Who created God? | John Lennox at UCLA
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Timestamps:
00:00 Two big questions about God and creation
02:38 Who created God?
06:21 How can God be three in one?
Why are scientists asking who created God while they tell us the universe came from nothing?
Life came one way father God made man. Man sin keep braking commandments for he came to take the world sin. He came as sun. In mind he is still the holy ghost spirt in mind stop ask how god when he's powerful.
Evaluation needs braines to grow. Big bang ideas pop
Atheists are a blank page looking for a drawing. Blueprint. Seed he plants, the eyes see as fast as light so blink how fast are there motion picture the vision for the energy is in the mind. For big bang faults. Evaluation faults till you involved god atheists St. Sieth ta words are power for let there be light
@@e.theresebradley5966 if you did not get that atheists backwards St. Siehta
@@e.theresebradley5966 it means basically to find out
@@e.theresebradley5966 LOL!! So true, check out www.shroudresearch.net/home.html and also AE911 and Denver Airport shape, murals and horse. WTF, Shroud of Turin is cool.
@@acemak14721 evolution suggests we came from apes infact evolutionists also falsely claim that we share 99 percent of DNA with chimps which is a fabricated lie and lastly evolution has never explained where DNA comes from because DNA is information and information only comes from intelligent sources so what programmed DNA to design life because it's hypocrisy to say life is just a mixup of chemicals over a long period of time that is absolutely rubbish. To look at the sun and the earth and just to see a zebra walking and to even suggest this all happened by chance is to be more ignorant than the word ignorant itself.
"...the question doesn't even apply to Him!"
I loved that. Thank you Dr.John
Exactly, whether the Anti-Deity Donut (which prevented all gods) had a beginning isn't even a question that applies to it! I just get to claim things magically exist without a cause with no evidence (with no _proof that I know it_ ), and therefore this proves gods can't exist. Finally a theist who understands the "logic" proving gods can't exist!
Pure and utter dogma.
he cant answer that question because he has to dismiss his faith to answer it.
We know that God wasn’t created because the Bible tells us so? That’s all he’s got?
something that is not real cannot be the cause of anything.till any god is proven to be true we are entitled to treat God claims as superstitious nonsense.
Professor John Lennox, I don't get tired of listening to you. May GOD ALMIGHTY grant you sight and insight.
Mr Lennox holds the record for most words spoken about an invisible imaginary friend that he has never demonstrated to be real.
Yes, John Lennox, may your imaginary god bestow imaginary blessings on you.
Who composed the musician?
Unsurprisingly you confuse a composer with a musician.
Trying to define God using our level of intellect is a fool's errand. That is a good thing.
Then why is that exactly what theists are always doing?
@@loganleatherman7647 Hawking was a "theist"?
Trying to define a god that isn't there is a fools errand.
Not a good thing.
@VIII Maus i have NO idea. To possibly create a connection or make Him more approachable. Me? The more I study Him the more I understand I don't know a thing!
@VIII Maus thus Jesus.
God has no beginning and no end "I am the Alpha and the Omega". It is beyond our comprehension to even try to wrap your thought patterns around that, just like being everywhere at once.
Alfa. Omega....what is that ?
@@Hadimful In the Greek Alphabet Alpha is the first and Omega is the last. First and last, none before and none after.
God is 100% faith no faith no god
@@andrewarmstrong7310 in simple word assume
Another way to say this is, "I like fantasies and the 'mystery' will wrap everything".
“GOD HIMSELF IS A FELLOWSHIP” - John Lennox
I ❤ that 🔥🔥🔥
What an incredible insight.
imaginary fellowship.
just one problem for Mr Lennox..there have been 7,000 plus gods that have been proposed by humans over time in hundreds of different languages and in hundreds of different countries,and there is ang bever has been the slightest evidence that any of them are real.
That opened up my mind more deeply about the mystery of the Holy Trinity.
@@johnmacneil6663 Riight?!!
Would love to see John and Bishop Barron having a conversation. Would be wonderfully entertaining and brilliant.
One thing about being a Christian I like is we can have discussions about the origin of God without getting shot.
Steve:Definitely,count your blessings.try that in most Muslim countries.They are in a theological prison bound for eternity without the True God,very sad.thanks
in the begining was the word... and died! who arose him tho
This is why this country was founded. However, not to ponder other religions...but the different sects in Christianity. Christianity is the rock on which this free and prosperous nation rests. Without it...we become as all the other corrupt miserable nations. And we can see the proof of it today, as we have turned out back on Him. He has done in kind.
Oh yeah? Try that in the bible belt as then come back and let us know what happened.
@@Kirkunik1 , dead-on truthful comment, though very sad... Not even 9/11 could wake us out of our rebellious, self-serving stupor for more than a couple weeks... what will it take?
Answer: No one. The best explanation of God was in the Old Testament, "I AM."
Agreed. God's words to Moses were: "I am that I am." But really, that's the same as saying the universe just IS, as Bertrand Russell said (see my comment, above). Still, no proof of God's existence.
Well so am I.. so what's your point?
@@patbrennan6572 LOL, I AM, too! Thanks for the chuckle.
@@MrRezillo Yeah, let's see you change water into wine, raise the dead, or forgive sins. ha ha
@@MrRezillo Read the Revelation of Jesus Christ who comes back as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Or, In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and was God. The Word is Jesus Christ. That's what the New Testament says, it's not the only thing that equates Jesus with God. Search the Bible and you will find more and more. Just pointing out the obvious for anyone that has read the Bible. God is not going to force you to believe.
Father I praise you! "God in himself is a fellowship" what a revelation!
There are no gods!
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@@rolfme5499 Your entitled to your opinions.. one of the great things God gave man... CHOICE.
@@rolfme5499 Quote: _"There are no gods!"_
I agree. There are not multiple 'gods'. There's only one Creator God.
You made an empty claim. It's not even worth debating because you can't make a reasonable case.
" There is only one creator god "
Quetzalcoatl!
But there is no creation!
You should learn to distinguish between reality and fairy tales!
.
@@rolfme5499 _"But there is no creation!"_
Wow. We're done.
