Does God Exist?
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2024
- Dr. Craig responds to some of the most Googled questions about God and Christianity.
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Dr. Craig was ready for this question. It’s almost like he’s heard it asked before. 😊
You think so dude?😅
I actually lol'd... out... loud 😉
Thank you, Dr. Craig!
I always felt that God existed. It was an emotional, spiritual feeling. I am Not one to have to justify or prove to others.
But it’s good to be able to discuss the issue with people who are seeking in a way that’s helpful to them.
@@Jill-jb1jg...True, but deep down, Alot of people Don't want God to exist. They will hold on to whatever refutations they can.
@@user-kf8wb2cq4f Yes. But as there are some honest seekers (I was one, now a Christian), it’s useful to be able to talk to them about reasons for thinking that God exists. Or at least to know where to point them for information (like to William Lane Craig videos).
Some people really do have questions and objections that can be answered and cleared away. I did.
You might not be interested in reasons for saying that God exists, but you could love your neighbour who is by knowing something about it.
Another reason for being informed about this is to help people who are Christians but whose faith is being shaken. It happens to a lot of people.
@@user-kf8wb2cq4fAmen!
@@user-kf8wb2cq4fthat’s true. Many atheist are very close minded. They are not seeking truth but comfort.
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Would not the "best philosopher" be able to present a _sound _ argument supporting his position - that this 'God' is a reality? Yes or no.
Short answer: yes.
Long answer: yes.
Praise Yahweh the one true God. Revealed Triune as Father, Spirit, and Jesus the Son, each member fully God of which there is only one. 3 distinct Persons coexistant, coequal, and coeternal sharing 1 Divine Essence. Jesus lives and is God, Christ, King. Repent of your sin and believe in Him and be saved to eternal life!
Personally speaking, it's pure folly to believe that our magnificent universe and all the splendid wonders within it could exist without a creator, to wit, God.
Why?
@@Bugy64 Why not?
@@blusheep2 the burden of proof is not on me!
@@Bugy64 Well he began with "personally speaking," and so he is just giving his opinion and not trying to convince anyone of anything. Its just a statement of his belief. If he isn't trying to convince you but rather just telling people what convinces him then he doesn't have a burden of proof at all, and neither do you.
That being said, my question to you is as apt as your question to him. There needs to be no burden of proof for me to ask you a question.
@@blusheep2 Your question assumes that I have taken a stance against what op said and seems to imply that I aught to defend that position in order to question his personal beliefs. I have made no such claims as your question implies. It is therefore inappropriate for you to ask your question, as I have made no claim or stated a belief to be defended. Do you think personal beliefs should not be justified? If you think they should be, then it is reasonable to ask him to substantiate his belief.
First hope get heart from dr craig ❤
WLC seems like he’d have an interesting opinion on just about everything, would be a great dinner guest IMO
All those are solid reasons that can be defended quite well, especially if we make the effort of understanding them carefully. God is the one ultimate (and only true) perfect Being lacking nothing, not even Will and Consciousness or else He would not be Being in its utmost degree. And He is love because he GIVES of His Being to actualize living possibilities for all contingent beings to exist without ever exhausting Himself. Moreover, Consciousness is the Awareness of Being and Being is the Reality of Consciousness and created, contigent living creatures reflect this.
I align myself with PaNENtheism in that we (and Nature with all its possible and expressed dimensions of contingent existence - universes) exist in God's Being as His real, noble dream even if God infinitely transcends all contingent existence. Finally, God contains ALL Possibilities, even the - illusory - possibility of contradicting God under the concept of "non-Being." Thus, the possibility of committing mistakes is allowed.
What solid reason was given? State one evidentiary fact that WLC presented that went toward demonstrating this 'God' to be a reality. State this fact in a complete sentence.
Perfectly said. Do you have a telegram? You seem like someone that knows what he’s talking about! Let’s connect!
@@Theo_Skeptomaithe only solid reason you need to know is to just be. Surrender to your Being. The fact that you are a flea of sand in a vast cosmos, and given the gift of Being, that’s God right there.
@@Klarity_0 I haven't a clue as to what any of that nonsense means.
Truth!
Yes
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I always struggled to answer this question. I thought it would have to be a scientific answer to be satisfactory until I came across WLC many years ago. The cumulative effects of the philosophical and scientific reasons given do make a powerful case of God’s existence.
When secularists deny they have any responsibility to disprove the existence of any deity then they don't even belong in this debate. Essentially, they lose by default.
