2. Condemns what he calls, The lunatic influence of religious belief. He goes so far as to say that, Theology is now little more than a branch of human ignorance. - Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of the New York Times bestseller, The End of Faith, Letter to a Christian Nation Claims, We brights dont believe in ghosts or elves or the Easter Bunny - or God. - Daniel Dennett, philosopher, writer and cognitive scientist whose research centers on the philosophy of mind

3. WHY BELIEVE IN GOD? Has He become too small for the sophisticated mind?

4. 1. Every Effect Must Have an Adequate Cause (For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.) (Hebrews 3:4 ESV) a doorway into something fundamental and deep we dont know about nature. Article also mentions no cosmic speed limit or an undiscovered 5th dimension. - Matthew Strassler, Rutgers University, -T HIS WEEK

5. 1. Every Effect Must Have an Adequate Cause (For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.) (Hebrews 3:4 ESV) Arno Penzias, Nobel Prize winner for discovering the radiation echo corroborating a Big Bang, hence a beginning to the universe admits, The best data we have are exactly what I would have predicted had I nothing to go on but the five books of Moses, the Psalms, and the Bible as a whole.

6. 2. Design Demands a Designer For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. (Romans 1:19-20 ESV)

7. 2. Design Demands a Designer He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. (Colossians 1:15-17 ESV) Both Creator and Sustainer

8. 2. Design Demands a Designer In 1983 physicist Paul Davies argued for an atheistic interpretation of the universe. By 1998 he had changed his view in THE COSMIC BLUEPRINT, writing… …powerful evidence that there is something going on behind it all. The impression of design is overwhelming..

9. 2. Design Demands a Designer Darwins theory encounters its greatest difficulties when it comes to the development of the cell. Many cellular systems are...irreducibly complex....the system needs several components before it can work properly. - Michael Behe, Biologist, DARWINS BLACK BOX SIMPLE CELLS ARE NOT REALLY ALL THAT SIMPLE!!

10. 3. OUR MORAL SENSE DEMANDS A PERFECT SOURCE Nazis just following orders? Exterminating Jews? What of Christians? The infirm? The elderly? The unborn?

11. 3. OUR MORAL SENSE DEMANDS A PERFECT SOURCE Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. (James 1:17 ESV) Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (Hebrews 13:8 ESV)

12. 3. OUR MORAL SENSE DEMANDS A PERFECT SOURCE Then God said, Let us make man in our image, …So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. (Genesis 1:26-27 ESV) The end of the matter; after all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil. (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 ESV) If no accountability, no right/wrong, then no purpose

13. The Bible Does Not Argue for the Existence of God It just assumes that everyone know He exists For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.(Romans 1:19-20 ESV) The fool says in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good. (Psalm 14:1 ESV)