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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
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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
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God D o e s
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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?
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God D o e s
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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
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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.
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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
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God D o e s
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“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
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God 1. Logical Consistency 2. Empirical Adequacy
D o e s 1. Logical Consistency 2. Empirical Adequacy 3. Experiential Relevance
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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
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God D o e s
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“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
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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
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“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
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Eternity is long time to be wrong
God D o e s Eternity is long time to be wrong
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Do all roads lead to God…?
D o e s Do all roads lead to God…? … Actually they do
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