I enjoy John Lennox - thanks for posting this. Our language, itself, limits us from clearly explaining this. For example, even saying "God is eternal," uses a word that invokes time: Eternal = unlimited time - but we're trying to describe "beyond time and space..." but have no words for that.
Definitely. In a sense we embrace god with our language. It’s easier to explain with our number system. 1,2,3,4 are all expressions of “infinity” (equating to eternal). It’s not so much about our limitations.. it’s more so about our belief. Want someone to disprove god. Have them count to infinity from 0.
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@@Dreamskiii Quote: _"Want someone to disprove god. Have them count to infinity from 0."_
I would ask them what is on the other side of the edge of space. Every time you look up at the night sky you're staring at eternity.
Something/somebody had to trigger the beginning of time, and that thing will have to automatically be "outside time" to trigger it, nothing illogical here...
And to distinguish between that thing being "something" or "somebody" (i.e. prove it's a conscious entity), just think that it takes a decision to suddenly trigger time, when time itself doesn't exist,and decision is an attribute only conscious entities have...
Beyond time and space is the description of non existant.
Bible says God is the Alpha and the omega and you simply can't fathom God.
The Bible also says that snakes and donkeys can talk. So what?
@@VoluntraryismNottheState so who knows as for myself I believe in God not religions from my experience trying to prove whose wrong or right between Christianity and scientists is useless because they are both humans with theories I don't know what's more ridiculous between talking donkeys and a universe from nothing or a multiverse with infinite dimensions to me they are both ridiculous fact of the matter is people are always people were naturally always wrong doesn't matter how educated we are inside were all still stupid.
@@machinefannatic99 it not really from nothing. It is the condition of the universe before it's current form. What were the principals that governed matter and space.
@PATRIOT MAN bible is written because in acient times people have many strange god and there's no rules,then theres a wise man wrote the bible to turn people belief to one god,and teach us what good and evil.
bible is no different with folktale all over the world in many cultures, it's nothing special.
This guy is great! I was just doing my math homework while listening to this make me drop my pen to write this comment. This guy is very educated. Thank God we still have some great Christians like this man!
Funny coincidence i was doing my biology h.w 😄😄
Funny coincidence i was procrastinating my homework
Well duh. He's an Oxford mathematician.
Did you expect him to be uneducated?
There is no evidence for a God,what so ever,your talking in riddles,as usual.
@@peterbeaumont7619 And you're talking like a broken word generator with a speech impediment
John Lennox is a very warm and charming man! Thank God for him!
The god john lennox believes in is only one of the thousands of our superstitious
ape-like brains invented! PROVE THAT WRONG
and somewhat arrogant! as if he knows there is a god!
And he has no proof whatsoever that any of 7,000 gods that have been proposed by humans is real.
It's enjoyable listening to John Lennox, his English accent also makes his stories entertaining and his nuggets of truth easier to digest.
Just for future reference, he's Northern Irish, he's from a few miles away from me. Some Irish people would be quite offended by the insinuation they are English, although I doubt he would really care.
Porkchop Lennox is Irish and his accent northern Irish
I’ve never heard such a intelligent, logical, thorough response
It's not intelligent. It's the total opposite of intelligent. It's a belief in fairytales. No more.No less.
Gaz bruh so you think that you are smarter than John ?
Gaz God wouldn’t be much of a God if his created beings could fully understand and explain Him.
Ken Daniel I thought he was going to try and answer the question. Mostly bafflegab, but I guess the answer was God wasn’t created . How can anyone listen to this and believe in Christianity?
Ken Daniel why not?!
Unfathomable are his ways and
Presence
The finite cannot fathom the infinite!
As eloquent as Mr. Lennox is in his explanations, and as wonderful as those who believe and want to believe in a creator God think his explanations are, the end result is all he has are assertions. No one can show testable and provable evidence of what they believe about God. For all to be as it is a god or gods is not required.
Exactly. He merely pontificates and jokes but never actually proves anything.
If he can't do it I think it's safe to conclude no--one can. Hence 'faith'...
There's more than one statement in the Bible indicating that to even look on the face of God would destroy a person. The nature of God is outside of human understanding and cannot be explained or proven by the human mind any more than the human being can stand even in the presents of God. The created will never comprehend the essence of God. Either you are given faith to believe that which you cannot comprehend, or you exist without meaning and are utterly lost. In other words, if one is not willing to believe in God, than He will have nothing to do with that person.
@@chrisneuhaus7188 What you have offered are the beliefs of one religion. Which is not evidence of anything about God. All beliefs about God, including my own, are concepts and nothing more than pure speculation. The result of the limitations in the knowledge and understanding we have as human beings. No one can show testable and provable evidence of God to another person.
@@chrisneuhaus7188 Where legend and myth are scripture, and faith is paramount, the truth is irrelevant!
Providing evidence for God would be like trying to prove where the universe ends, and what is beyond that, then trying to explain what is beyond that. Try imagining infinity, truly imagining something without end. You'd be wrong in all your assumptions because you can't quantify infinity. People keep trying to put God in a test tube, 😂😂😂
The Bible says that God has no beginning He was always here; a human being can't fathom this.
MY GOD, WAS ALWAYS HERE, HE WAS HERE SINCE THE BEGINNING AND HE WILL NEVER HAVE AN END.
why does he not show himself then?
Your god is imaginary.
@@pladimir_vutin why should he you of little faith Jehovah God is the alfa and omega read revelation
To have a beginning u need time and space.God is the creator of time and space
@Jim Merrilees do you have a better one? I am all ears
@@LoneWolf-dt7bc Thor is the only god there is. Prove me wrong.
@@George-iv1hi thor does not exist!!! But I do ✍
@@LoneWolf-dt7bc Give me the proof of his non-existence.
What god
I enjoyed this. Thanks for posting
Much love much respect Professor John Lennox more health years ahead of you
It’s simple, He’s eternal
There is no beginning and there is no end to Him. He was, is, and always will be.
Prove it..
You're dismissing the question you cannot answer. Where did God come from? He didn't just appear.
@@Paul-ts5qw You have to read it in the scriptures to prove that it is there...
(That will prove that part.)
If you want to make a dirrect connection with God, the instructions are in there also..(Literally.)
