CONVICTING THE GAINSAYER: A Christians Answer to Atheism Lesson 2 Worldview CONVICTING THE GAINSAYER: A Christians Answer to Atheism

Our WORLDVIEW is composed of a network of our most basic beliefs about reality in light of which all observations are interpreted and our worldview contains the most strongly held convictions about how the world works; how it came to be, the nature of reality, the nature of truth and how we should live. --Jason Lisle

Our worldview tells us how to treat the evidence, thus, how to conduct science. --Josh Gurtler

Materialist believe the material world is all there is, matter colliding with matter. --Jay Richards

Nothing is accidental in the universe except the entire universe itself, which is pure accident. --Joyce Carol Oates

We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of the constructs. In spite of its failure to fulfill many of its extravagant promises of health and life, in spite of the tolerance of the scientific community for unsubstantiated just-so stories, because we have a prior commitment, a commitment to materialism. It is not that the methods and intuitions of science somehow compel us to accept a cont.

natural explanation of the phenomenal world, but, on the contrary, we are forced by our prior adherence to natural causes to create an apparatus of investigation and a set of concepts that produce material explanation, no matter how mystifying to the uninitiated. Moreover, that materialism is absolute, but we cannot allow a devine foot in the door. --Richard Lewontin

Big Bang evidence: Abundance of light elements An expanding universe The presence of cosmic background radiation

For the materialist, the appearance of design is an illusion

There is no free will

Soul Wrong Mind Justice Moral Code NO…

…and NO HOPE!

Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. --Col. 2:8

O Timothy! Guard what was committed to your trust, avoiding the profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge— --I Tim. 6:20

Materialism identifies itself with science.

Neither Materialism or Creationism can be proven by science.

If the universe is an accident, it cannot account for the laws of logic, universal morality and the laws of nature. --Joshua Gurtler

The mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. (8) So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. --Rom. 8:7-8

But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. --I Cor. 2:14

Consequences of materialism: You have your way. I have my way. As for the correct way and the right way, it does not exist. -- Friedrich Nietzsche

It’s hard for the materialist to condemn anything It’s hard for the materialist to condemn anything! Genocide, abortion, the Holocaust, etc.

The hard answer is that they (Nazis) thought they were doing objective good. They did. --David Silverman

The Materialist version of the beginning of the universe

The Biblical view of beginnings

Biblical worldview: The universe had a beginning. It was created by God. Man was created in the image of God. There are absolute truths.

The biblical worldview does not contradict science.

The biblical worldview offers hope.

Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity: The laws of physics are the same for all observers in uniform motion relative to one another.

How fast are you moving?

Rotation of the earth, 1,000mph Rotation of the earth around the sun, 66,000mph Sun’s relative movement with other stars, 43,000mph Solar systems movement through the galaxy, 483,000mph Galaxy’s (Milky Way) movement through the universe, 1.3 million mph 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 1.893 million mph

Light is an exception— Its speed is measured the same for all observers regardless of their relative motion or the motion of the light source.

Light has mass

General relativity— Gravity is the warping of the time-space continuum.

Time dilation

1) Gravitational time dilation is when time runs slower in a higher gravitational field. 2) The faster the relative velocity, the greater the time dilation between one another.

Time is not absolute!

The twin paradox: Twins born on the same day, one stays on Earth and the other travels to the nearest star system 4 light years away at 0.8c velocity and returns. On return, how old will the twin on Earth be verses the astronaut twin?

ANSWER using the time dilation equation: Earth twin = 10 years old Astronaut twin = 6 years old

Quantum Theory— Wave particle duality Certainty Principle (Werner Heisenberg)

First Law of Thermodynamics (The Law of conservation of energy)

Second Law of Thermodynamics (Entropy or disorder is always increasing)