You know how only one side--the defense--has the burden of proof in a criminal trial? That's how it is in the God debate. The one making the incredible claims--that God exists--has the burden of proof.
@@2-minutechristianity Any one that makes a claim has a burden of proof. Many atheists go as far as saying God doesn't exist or that we are stupid for believing in God. These atheists have a burden of proof as well.
@@blusheep2 I agree--if I said, "God doesn't exist," I'd need to back that up with an argument. Alternatively, I can just let YOU declare "God DOES exist." Now, the burden of proof is all yours.
@@2-minutechristianity True, but I can just say, "I believe God exists, and I call that intuition knowledge, but in the end it is just my belief because I can't prove its true." Then I would not have a burden to anyone because its just my opinion.
@@blusheep2 Again, I agree. If you want to avoid making a claim, you don't have the burden of proof. But listening to this, I've been given precisely nothing to compel me to your viewpoint. I know nothing new and provocative about your God belief.
It’s odd when Christians say, "Nuh uh--you're not doing it right. I'm sure as heck not going to make an argument FOR God if you won't argue AGAINST God!"
Wow--since when is taking on the burden of proof and sharing the Good News a burden?!
Believe in god or not its nothing more then that, believing. There is no way anyone living on this earth right now will ever be able to prove gods existence to be 100%. That's just the truth and a lot of Christians aren't willing to accept that.
every thing is just a belief
knowledge is well known as justified true belief, fundamentally knowledge is still just another belief but presumably justified one
don't forget that justified true belief (JTB) has long been cracked open by a Buddhist philosopher Dharmottara
if you're not familiar with Dharmottara, how about Edmond Gettier? Edmond Gettier shares the same view as Dharmottara on JTB
@@aiya5777 Well everything that cant be proven is a belief, for example we all know grass is green or that Mt. Everest is the tallest mountain on earth. Even so justified true belief doesn't matter in the case of what I said as my point still stands. We will never know if god exists or not.
@@qqxpy382 how about you try to study what Dharmottara and Gettier said about the problems of JTB?
don't be too triggered with even the possibility of God existing
@@aiya5777 There’s no point in doing that, I stated the FACT that no one on this earth will ever know if God exists, end of story.
@@qqxpy382 you're too triggered, even with the possibility of God being real
how about this one then
I was trained by God, Jesus told me everyone should listen to me, I was given a greater mind, heart and ability. but sinners will not obey the Righteous, everyone should obey me, only the Good should have authority
I can't prove God exists but there is evidence that he does.
No. There's not. If there were, you would be able state one _evidentiary fact,_ stated in a complete sentence that goes toward demonstrating this 'God' to be a reality. But won't do so even now when encouraged to. WATCH!
@@Theo_SkeptomaiYES, there is just from pure logic that your intelligence didn't come from a nonintelligence source.
But obviously if
@@Theo_Skeptomai your Oxymoron belief that something NONINTELLIGENT created your intelligence is self defeating and A good reason NOT to believe anything you can't prove.
@@davidjanbaz7728 THAT is not an _evidentiary fact._ That is a baseless claim. Do you not know the difference? Yes or no.
@Theo_Skeptomai nothing can't come from nothing, everything as a cause, there's also the fine tuning of the universe and morality to name a few.
Yes god is real I feel spaghetti monster he is everything ♥️♥️
These are all terrible answers with the possible exception of the last one.
What we know of the origin of the universe is completely at odds with Genesis and every other origin myth.
If God is the answer to the question, "Why is there something rather than nothing?" then it ignores the fact that God himself is something. The best and only answer is, "We don't know."
Fine tuning, while remarkable, can be used in support of a prime mover, but it comprehensively rules out any kind of PERSONAL god. Fine tuning indicates life arising against all odds rather than life being placed in some equivalent of the Garden of Eden.
Do you know the origin of the universe? Last time I checked what science teaches, it was only a theory -- the Big Bang Theory. This theory was discovered by a Catholic priest, Father George Lemaitre, a brilliant physicist, who does not see a conflict between True science and religion. The Bible is NOT a science book nor does it give a scientific account on creation. Those who have studied ancient Hebrew languages know that Genesis is a poetic account of creation. The Bible is a book about salvation and it is a library of books. So one has to be able to distinguish between the diverse literary genres of the Bible.
@@Shawn-nq7du "only a theory"
And with those words, you show yourself to have a very poor understanding of science.
The meaning of "theory" in the context of science is very different to its meaning in the context of a detective novel.
"This theory was discovered by a Catholic priest, Father George Lemaitre"
This is general knowledge.
" a brilliant physicist, who does not see a conflict between True science and religion."