How do you determine which ‘He’ to listen to? Multiple religions all claiming the same, cant all be right, none can convince the other, none have evidence to convince the other. Do you see the skeptics problem?
Wow why can't the same be said about the universe then?
God is not bound to time,space or matter he was always in existens.
Say Almighty Allah is uncreated. He is not bound by anything.
The mind of mankind is too limited to understand the unlimited super natural being -- Almighty Allah.
Believe in Almighty Allah and His last prophet MOHAMMAD (MBUH)
and work according to teachings of the Holy Qur'an.
You will surely inter in Al-Jannah (the Paradise. It is promise of Allah.
Almighty Allah Bless all of us.
Never listen them who deny
His exsistenc.They are not on right
path.
HE?????????
@@laeequenadvi4746 you are diseaved. Allah can't do anything for you. God is the only God. Muhammad can not do anything for you. Jesus is our savior. Stop spreading false word. God is the true God. Not Alah
Existing _where?_
Marco kuipers a God that exists out side of time, space and known reality is the same as not exist in this universe
This Is WHY GOD EXISTS. No cause and consecueced needed.
I AM.
Great is the Lord! and highly to be praised and His greatness is UNFATHOMABLE (meaning, God can only be comprehended to the extent of our perception. (Which is woefully inadequate.) 😇
It is true
Christians and evolutionists don't have all the answers but we Christians have given better answers
On orb, you’re correct! Scientists do prove the Bible as right! Evolution actually aligns with the 6 day creation. My belief is, those six days were extended time periods... not literally six days. I however do not agree with dinosaurs walking the earth millions of years ago. More like 10,000-40,000 years ago, and died out over time. The flood killed many of them, imo. There’s actually proof of this, but the atheistic scientists are not going to open their minds!
What evidence do you have that points to god being the creator?
@Ob Ord If evolution exists and is the truth, why do we have any organisms that seem to so closely resemble humans, that ARE NOT considered humans? If our true origin is not the one stated in genesis, what makes you think it's accurate?
B Well Isn’t 1 day in heaven like 1000 years on earth or something like that I could be wrong I’ve heard it before not sure tho
Natturner Idk I’m a Christian but I’m not a genius If I don’t know something I’ll usually give an answer that I can try my best to explain I mean most of my life I believed many things most Christians probably wouldn’t believe lol
Let’s humor this for a moment.
If something Created God, then you would have to ask what created the thing that created the creator of God? and then you would also have to Ask, what created the creator In which created the creator of God?
And so and so on.... it’s paradoxical.
God has given the answer to this a long time ago, in the Bible. In Exodus and in revelations. He has always been and will always be. He is that he is. Our father is the Alpha and the Omega. He has created everything, even the things that scientists want to slap a label on and make claims of it being other Than a product of our father.
you said "He has created everything", so you are saying god is a creator of things? Aren't you begging the question, what created god?
Xmaest
Read my comment again.
You’re going the complete opposite direction.
I’m saying that God created all, so YES! He is in fact a “creator”...
I also literally stated how paradoxical of a question it is to even ask who or what created God, without asking what created the creator... etc etc... good luck.
@@misplacedpawn stating how "paradoxical " it is, its not an argument.
@@misplacedpawn if we exist because we were created, god exists, who created god? that is not "paradoxical ". If x exists, because it was created, god created everything and exists, who created god?
Xmaest
It’s an information paradox...
And I’m not into arguing, but neither of our opinions or beliefs, change the truth. I’ll pray for you, Take care.
My son and I are just talking about this. He was raised in a Christian home and attended Christian schools. He now is believing that having watched “The case for a Creator”. That we did not evolve from a blob of jelly. But the question he wants answered is, if God made all of us, WHO MADE GOD ? I am trying to find how to answer this question for him. Perhaps this will help me.
I recommend watching Hugh Ross (an astrophysicist), and Nabeel Qureshi. They have very interesting points in my opinion.
I agree with lennox on this: The Biblical God is eternal, therefore the question doesn’t apply to him. Outside of that, we need an eternal agent because life (as described in science) needs to come from living things. Therefore there must be an eternal life source at the start of it all, from which all life comes from. I also like to point out the way “time” works when talking about the beginning in John. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.” It sounds different to what we describe things. What I also found interesting is that The Word God is literally the name of God. Which is telling us that the Word Is God. Those are some things I think the Holy Spirit revealed to me and I’ve been thinking about too
Who, or what created God? Only God can answer that question.
Who made God? God is, was, and always will be. He was not made by anyone.
@@antichrist_revealed
“Only God can answer that question.”
And He has.
«From eternity to eternity You are God.» (Psalm 90:2)
@@Leslie_Crich I see, and what was he before that? Non existing? Come from something else? "Eternity" means time period.
I think that the real purpose of apologetics is to strengthen the faith of believers. In my experience very few can be "argued" or "reasoned" into faith, but most come to faith when they reach the end of themselves and realize that there has to be someone "out there" greater than themselves. That's how it worked with me, anyhow.
Most come to faith because of stupidity and/or a lack of knowledge.
@@cjalisyas Yet you are still watching these videos. 😆
Cj Senanayake no most don’t because they are blind and don’t humble themselves to submit to the higher power which is god ... Jesus is coming soon get right while you can
@@jackedvette8258 What if
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I see what you are saying. It is actually the experienced Peace, Hope and Joy of the Lord that convinces the skeptic - not science-y words.
However, Peace, Hope and Joy must be credible. That's what apologetics is for - to beat back the cynics and the accusers who attempt to convince the world that peace, hope and joy are not real.
If you believe that god always existed, why is it so difficult to believe that the universe could always have existed in one form or another and need not have been created by a god?
scientists don't even believe the universe always existed in the first place.
Because we have proof in nature, that organic and intelligent life breeds more organic, intelligent life. What we don’t have evidence of is inorganic lifeless matter magically producing organic life. That’s a hard pill for even some modern evolutionary biologists to swallow.
Y viceversa.
Amazing!
Although its unlikely a personal supernatural God type being exists, it gives comfort to many.
Who created the creator of the creator of the creator of the creator of the creator of........
This could go on forever! It is an insane question!
Man's greatest Dumb down moment
The creator is a what that is father of the who. An entity that only rewards wisdom naturally rather than a dependant favour.
