1. God
and
Creation

2. TRUTH

3. IS THERE TRUTH?

4. WHAT IS TRUTH?

5. “We must not forget that…very many people, while not claiming to have the gift of faith, are nevertheless sincerely searching for the ultimate meaning and definitive truth of their lives and of the world. This search is an authentic ‘preamble’ to the faith, because it guides people onto the path that leads to the mystery of God. Human reason, in fact, bears within itself a demand for ‘what is perennially valid and lasting.’ This demand constitutes a permanent summons, indelibly written into the human heart, to set out to find the One whom we could not be seeking had He not already set out to meet us. To this encounter, faith invites us and it opens us in fullness.”
Apostolic Letter Porta Fidei (The Door of Faith) – Pope Benedict XVI, Oct 2011

6. Does
God
Exist?

7. There is no God

8. The
Human Person

9. Saint Anselm Archbishop of Canterbury 1093 to 1109 Philosopher
Influenced:
St. Bonaventure
St. Thomas Aquinas
William of Ockham
Developed Philosophical Statement Called:
“The Ontological Argument For the Existence of God

10. The Wager God Does Not Exist God Exists You Believe God Exists
You Don’t
Believe
God Exists

11. The Wager Great!! You’re Safe God Really Exists God Does Not Exist
You Believe
God Exists
You Don’t
Believe
God Exists

12. The Wager God Really Exists God Does Not Exist You Believe God Exists
Great!!
You’re Safe
Things are
Not looking Good
You Don’t
Believe
God Exists

13. The Wager You’re in Big Trouble God Really Exists God Does Not Exist
You Believe
God Exists
Great!!
You’re Safe
Things are
Not looking Good
You Don’t
Believe
God Exists
You’re in
Big Trouble

14. The Wager God Really Exists God Does Not Exist You Believe God Exists
Great!!
You’re Safe
Things are
Not looking Good
You Don’t
Believe
God Exists
You’re in
Big Trouble
Things are
Not looking Good

15. St. Thomas Aquinas, O.P. 3 Ways we can Know God: Divine Revelation
Philosopher, Theologian,
Doctor of the Church
Born 1225 – died March 7, 1274
3 Ways we can Know God:
Divine Revelation
Revelation and Reasoning
Reasoning Alone

16. St. Thomas Aquinas, O.P. His Arguments on the Existence of God
Philosopher, Theologian,
Doctor of the Church
Born 1225 – died March 7, 1274
His Arguments
on the Existence
of God

19. St. Athanasius
Bishop of Alexandria; Confessor and Doctor of the Church; born c. 296; died 2 May, 373.
“For if the movement of the universe were irrational, and world rolled on in random fashion, one would be justified in disbelieving what we say. But, if the world is founded on reason, wisdom and science, and is filled with orderly beauty, then it must owe its origin and order to non other than the Word of God.”

20. Cause and Effect

21. THE FIRST CAUSE

22. SPACE and TIME

23. THE CREATION

24. The Creation
In The Beginning…..

25. The
Holy
Bible

26. the First Book of the Torah;
“bereishit”
The First Word in
the First Book of the Torah;
Hebrew word– meaning:
“In the beginning…”
(The First Story)

28. The
Framework
And Delivery

29. The Second
Account
Of The
Creation Story