s Something exists You don’t get something from nothing Therefore a necessary and eternal being exists The only two options are an eternal universe and an eternal Creator Science has disproven the concept of an eternal universe Therefore, an eternal Creator exists

“Open your eyes, there it is!” – Romans 1:19 The Message God D o e s Plain “Open your eyes, there it is!” – Romans 1:19 The Message

Eternity is long time to be wrong God D o e s Eternity is long time to be wrong

Do all roads lead to God…? D o e s Do all roads lead to God…? … Actually they do