Good or evil.
It is but not as much as there was a creator. There is no evidence for that claim.
It is just claiming magic did it and there are very many religions and god claims with equal footing in the abyss of ignorance.
Rational people accept that there's a definite limit on human knowledge. Others just say 'but God...'
This question is like asking which number is bigger than infinity
Exactly
Infinity + 1 = Infinity
Infinity is a concept, but it doesn't exist in reality. So, it IS like God, I guess.
God is everywhere and no where at the same time kinda like a *LINE* theres the line and you see the two ends theirs no beginning or end
@Robert Vaughn I think that God is an abstract thing in our Imagination because we believe that someone must be making or creating everything up there. And because it shall never be known some smart guys used this to create Religions to manipulate ,rub, use and distroy people. Because they know that no dead man will ever come back to tell the truth. All this bullshit It is people who wrote all the existing religious books and non believers even are the authors. To be able to Controller the masses nothing else.
Something cannot come from nothing. But God always was and always has been. He is what we call ETERNAL. And if he doesnt decide what is good who does?
This man knows what he's saying
Listen again, he doesn't explain anything. Besides, Jesus is not God, and God is not triune.
@@antichrist_revealedhuh
Probably. Doesn't make it true though.
Jesus said “ I am in the Father and the Father is in me”
I am with my Father and my Father is with me -they changed the words
There is only one God Jesus is the messenger of the God
@@dajjal239 r u trying to limit the omniscient omnipotent god by saying he can’t come in a human form? How dare u dummy ?! Ur just an ignorant abdool… i pray for Jesus to show u the right path
@@urbancohort7492 Jesus was just a human, he was not the God
@@carltonwhite910 I wonder why?🙄
Which "God": are we talking about? There are so many.....
He's eternal he's always been and always will be 🙏🏼
You're allowed your eternal God but I'm not allowed my eternal universe? Hey, that's hardly fair ...
@@johnhough4445 The infinite has always been and will be always, it is also NOW, it will always be NOW. The universe was designed by the infinate consciouseness, one day that which was created will go. The infnite that you crave for is within you, and can be experienced with every breath. That is fair.
@@johnhough4445 Hi John he created all of us and everything, yes the universe was also created by the Lord Jesus
come to The Lord Jesus, whether
you believe in him or not, when we
take our last breath on the earth
you, me and every other human being
will be pushed into eternity and
we will all see him and will be
judged according to our deeds
please turn to him before that day 🙏🏼
Amen
GOD IS WHO HE IS, CREATOR OF LIVING AND NON LIVING. HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN, THE I AM. GOD IS EVERYTHING. THE UNIVERSE. HE IS LOVE E.T.C
I love that he used his relationship to his wife to address Gods relation to oneness. I am still standing on the idea that the father, the Son and the Holy Ghost are 3 separate beings but are one in purpose
So what, you're standing on an idea. That proves nothing. None of your beliefs are based in reality or can be proven with empirical evidence so your world view is both irrational and illogical.
@@josephrich3509 😂 triggered much!?
I am guessing you are still in high school and have as yet an undeveloped human brain. So I don't put much stature in your statement. Also, you are probably influenced by years of religious indoctrination from childhood when you neither had the intellect or the freedom of choice to distinguish fact from fiction, truth from belief.@@devinolson9053
It makes more sense to believe in God than not too.
Well, keep standing on that idea because it is not in any way a fact.
You do have to have faith. But, I would rather have faith in an infinite God then a random chance universe. Look at the consequences if you're wrong from both perspectives
“Either human intelligence ultimately owes its origin to mindless matter; or there is a Creator. It is strange that some people claim that it is their intelligence that leads them to prefer the first to the second.”
John Lennox
It's strange to him because he doesn't understand the concept. Ironic.
Also, the human brain is a biochemical automate. Complex, but automate.
And, there is no such thing as "free will". Our decisions were made at lower levels of automaticity than our consciousness became aware of the need to decide on something.
@@seachd2268
"How about a mindless creator ?"
A Nature itself ...
I believe there is infinite power has no beginning and ending that power is within the universe in commutative . That power is neither created nor destroyed but it transform into different form and exist forever.
Even if it is true that life is created by a supreme being. It still doesn't follow that Christianity is true. It still doesn't follow that Christian's God is real. You still have a lot of works to do.
When you are ready to pass away, sir, you will see your God, the white light. From steve Acora
God Transends time and space so He has no beginning nor end, and the universe is his playground with room to spare.
"Who created God?" The answer, "no one" because He is eternal, makes sense to me but I can't articulate that to a natural minded person.
Privetboy Moscow only an atheist would say something that shtoopid
Privetboy Moscow reiterate: only an atheist would say something that shtoopid.
good day.
The laws of science are eternal. God is just a fairy tale character.
Privetboy Moscow So the 23,000 Archaeological digs that prove the Historical accuracy of the Bible are not evidence? Are the tons of Historical findings that further prove the reliability of the Bible considered evidence? How about the thousands upon thousands of Manuscripts that prove that the Bible is trustworthy? What about the fact that it was written over the course of 1500 years by 40 different authors and despite all that it remains in perfect harmony from Genesis to Revelation?
So I agree I don't care about beliefs without evidence.
But there is a ton of evidence for the Bible, You just choose not to see it.
the·ism
ˈTHēˌizəm
noun
"belief in the existence of a god or gods, especially belief in one god as creator of the universe, intervening in it and sustaining a personal relation to his creatures."
So a Christian is a Theist regardless of his or her rejection of other Gods. So no I am not an Atheist and neither is any other Christian.
And when there is the plethora of Archaeological and Historical evidence for "Santa", "the tooth fairy" or "flying unicorns" that there is for the Bible I'll take your argument seriously.
faith
fāTH
noun
1.
"complete trust or confidence in someone or something."
pros·e·lyt·ize
ˈpräsələˌtīz
verb
"convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another."
The fact that you believe in the inexistence of God enough to proselytize (or Evangelize) on so many Christian videos shows that you do have blind faith in your belief.
There is so much more evidence for the Bible than there is for evolution. The means of dating, The age of fossils, the many different ideas about it are pure opinion, guesses and speculation. where as the Bible is rooted in hard Archaeological and Historical Evidence.