So what? Don't tell me you're going for the Appeal To Authority fallacy?
"The Bible is NOT a science book nor does it give a scientific account on creation. "
Well of course it doesn't. But it does tell us -incorrectly - how it all happened.
"Those who have studied ancient Hebrew languages know that Genesis is a poetic account of creation."
It is possible to be poetic without being wildly misleadingly inaccurate.
The Bible is supposedly the word of God. Otherwise, why should we take it seriously?
@@paulbeardsley4095 Oh, quit the bull; a theory is a theory -- not a fact. Don't read into any more than I said. It's evident you have an impoverished understanding of the ancient Hebrew language. You can't read it with a 21st-century hat. That is why any scholar worth their salt studies the language and the culture before opening their mouth, so they won't make a fool of themselves.
@@paulbeardsley4095
Oh, come on, a theory is a theory; it is not fact. Don't read more into it than what I said. You must admit that it is unfair to critique an ancient biblical creation narrative without knowing anything about biblical languages -- namely, Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic. It is impossible to interpret it with a 21st-century mindset, and that is why it makes no sense to you. Scholars spend decades studying the language and culture. The creation account has Hebrew parallelisms, metaphors, and other literary devices, and if you haven't learned these, you will likely come to a faulty conclusion such as yours.
And as far as authority fallacy -- God is the True Scientist. Einstein called God the greatest Mathematician and so do Great Christian thinkers like Francis Collins (one of the world's foremost genetic researchers), who was the top scientist in the US until he retired a couple of years ago converted from atheism to Christianity after receiving a PhD in Science from Yale and an MD from UNC. As one of the world's foremost genetic researchers, he wrote several books on why Christianity makes much more sense than atheism. How about famous Catholic scientists such as Blaise Pascal, Gregory Mendell, Stephen Barr, Father Robert Spitzer, Xavier Le Pichon, etc?
I guess no one authoritative enlightens your mind. Maybe you just dream up everything yourself and become your own god and source of authority.
@Shawn-nq7du So that's a yes, then.
Disappointing but not surprising.
Given the availble evidence, most likely not.
This may suggest you are being selective in your gathering of evidence and may well be teying to gather only that evidence which excuses you from the demands real evidence would llace on you. The question you need to answer is, What evidence would there be that a God exists? You can not say suffering is any evidence that God does not exist as the bible explicitly says suffering exists and is a direct consequence of our unbelief and sin. You may say it is wrong for God to punish us for our sins, but you should know that is just an excuse for the athiestic world view would not make such a judgement call for apart from God there is no such thing.
@@somethingtothinkabout167
What evidence do you have for the existence of a god?
😂😂😂 Why would anyone have to argue that an all powerful god of the universe exists??? Apologists are masters of illusion. They intentionally skip over the fact that gods don't exist and go straight to secondary meaningless attributes and actions of this god that were dreamed up by ancient people that were terrible at determining causation. They do that so their gullible audience forgets to ask where this god is and instead think about things that don't matter.
With all the unnecessary sufferings existing in the world, the only excuse for God is that he doesn't exists. If God exist, he would beg for my forgiveness.
I don't care even if he exists, I won't worship him neither even if he does for being unimaginably cruel.
So God should apologize for dying on your behalf even though you don't deserve even a shred of His mercy? Your pride and foolishness, but I repeat myself, is nauseating.
But if there is no God your message is for others to suffer in silence? The very fact that men call upon God in their suffering, suggests God is not there to prevent our sins or our suffering but to save us in it and them rather than prevent us from ever knowing such things exist.
So you deleted my previous comment?
Obviously, this 'God' only exists in human imagination, as there is not one known fact that goes toward demonstrating this 'God' to be a reality.
You've got no closer to finding God than the last time we heard from you. Tons of intellectual discourses are available online from ancient sources to recent discussions, myriads of books and you still can't find one known fact.
Anything you've been given in the past in discussion you reject, nothing is good enough for you. Why are you wasting your time (and our time) on something that you believe doesn't exist and then harass people who believe and have experienced otherwise?
@SpaceCadet4Jesus That is correct. Are you aware of any _evidentiary facts_ I may have missed?
@SpaceCadet4Jesus Are you suggesting that earnestly searching for that which is true is "wasting time"?
@@SpaceCadet4Jesus What evidence have I been given in the past? Be specific. State ANY evidentiary fact I have been presented with to consider.
@@Theo_Skeptomai Except you're not earnestly searching. You're just trolling. You're a known troll
And not even an imaginative one, I might add.