Ask Me Anything Week 2

Ask Me Anything

“Has science disproven faith in God?”

We all have questions about God.

1 Corinthians 13:12– For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

Has science disproven faith in God?

Peter Atkins –“Humanity should accept that science has eliminated the justification for believing in cosmic purpose, and that any survival of purpose is inspired only by sentiment.”

CS Lewis- “Men became scientific because they expected law in nature and they expected law in nature because they believed in a lawgiver…”

The Bible was not written to explain DNA sequencing, and on the other hand science cannot tell you why your life has purpose.

The Bible does not become less true because it is not answering the questions we are forcing onto it.

God is the sovereign, uncreated creator of ALL things

• Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
• Hebrews 11:3 — by faith we understand the universe was formed by God’s command.
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Human beings are made in the image of God

• Genesis 1:27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

Which worldview accurately describes the reality we live in?

Naturalism– the worldview that nature and the physical universe are all that exist, with no supernatural reality beyond them.

Carl Sagan- “The Cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be.”

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Robert Jastrow – God and the Astronomers- The discovery of a definite cosmic beginning is an exceedingly strange development, unexpected by all but the theologians. They have always accepted the word of the Bible: In the beginning God created heaven and earth…. It is unexpected because science has had such extraordinary success in trying the chain of cause and effect backward in time. For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the high- est peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.

James 2:19 “You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.”

Romans 10:9-10– If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

Resources for further study:

Web:

gotquestions.org– Biblical answers to just about any question you can think of

Books:

“God’s Undertaker: Has Science Buried God” by John C. Lennox

“Seven Days That Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis and Science” by John C. Lennox

“Is Atheism Dead?” by Eric Metaxas

“The Case for Faith” by Lee Strobel

“The Case for Miracles” by Lee Strobel

“Miracles” by CS Lewis

“How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-Women, Anti-science, Pro-violence, Pro-slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture” by Dan Kimball