Privetboy Moscow www.equip.org/articles/biblical-archaeology-factual-evidence-to-support-the-historicity-of-the-bible/#christian-books-2
www.faithfacts.org/search-for-truth/maps/archaeological-and-external-evidence
www.prevailmagazine.org/how-archaeology-proves-the-bible/
biblicalstudies.info/top10/schoville.htm
There are more than mere names of places. They have found ancient ruins. (like the Walls of Jericho for instance. And after some investigation they determined that the walls all fell down instantaneously in a very unexplainable fashion.)
They have discovered ruins of entire countries by following the description from the Bible.
There are evidence that Jesus existed and even claimed to be God!! The Roman Historian Josephus (Who wasn't a Christian) recorded that Jesus was Crucified and that thousands of people claimed he had risen!! And before you say that they were all liars. They were killed for believing it. I don't think people would die for something they knew to be a lie.
So there is evidence that supports my Saviours Life, Death and Resurrection.
What evidence do you have to support your extra ordinary claims? (Everything coming from nothing, everything evolving from a rock.)
They don't even know how to fix the roads
They are foolish, but think they are wise.
Harold Cox
"They are foolish, but think they are wise"
Do wise people state ad hominems because people disagree?
According to God's Word: Hebrews 11:1) Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see, (Faith)
Dr. Kent has a spiritual acuity and understanding that can only be found through Consistent Fellowship and Intentionally Seeking a Relationship with a Divinity outside of Self.
Anyone who’s ever prayed with authentic and childlike faith can relate. I believe Prayer (on occasion) can move Gods Hand but more often than not it’s going to move you, your perspective or your heart.
LIFE IS A MYSTERY AND WILL REMAIN SO PERIOD.
@K Gian NOT AT ALL AMIGO JUST LIKE LIVING IN REALITY INSTEAD OF FAIRY TALES.
The way John Lennox was sitting on the edge of his seat, gives me a visual of how Jesus/GOD was sitting on the edge of his seat also like....yes I’m that amazing, let me explain, this is to easy. Well son....I’m eternal.
childish reasoning
KiLLaKonTroL 99 sorry buddy, but your mere human mined can’t comprehend it. But it’s true. Jesus is the image of the invisible GOD. When you see Jesus you see GOD.
KiLLaKonTroL 99 who said Jesus is pink? The Bible clearly describe Jesus as having skin of bronze. That’s not pink moron. Also you’re a creation made in his likeness, meaning Jesus characteristic, like....love, forgiveness, moral absolutes, and knowing right from wrong. We are made in his likeness but Christ the GOD is not created but born from marry as the image of the invisible GOD. The word came down from his glory because he can
KiLLaKonTroL 99 what are you talking about? That’s why Christ had to die for us because we all fall short of his glory. I’m not perfect and neither are you that’s why we all need Jesus
If i follow this discussion then god is a language game. The person with the best constructed text is the truth.
God bless you Sir John Lennox.
One day we all will know the answer about God, just make sure you're not burning in hell when you do find out.
so, your god tortures human beings that He created, in flames, forever ?....what kind of hideous psychotic monster do u believe in ?...that's not the God I believe in.
based upon my frequent encounters with godly people, i shall gladly prefer hell instead ...
rakoczi29 okay. Suits us
@@hymatwat9412 meet you there mr. plonker
@@englandshope689 God is love and punishing human kind in a burning flame forever is a false conception,God is not cruel to do that.Repent your sins because jesus is coming very soon.
Since there has always been a creation in which man was created, mankind sometimes tends to believe that nothing or better put no one exists outside of that box but GOD does. We live we move we have our being within GOD. HE measures the universe by the spand of HIS hand. But HE humbled HIMSELF and became a man to make HIMSELF truly known and to do what was necessary in order that mankind might be saved through JESUS
its truly biblical sven. they made it up over two millenia.
Man created God as a "catch all" for things we don't understand yet
People often overlook the fact that time/space itself is a creation of God. God is outside the limits of time and space, he has always existed.
Yet you people claim to have knowledge of something existing outside of our spacetime. Brilliant.
And you know this because???
Don't you just love common sense... I love God. All three of Him...
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God has always been and will always be
He has neither beginning or end
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Nonsense, you cannot KNOW that !
@@rossf5945 To be accurate he IS the beginning and the end.how do I know? He said so.
@@rossf5945 yes I am a Christian , that is why I know that
@@mastercraft888 Stop kidding yourself, your beliefs are the result of indoctrination,not knowledge of some secret/sacred information . Sorry !
@@hotrodtrucker88 God, Yahweh, or Allah has a time. For it says in Psalms 90:4 "Each day to the Lord us like 1000 years." The Aramic (Hebrew) word for 1000 in this quote is eleph (אֶלֶף). You will find this statement again in the New Testament in 2 Peter 3:8, which uses the Idumean (Greek) word Chilioi (khil'ee-oy, χίλιοι) for 1000 & the word Kurios for Lord or master. Also the Quraan 32:5, which uses the Ashuric/Syriac (Arabic) word Alf (ألف) for 1000. So God does have a time, 1000 years is one day to God. So GOD has a life span as the beginning & end.
God is a form of an energy. Created by humans. With great expectation and strong belive...god energy was formed...and we keep strengtening the energy (god) by praying and worship generation after generation. Human has the ability to create and convert energy from anything. This how god is created.
Thankyou.
Your words strengthen my faith.
God Bless 🙂🙏💙
If you have faith why don’t you live by your gods laws and commandments?
What good is it if religious people just live by secular laws?
Alhamdulillah!
I always make teachings on so many websites ..afterwards nobody chimes in anything fo days..i hope im making these good points to you brothers and sisters....
If you just arbitrarily declare that God needs no creator because he is eternal, it is just as easy to say the universe needs no creator because it is eternal. The Big Bang is not an ultimate beginning, but an event in the history of the universe, a phase change from one state to another.
But is God Infinite or Eternal though???
God in himself is a fellowship... Profound thought!
Waffle more like.
That's true wisdom in this man ... He possesses the amazing ability to express his thoughts and knowledge transposed them into words.
