Recap of 11th & 12th Grade DGroup 3/9/14

In our study of “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist” we are into the third of the twelve point outline. We have covered 1) that truth about reality is knowable and 2) that the opposite of true is false.

We are now in 3) it is true that the theistic God exists and that is evidenced by three major arguments. We have covered the Cosmological Argument (the beginning of the universe) and are now discussing the Teleological Argument/Anthropic Principle which covers the design of the universe and the design of life. We discussed that by simply observing our world, we see evidence for design. Every design had a designer. The universe has a highly complex design. In fact, the universe is tuned just so to support life on Earth. Some of the “universal constants” at work are so precise that they defy a chance explanation: 1) oxygen level 2) atmospheric transparency 3) moon-earth gravitational interaction 4) carbon dioxide level 5) gravity. These point to the universe having a designer.

We then talked about the two types of causes (natural and intelligent) and whether or not they could create first life. We learned that Darwinists, Atheists, Humanists, Materialists and Natural Evolutionists all believe that life itself is a product of mindless natural laws. They claim that a one-celled amoeba came together by spontaneous generation and that all biological life evolved from that without intelligent guidance. Yet, with the discovery of DNA, we further see the complexity of life and the specific messaging found in genetic coding. We discussed the Principle of Uniformity stating that causes in the past were like the causes we observe today. Yet spontaneous generation of life has never been observed.

Here are two very important quotes to remember from the book:

“The creation-evolution debate is not about religion versus science or the Bible versus science—it’s about good science versus bad science. Likewise, it’s not about faith versus reason—it’s aboutreasonable faith versus unreasonable faith.”

We also learned that “chance” is not a cause. “Chance is a word that we use to describe mathematical possibilities. It has no power of its own. Chance is nothing…We shouldn’t allow atheists to cover their ignorance with the word “chance.” “Chance” is just another example of the bad science practiced by Darwinists.”

Julie Loos

Assistant to the President;

Director of Prayer & Women's Outreach

636-237-8931

http://www.ratiochristi.org/

http://www.facebook.com/RatioChristi  (LIKE us)

Defending Truth & Christianity at the University

Ratio Christi is a global movement that equips university students and faculty to give historical, philosophical, and scientific reasons for following Jesus Christ.