@@alexanderstephen1567 Yet he still talks to an in imaginary friend and thinks events in a fairy tale book are real.
@@stanstevens6289 Why do you say "imaginary" Can you explain your thoughts on why you consider God to be imaginary? What stops you from believing?
@@alexanderstephen1567 I used to believe in god, I was brought up that way. But looking at it all honestly I see no reason to believe a god exists. I’m not convinced by any of the arguments or evidence I’ve seen to convince me. I’m not even convinced the Jesus of the bible was a real person. So I too used to talk to an imaginary friend, which I find rather embarrassing now!
Beautiful. I am enjoying listening to John
He spouts gibberish.
@@killerrabbit2693 who?
@@martinnyirenda2525
Second guy also came out with "uncreated".
What??
“I don’t know.
But I’ll make it sound complicated so you won’t know that I don’t know. Then I feel superior.”
I love this man! He is the wise kindly grand father everyone should have! God bless John Lennox.
Why is your price three in one
Which of the many gods currently believed in should bless him?
As Carl Sagan would SAY,that's a RIDICULOUS question."It's like asking what's North of the North Pole".
Well simply saying it's ridiculous is not a counter argument.
No one created God he is that he is always was will always be he is the I am. This is why we are to walk by faith and not sight we cannot see the I am but we can sense him. Cause he is in us and we are in him he is our creator. I don’t question him anymore where he came from I accept he always was. 🙏🏼🌻
The following is full of ideas, but by no means covers all the nature of God. Use the ideas to pursue further ideas. "Seek and ye shall find" doesn't mean finding a finished product, but finding more than you had before. Keep seeking.
Each human is three in one. Body, mind (brain function), and spirit.
My body is what can be detected physically. It can be seen, heard, smelled, and felt (shape, weight, temperature, etc.). It can be tasted, but in most cases my mind and spirit are going to make that difficult as they direct my body to hit, move, or call the police. (And so, right from the start, we see how they are inextricably connected.)
My brain function is what directs my body to do actions. Talking, singing. Walking, running, dancing. Reaching, holding, pushing, writing, making and changing objects. Breathing, although usually automatic, is still caused by the brain. Our brain function also processes information, formulates ideas, makes plans, stores memories.
My spirit is my feelings, personality, values, and attitudes. It supplies the reasons why my brain directs my body to do things. My body would not on its own want to run into a burning building. My brain has learned how such action risks life and limb, so it also votes No. But my spirit compells my brain to move my body when a loved one needs to be saved from the flames.
I am not fully me, here on planet earth, if I only have 2 of the 3 components. Not one of them can stand alone. But thinking of the components separately helps one think when the whole is so complex.
Jesus the Son functioned on earth as the body: material, seen, heard, etc. "... a body you have prepared for me..." "...being found in human form, he humbled himself..." "... “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side." "...the Son is the image of the invisible God." (All from the Bible and easily found online.)
God is like brain function. He makes plans, he directs action, he uses language, he creates, he considers his observations of human behavior when planning and responding. He takes into consideration his own self-concept and his goals. His will is what directed the Son while the Son was on earth.
The Holy Spirit motivates choices made by God the Father, God the Son, and the followers who have dedicated their lives to God through Jesus (the church). The Holy Spirit is life and it runs on love directed by wisdom: humility, patience, kindness, forgiveness; trusting, hoping, persevering, encouraging, rejoicing in the truth; noble, righteous, pure. (See 1Corinthians 13 & Philippians 4 for starters.)
Stated differently, in the concept of the triune divinity, Jesus the Son and his body the church are "the muscle", God the Father is "the brains of the organization", and the Holy Spirit is "the heart".
Genesis 1:27 (NRSV) "So God created humankind in his own image..."
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What a lovely chap Professor John Lennox is. Old school evangelical!
Now I listened a bit more, Lennox is an idiot.
@@no-mind723 opinion follows opinion. If you wanna be more useful, state why exactly you think that. Which part of what he says do you object to? And how exactly do you counter those?
But deluded!
Notice that he doesn't mention that his god drowned babies and children in his flood and demanded cruel death sentences
Deluded old schoop
God is Alpha and Omega....
In his realm there is no time dimensions....
David Leonardo .
So yours is yet another interpretation.
WildPhotoShooter,
The higher than highly supremely superior Bible N TUR Purrrrr TURS do not even know what the word "VERSION" means. I am aware of over 30 VERSIONS. On each VERSION it is written, >Holy Bible< on the COVER. In many places EACH "HOLY VERSION" CONFLICTS WITH EVERY OTHER "HOLY VERSION". Satan loves to laugh TOO! Satan, aka, Gad, aka Gud, aka, God!!!
@@allenelman1233. Yes you talking about the King James VERSION. The Bible he took 7 years to alter here and there to suit his own interpretation and beliefs ? The clue is in the title " King James version".
Good old gay King James and his Homosexual friend Bishop Lancelot Andrews and a group of church scribes ....there's nothing wrong with King James being gay but Christians are reading a holy book written by men who they believe are sinners and are now burning in hell.
King James was so open about his Homosexuality the public used to shout "Long live Queen James" as he went down the street. Here is an article about King James and his many male lovers.
rictornorton.co.uk/jamesi.htm
WildPhotoShooter,
I may have known the truth about King Jamie James before You were even born. I also, years ago, read a few of the poems He wrote to his girly BOYfriends. WOW!! Did He ever LOVE TO "Bend over". Btw. You do know there is a QJV TOO, don'tcha? For anyone who may not be aware, QJV means Queen James Version. IT is ANOTHER, WRITTEN ON THE COVER, > Holy Bible
WildPhotoShooter,
@ & Re: The KJV.
There were 53 "translators" already indoctrinated with RCC/Church of England doctrines of DEMONS BELIEFS who translated from other translations and as to WHY the KJV was and is called the KJV, I can only presume they submitted everything translated, one piece at a time, to "Jamie" to get his approval. Homo James never translated a single solitary word. As for me, I do not know the entire story of WHY it is called the King James Version. I DO KNOW THIS, i.e., The Devil IS IN THE DETAILS. AND in ALL OTHER "VERSIONS".
God is love and has allways been here😐
I am 3 in 1. I am the father of my son. I am the son of my mother. I also apologized for my sins and ask God for forgiveness and received the Holy Ghost. I am a Singular-Father, Son and Holy Spirit all in one person. If I am wrong, then please explain because I am in search for the truth.
It is amazing to me that we humans think we are so smart that we can with our puny minds figure out our Creator and insist that He has to have come from somewhere because that is our perspective in our existence and He must fit into our thinking. Do we honestly think He has revealed everything about Himself to us at this point? So we say to Him, "You don't exist because we can't figure You out". Same old problem, human pride and self-righteousness.
yet those same puny humans had no problem writing a book about that creator because they magically understood what he was telling them. Kind of funny that they say in the bible that illness is a result of sin, when we now know it is nothing more than microscopic organisms which are also apparently created by the "god of light" -- a mention of that by people who would have no way to have such knowledge would prove the bible is true.
@@timq6224 Then you clearly don't understand the meaning of that.
the simpleton will deny reality without reason. What is so clear in your puny human mind that allows you to make your claim?
@@timq6224 Have you heard of the forbidden fruit by any chance?
@@Rockcroc2000Rm1wE3erWmNfkL -- if a deity feels a need to keep knowledge away from his creation, then he really isn't much of a compassionate god. Don't you find it stupid that the "knowledge" that was so forbidden in the beginning has all been revealed in his "holy book?" It's almost like the whole thing has been made up or something.
GOD is was and always will be👌
@Robert Mattfeldt to each his own 👌 😊
@Robert Mattfeldt whatever you say ...whatever you say...I hear you and I really don't care what your beliefs are know what I mean😊👌and if you can stop all that poison then do something about it😊
@Robert Mattfeldt lol seems like your getting upset don't get mad and have a heart attack over this in the end reality will strike both of us one day which is death...too bad what we gained here on earth or knowledge won't matter that day..and like I said I really don't care about what you say about GOD or my beliefs or anything really it doesn't faze me one bit lol👋
@Robert Mattfeldt I dunno man, your first message....
@Robert Mattfeldt Have you ever asked Him anything? He is willing to converse with you, all you have to do is Ask! Most people who don't believe in God, always ponder in the back of their heads if he does exist, then Hell exists, and just for not believing I will go to Hell and be tortured beyond any human imagination, in pain and suffering and despair. I can assure you beyond a doubt that Hell exists, Heaven exists, and that non belief alone will get you a nice hot seat of despair! Explain all the near-death experiences people have had recalling both Heaven and Hell. Just check those videos out, of recollections of visiting both places.
You got it we don’t know the answers “a God I can understand isn’t worth worshiping”He’s so far beyond our comprehension
Richard Dawkin's book " The God Delusion" reminds me of the questions I asked when I was 12.
Respectfully, like me, Richard needs to just grow up.
Just because u cant see something , doesn't mean it dont exist. How can we make something up, withought ever seeing it or feeling it ?, and why does the bible make so much sence in everyday life?
"How can we make something up, withought ever seeing it or feeling it ?,"
Because we have examples of human beings doing just that throughout history. Are you serious? Vampires, Werewolves, Dragons, Frost Giants, Big Foot, Gnomes, Elves, Fairies, Minotaurs, Giant Cyclops, Sirens I mean the damn monster in the closet when you're a child and on and on and on and on. None of that crap exists yet someone at some point invented it and people at one time or another and even now believe it. Heck we can even apply that to other religions and gods. The Native Americans had their own gods, the Graeco-Roman pantheon, the pagan gods of Europe, Africa the middle east, Asia all over the damn place people invented and worshiped gods you don't believe exist....yet it is so implausible to think someone thought yours up? I mean this may be uncomfortable to find out, but the name Yahweh and El Elyion (names god is referred to in the bible) were also gods in the polytheistic Canaanite religion. Conveniently enough this is where the ancient hebrews originated and the most likely scenario was they just eliminated gods from their pantheon as time went on until they were left with whichever was their favorite one.
@Oh yeah yeah Oh yeah yeah , well im so sorry i didnt know u were blind . so U dont belive in Love or the wind ?? 😒 do U think a class cup , knows who its creator is ??
@Oh yeah yeah Oh yeah yeah well im sorry u lost your eye sight , god is all around U, and Babys are biggest proof of god ! But is ok, u just dont like the fact that , we gonna go to hell , for watching porn 😜
What parts of the bible make sense? The parts about owning slaves? The parts about incest? What about aiming adulterers? All of these make me warm and fuzzy...
@@iwantmy2dollars Yes ! All of those things , thx 😉
1 by 1 by 1 is 1
The Son is by the Father...
The Spirit is by the Father and Son
The Father the Son the Spirit are all said to be THE LORD!!!
This is simple. ... Yet infinitely profound
Gobbledygook
@@truthsayer1662 Does begging the question mean anything to you?
And it creates magnetism
God is a supernatural being who evolved on his own and master himself, knowing his likes and dislikes but understood balance by creating all things in pairs but opposite
Ahhh...God, is was and always will be...(I just saw someone's statement...same as this...)TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOR EVER!!!
Which god?
@@Itsatz0 the only lord from the gospel. You won't know him till you throw away what you know from man and the world. It's in front of you the bible surrender yourself and you'll find the only God , Elohim.
@@Itsatz0 God of heaven. We call him Father, some of us are his son s and daughters and sad we gotta ask after our ancestors and ppl like inside the WH has been saying hail #satan praise God all the signs he has gave us are lineing up and we get to be with our father, our daddy, and we are going home to be with him
@@fengxianzhe I tried that and nothing happened. I know many people who tried that and nothing happened. Then I looked into it and discovered the bible is a fairytale.
@@Teresahorner The bible is a proven fairytale. The history of Christianity is so ghastly it must be from the devil.
A master of the trick answers to simple questions that are unanswerable.
No , God can be found .....
How does God create species ?
(. By using GENoME helix ...)
Triceratops Brontasaurus foot= Elephant foot
What is the message in Genesis about “man” “ God must teach them how to speak “
How do we know ?
Because, everything takes time.
How do language get created ?
Using common object metaphor.
Island Culture, how many word have to do with , “ The Sea ?”
The first mammals were what?
G I AN T S..... why ?
They were genome of Dinosuars...
First people were Giants.
God had to teach them everything........How does he teach you to , speak in tongues ?
[ This is the age of Revelation ... you must do better than dogma guesswork.....]
@@destroyingangel14 If I'm right in understanding what you are saying, which isn't easy, it would seem that you are presenting a series of unsubstantiated claims. Suppositions galore.
Easy question, but he doesnt know the answer
If it were a simple question, both sides wouldn’t labour to answer it. The answer isn’t a trick either, it’s AN answer. To the question. You may not like it, but because you don’t like the answer you don’t also get to then suppose the answer is a ‘trick’. That would be intellectually vapid. A better response would be to (1) explain why the answer is a trick; (2) offer a better answer. You haven’t delivered on either of those. So I can only assume that your own answer is a masterful trick to what was a reply to a difficult question for both Christians and non-Christians.
@@TheB1nary So, you want me to answer a question that I said is UNANSWERABLE because it is known to be unfalsifiable, didn't you notice? It is not possible to answer the unfalsifiable. Genuine answers can be short and clearly understandable which Lennox is not capable of because 'faith' has no basis in fact. Judge on Paul....
As Paul said:" Of course every house is constructed by someone, but he that constructed all things is God. " Heb3.4
We have actual evidence of workers building homes.....
Thank you!
the audacity of a human trying to explain/determine what or how our Creator operates! you can ask our Creator when it’s your turn to give an account of your life while standing in front of Him!
You don’t get to ask anything. He will judge and you will know why when that time comes. Why do you think you deserve to ask that question? Have you read the Bible?
Well jim. Idk this man but since ppl have found out weve been lied to, and books left out, and some came along and changed words in bible. Not to mention findinf out that alot in the WH, lift their glass to satan, saying hail satan. He did best he could. So of coase now ppl are wanting answers. Im a daughter of the most high my heavely father
Scientists have the audacity to ask how the universe operates but religious fanatics are too lazy and cowardly to do that-- they would rather return to the dark ages when men's minds were haunted by spirits and superstition.
M. Valdemar -science was invented by our Creator. Scientist are discovering/ confirming His designs daily.
Teresa Horner chase - our God promised to preserve our bible. i know there are versions, but believe His promise and that His thumb print is on each one!
Science, modern science especially, proves out a creator. To believe the myth that everything just happened is a child's fantasy.
Time Bandit - to assume that someone who believes in a God is "religious" is your first mistake. The second is to believe they are delusional. 97% of the world is delusional? Based on the minority 3%? Obviously, you're close-minded, so one can only pray that you experience the Truth one day.
Science is literally the discoveries of God's creation, yet atheist intellectuals reel at that thought. They put all of their faith into humanity rather than God...sad and depressing.
@@ImperialLegionTV its there one god or more gods?
@@knowledgetracker Your first mistake is your first sentence. Not only is it totally irrelevant to what I stated, it's false.
Second mistake, your second sentence. Also false.
The rest of your comment is irrelevant based on your first two sentences which are both irrelevant and not factual, not true in any way - obviously.
@@user-ci7vu7eo9w There are as many little g gods as you wish there to be.
The universe ends when the brick wall begins. That brick wall goes on forever, until that is, the bricks run out.
Who programmed the programmer?
There can never be "nothing," so something has always existed. This means existence is eternal. If there is a God, it would not require a creator.
Ants* don't understand anything. Be a child of God.
*unpleas-ant peas-ants; tyr-ants, miscre-ants, sychoph-ants, arrog-ant(s)?
I could go on, but it's so easy, it gets tedious.
Look for Jesus and you'll find Him.
***** Explain.
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I was saying hypothetically, God or a god would not have to be created, since it is impossible to have "nothing" exist. This is not philosophical. It is completely based on physics. Life is just plain eternal, and religious people can state that without hamper that their god is eternal.
The question "who created God" is flawed, since existence is eternal, and God would not need a previous entity to create it. Matter or energy is never created--just transformed from something else.
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There was matter and energy before the big bang as well.
***** We know that "empty space" is filled with virtual particles at all times, and even when energy is used to move those particles out of "empty space" the energy that pushed those particles out is there in that space. It is just physically impossible to have virtually nothing in a space.
I just love John Lennox - I could listen to him all day.
You love a nutcase? I mean, he is a lovable character, but still a charlatan or a nutcase. No middle ground possible.
Not a boffin but a buffoon
@@m.k.wallner3145 I could careless what you think !
Yes that's how confirmation bias works. You seek out information that bolsters your preconceived notions
Wisdom I've never had since I was born.
These ten minutes were the best I have spent in a long time.
That's because it beyond our comprehension.
@M J That's because they are naive.. Atheist literally knows God exists, yet their argument lacks fact, Everything they say is based on stupendous assumption.
@M J Coincidence? Does that means earth and other planets were made out of nothing? The Big Ban happens naturally? Why was the earth chosen for human habitation, rather than other unhabitable plants? DNA formation, adequate oxygen, well designed water formation, Blood cells, among others were 100% coincidence?
Nothing is coincidence, everything had been planned by "God Almighty who is the supreme being,
Thank you.
@@francisodubela9373 earth is in the habitable zone of the solar system. We were at the perfect distance from the sun.
I doubt that we're the only sentient form of life in the universe but none of it was planned. Not unless we're all in a simulation and, even then, the simulation may be designed to be unpredictable.
Thanks for your comment, why was the earth not too closely, nor too farther to the sun? However, it was 100percent placed in the right position. Yet, some says that everything was a coincidence.
@@francisodubela9373 it was just pure luck. It wasn't placed. It's physically unfeasible to just place a planet in a specific place. It was just a coincidence.
Please sort your grammar out as well.
thank you for an excellent answer!
Gods Religion Caste are main culprits behind disturbance, hatred amongst peoples & killings,, misunderstanding..
So avoid this TRIO.
Great to see the mind try to understand The Eternal Now...and become unstuck.
"We have no idea what it means to be three, and to be one". WHAT ?!?!?!?!? My family consisted of may Dad, Mother, three brothers, and three sisters, ... so there were 8 of us in total (in the "early years", not counting grand and greatgrand children), ... but we were one family. So, we were 8, but one.